Contract for the Collection of Household Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Waste Household Batteries and Accumulators.

Description

Refuse and waste related services; Refuse recycling services; Refuse disposal and treatment; Refuse collection services; Refuse transport services; Containers for waste material; Waste and rubbish containers and bins; Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services; Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services; Household-refuse disposal services. Leicestershire County Council (?the Council?) is inviting tenders for the collection of household waste electrical and electronic equipment (?WEEE?) and household waste batteries and accumulators (?Batteries?) (together ?Waste?). The successful contractor will: supply containers (for the avoidance of doubt the Council is not seeking to purchase containers) for the Waste to the Council at the Council?s designated collection facilities (?DCF?); collect and replace the containers/Waste and collect any Waste not held in the containers from the DCFs following request; and transport the Waste to an authorised facility for treatment, re-use and/or disposal. The successful contractor will co-operate with any re-use partner that the Council engages to work at the DCFs. The Council is seeking a contractor who is and/or will be by contract commencement an approved Producer Compliance Scheme and Battery Compliance Scheme. It is intended that the contract will commence on 1 January 2016 for an initial period of 24 months and continue thereafter (subject to earlier termination) up to a maximum of 31 December 2025. The Council will be able to alter the number of available DCFs and the DCF opening times. The Council is procuring on its own behalf and on behalf of Warwickshire County Council of Shire Hall, Warwick CV34 4RL; Nottingham City Council of Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG; Rutland County Council of Catmose, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6HP; and any local authority or solely owned local authority waste disposal company in the East Midlands (NUTS Code UKF).