Environment Agency - South East Operational Waste Management Framework

The Environment Agency is committed to managing our environmental impacts including waste by reducing and managing them using the best practical environmental option. This framework will cover the collection, disposal and recycling of a variety of operations-derived waste streams generated by our sites, primarily across the south east of England. The geographical extent of the framework may be expanded at the Agency’s discretion, subject to satisfactory performance of the Contractor. The Agency has a sustainability plan for 2020 called E:mission. One of our goals is to re-use, recycle and recover more than 90% of our waste, including office, operational and construction / project waste. This framework therefore has a requirement for zero waste to be sent to landfill where technically feasible.

The following waste streams are likely to be covered by this framework: • Scrap metal; • Batteries (hazardous and non-hazardous, including heavy duty lead acid batteries); • Hazardous waste (e.g. fluorescent tubes, oily waste); • Waste oil; • Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE); • Wood – both non-hazardous and hazardous; • Tree trunks (potentially contaminated); • Green waste (potentially contaminated); • General waste; • Animal (e.g. dog) waste; • Plastic; • Tyres; • Soil and clay; • Silt and sediments from small works; • Concrete and building materials; • Shopping trolleys and beer kegs; and • Animal carcasses.

Additional information: This exercise shall be conducted using Bravo: the Environment Agency’s eSourcing portal. Candidates shall only be considered by registering their expression of interest, and submitting their completed Supplier Selection Reponse Form (attachment) on our portal at https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for the Selection Stage is 2pm on 2 December 2016. Suppliers must submit their completed 'Selection Stage Response Form' by 2pm on 2 December 2016 accordingly.

For assistance with using the Bravo portal, please contact the eSourcing Helpdesk: Phone: 0800 368 4850, Email: [email protected]

RIGHT TO CANCEL: The Environment Agency reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a framework or contract, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award the framework or contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The Environment Agency shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender.

OTHER CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES: This framework is primarily intended to meet the needs of the Environment Agency. The Agency may require the successful bidder(s) to provide the goods/services on the same terms that are agreed as a result of this tender to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and to its associated bodies including any Agencies and non departmental public bodies and others (the Defra Group). The Agency may also require the provision of the goods/services to members of the aforementioned Defra Group via the Environment Agency, rather than directly. A full list of the Defra Group can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations#department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs The successful bidder may also be required to provide the services to local authorities in England and Wales. A full list maybe found at: http://local.direct.gov.uk/Data/. Similarly, the successful bidder(s) may be required to supply the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, Forestry Commission Scotland, or Forestry Service Northern Ireland. The successful bidder(s) may also be required to provide the services to Central Government departments, executive agencies and other NDPBs. Full lists can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-bodies-2014