--- title: "Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Plant Residual Waste Treatment Contract" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04e419" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04e419" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04e419.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04e419.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "MILTON KEYNES CITY COUNCIL" published: "2025-02-19" --- # Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Plant Residual Waste Treatment Contract Buyer: MILTON KEYNES CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e419 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04e419) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04e419.json) ## Summary Milton Keynes City Council is currently in the tender stage of procuring a contractor for the operation and maintenance of the Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (MKWRP). This contract involves integrated refuse and waste-related services in the Milton Keynes area (UKJ12). The procurement is conducted through a competitive dialogue process as per regulations. Key dates include an invitation to the dialogue stage on 11 April 2025, with the deadline for tender submissions on 24 March 2025. This contract, valued at £260 million, spans an initial period of 10 years with an option to extend up to an additional 5 years, aiming to foster technological and commercial innovation within a critical infrastructure that handles up to 132,000 tonnes of waste annually. This tender presents significant business growth opportunities for firms experienced in local authority residual waste management, especially those with expertise in mechanical treatment, anaerobic digestion, and thermal treatment technologies. Companies capable of offering a full scope of services, from waste management and disposal to the generation and sale of energy, will find this contract particularly attractive. The integration of innovative solutions and efficiency improvements throughout the contract term can deliver long-term partnerships and financial returns for competent bidders. Businesses with a focus on sustainability and technical prowess in waste recovery and energy generation are ideally suited to compete in this meticulously structured procurement process. ## Notice Milton Keynes City Council (the 'Authority') invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations in relation to its contract for the operation and maintenance of Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (MKWRP) (the 'Contract').The MKWRP is an innovative, operational residual waste recovery facility comprising three adjoined and interlinked technologies: mechanical treatment, dry anaerobic digestion and advance thermal treatment, capable of processing up to 132,000 tonnes per year and providing critical infrastructure to deliver the Authority's statutory waste disposal functions.The Authority is seeking a contractor experienced in local authority residual waste management services to work in partnership and collaboration with the Authority to optimise the capacity, efficiency and overall performance of the MKWRP to achieve a design life up to at least 2042. Please see section II.2.4 below for further information. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The procurement is for the Authority's contract for the operation, maintenance and treatment of residual waste at the MKWRP.The Authority is seeking a single integrated contract (with a single supplier or consortia) to provide the full scope of services, which include (without limitation) the operation and maintenance of the MKWRP, the management, acceptance, haulage, treatment, recovery and disposal of residual waste (including third party local authority waste), and outputs, the marketing and sale of third-party capacity and the marketing, generation and sale of electricity and heat (along with other ancillary services). The services also include entry into third party power purchase agreements in relation to electricity generated at the MKWRP and the maintenance of MKWRP's private wire and associated EV chargers at neighbouring Authority sites.During the Contract term, the Authority is keen to engage with the Contractor on opportunities for technological and commercial innovation and continuous improvement. In particular, the Authority wishes to explore the opportunities listed in Section II.2.11 below (the 'Anticipated Changes'). Further information about the MKWRP, the scope of services and the contractual arrangements applicable to this procurement are more particularly described in the Selection Questionnaire Pack ('SQP') and accompanying Procurement Documents (including the Descriptive Document and Background Information). Applicants are further referred to Section VI.3 (Additional Information) in this Contract Notice.Taking into account feedback gathered in market engagement, the Authority intends to enter into a multi-phased Contract, during which the Contractor will be provided with a platform to familiarise themselves with MKWRP before seeking opportunities to stabilise and then optimise the performance of the Facilities. The Authority is keen to draw on the knowledge, expertise and best practice of a contractor to achieve value for money and deliver on its strategic objectives for the MKWRP.It is intended that the risk profile, commercial model and incentivisation model will be adjusted as part of the phased approach so as to fairly allocate risk to the party best placed to manage it. The Authority wishes to dialogue with Bidders on the commercial and contractual principles of this phased approach as part of the procurement process.The Authority is conducting this procurement through the competitive dialogue procedure in accordance with Regulation 30 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('PCR'). Economic operators will need to register on the portal to participate and registration is free. All documentation is available from and all communication is to be conducted via the portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/ (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/)The Authority will implement the procurement in successive stages. Further information is set out in the SQP and Procurement Documents. To express interest, Applicants must complete and return responses to the Selection Questionnaire ('SQ') in accordance with the instructions set out in the SQP.The Authority will evaluate SQ Responses in accordance with its selection criteria set out in the SQP and (subject to there being sufficient competition) intends to invite all Applicants who 'pass' the SQ to participate in dialogue.The Authority intends to conduct dialogue with and invite Detailed Solutions and Final Tenders from those Bidders selected at SQ stage, but reserves the right to down-select Bidders at any time during the procurement. Once the Authority identifies the solution/solutions capable of meeting its needs, dialogue will be concluded and Bidders will be invited to submit a Final Tender before a preferred bidder is selected that represents the Most Economically Advantageous Tender. The Authority reserves the right to add or remove stages or revise this process. Options: Extension to the duration of the Contract: the initial term of the Contract is 10 years. The Authority reserves the right at its discretion to extend the term of the Contract for a further period of up to 5 years on notice.Anticipated Changes: The Authority reserves the right to introduce the following anticipated changes to the Services during the term of the Contract:Use of capital funding to support lifecycle replacement and improve MKWRP's efficiency and capacity for processing material and generating electricity/heat, with the intention to produce additional revenues from the sale of such electricity/heat (including by way of connection to a City-wide district heating network);Use of the biological treatment facility (via dry anaerobic digestion) to process separated food and garden waste from households;Use of the mechanical treatment facility to process mixed plastic, cans and glass separately collected from households;Explore opportunities to improve extraction of fossil-based carbon through the mechanical treatment facility to mitigate the impact of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme;Explore initiatives to stabilise and reduce contract waste volumes;Expand the private wire arrangements at MKWRP to power operational fleet vehicles and neighbouring consumers;Investigate the potential employment of bespoke modular complementary technologies to offset post treatment disposal costs; andSupport future heat/electricity offtake models including private wire, synthetic, sleeved PPAs and heat offtake agreements. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005883-2025 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Competitive dialogue | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Feb 2025 | | Submission deadline | 24 Mar 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | 2041 | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £260,000,000 | | Lots value | £260,000,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MILTON KEYNES CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | MILTON KEYNES | | Post town | Milton Keynes | | Postcode | MK9 3EJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLJ12 Milton Keynes | | Local authority | Milton Keynes | | Electoral ward | Central Milton Keynes | | Westminster constituency | Milton Keynes Central | | Delivery location | TLJ12 Milton Keynes | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services ## Release History - 19 Feb 2025 at 14:51 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005883-2025 ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/ - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/)The - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home - https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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