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title: "Household Recycling Charter: Sort Line Guidance"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000509565"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
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buyer: "ZERO WASTE SCOTLAND LTD"
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# Household Recycling Charter: Sort Line Guidance

Buyer: ZERO WASTE SCOTLAND LTD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000509565

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Zero Waste Scotland Ltd, a central purchasing body based in Stirling, UK, seeking a contractor for the "Household Recycling Charter: Sort Line Guidance". This tender, which is currently at the active stage, aims to produce essential guidance for local authorities on the sorting infrastructure needed for various waste materials, closely aligned with the Household Recycling Charter Code of Practice. The tender period ends on 2nd October 2017, with the award period beginning the same day. The procurement method employed is an open procedure, classified under the services category within the environmental protection industry.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses involved in waste management, recycling services, and consultancy, particularly those with expertise in developing environmental guidance and infrastructure solutions. Companies that can demonstrate a solid understanding of recycling processes, as well as the ability to provide clear, actionable guidance for local authorities, will be well-positioned to compete. Businesses are encouraged to assemble skilled teams to adequately respond to the procurement requirements and illustrate how they can contribute to improving waste sorting efficiency and effectiveness.

## Notice

Zero Waste Scotland wishes to appoint a Contactor to produce guidance for local authorities on the post-collection material sorting infrastructure required for material streams aligned with the Household Recycling Charter Code of Practice (CoP). The guidance must be clear and succinct, suitable for use by Zero Waste Scotland, Local Authorities and others who wish to appraise the impacts of aligning waste services with the CoP. It must also be fully referenced as appropriate.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The contractor will produce a guidance document that describes the following: The bulking and sorting infrastructure required to sort: Plastics, metals and cartons; and Paper and cardboard Space and staffing requirements for The sorting line Storage of both input and output material Outline specifications for sorting kit, including associated operating and capital costs Comparable MRF gate fees Tips, lessons learned, good practice advice and examples of how a local authority can operate a cost efficient sorting line which produces high quality outputs The guidance must incorporate three worked scenario examples, for the following: A small local authority A medium local authority A large local authority, or a cluster of local authorities working in partnership The scenarios should be based on the assumption that the local authorities target the materials specified in the CoP. The guidance should also include a summary of relevant EN Quality Standards for specific materials; and how they can be achieved to allow councils to confidently sell the materials directly to reprocessors and / or the market. The contractor will undertake an exercise to gather information that can be used as a comparison against the investment costs to a Local Authority, to enable them to determine whether to sort CoP aligned material in-house or at a MRF. A summary of this information will be included in the guidance.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV302053 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Nov 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Oct 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Oct 2017 |
| Contract period | 30 Oct 2017 - 30 Mar 2018 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £23,280 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ZERO WASTE SCOTLAND LTD |
| Locality | STIRLING |
| Post town | Falkirk and Stirling |
| Postcode | FK8 1QZ |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling |
| Local authority | Stirling |
| Electoral ward | Stirling North |
| Westminster constituency | Stirling and Strathallan |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RESOURCE FUTURES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services

## Release History

- 23 Nov 2017 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV302053
- 30 Aug 2017 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG293875

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=AUG293875&idx=1
  30th August 2017 - Tender Document
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG293875
  Household Recycling Charter: Sort Line Guidance - Zero Waste Scotland wishes to appoint a Contactor to produce guidance for local authorities on the post-collection material sorting infrastructure required for material streams aligned with the Household Recycling Charter Code of Practice (CoP). The guidance must be clear and succinct, suitable for use by Zero Waste Scotland, Local Authorities and others who wish to appraise the impacts of aligning waste services with the CoP. It must also be fully referenced as appropriate.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV302053
  Household Recycling Charter: Sort Line Guidance - Zero Waste Scotland wishes to appoint a Contactor to produce guidance for local authorities on the post-collection material sorting infrastructure required for material streams aligned with the Household Recycling Charter Code of Practice (CoP). The guidance must be clear and succinct, suitable for use by Zero Waste Scotland, Local Authorities and others who wish to appraise the impacts of aligning waste services with the CoP. It must also be fully referenced as appropriate.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/content/tenders
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000509565
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.org.uk

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