Award of Contract for Waste Collection, HWRC and Material Management and Street Cleansing Services

The provision of waste, recycling and environmental services in the Southend-on-Sea City Administrative Area.

The services under the contract include collection of waste and recycling; operation of a waste transfer station; haulage of residual and bulky waste to treatment/disposal sites; operation of household waste and recycling centres; managing materials collected at the kerbside, household waste and recycling centres and fly tipping including sale or disposal for recycling and/or treatment; and street cleansing.

Southend-on-Sea City Council ("The Authority") is a unitary council with responsibility for both waste collection and disposal.

This contract is for the following services

1) Collection of waste and recycling

a. Household Residual Waste collection;

b. Household Dry Recycling collection;

c. Household Food Waste collection;

d. Household Garden Waste collection (chargeable service);

e. Household Bulky Waste collection;

f. Household Textiles collection;

g. Household Small Electrical Appliances collection;

h. Other non-domestic Waste and Recycling collection;

i. Commercial Waste and Dry Recycling collection;

j. Clinical Waste.

2) Operation of a waste transfer station

3) Operation of household waste and recycling centres

4) Managing materials

a. Collected at the kerbside;

b. HWRCs;

c. Fly tipping; and

d. Sale or disposal for recycling and/or treatment.

5) Street cleansing:-

a. Litter and Detritus cleansing;

b. Jet Washing;

c. Bus shelters;

d. Washing footpaths, alleyways, underpasses etc.;

e. Weed control;

f. Beaches and foreshores;

g. Graffiti and fly-posting removal;

h. Removal of fly-tipped materials and abandoned Waste;

i. Hazardous Waste and chemical spills;

j. Litter bins;

k. Removal of seasonal fall;

l. Shopping and other trolleys;

m. Removal of dead animals;

n. Rapid response and road traffic accidents;

o. Special events;

p. Removal of litter from lakes etc.;

q. Deep cleansing/ chewing gum removal;

r. Erection of signs.

6) Other Services:

a. Management of Waste;

b. Haulage of residual and bulky waste to treatment/disposal sites;

c. Asset management;

d. Contingency arrangements.