Integrated Resource and Waste Management Services

This Planned Procurement Notice is being issued to alert the market of a further change in timescales. It is likely that the procurement process will be published at the end of April 2026 via the YORtender system at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER Interested suppliers must be registered on this site to access the procurement documents. This notice is to supplement the UK1: Pipeline notice ref 2025/S 000-025970 and UK 2: Preliminary market engagement notice ref 2025/S 000-061560. Kirklees Council is seeking an Integrated Resource and Waste Management Services (IRWMS) contract to operate and maintain all of its existing facilities that are to be handed back to the authority when the current Waste PFI expires. The facilities have a good performance track record and are well maintained and include: • Energy from Waste (EfW) plant with a design-capacity to incinerate approx 136,000 tonnes per annum of residual waste (operational since January 2001); • Heat generated from the EfW facility could supply the proposed Huddersfield Heat Network; • Material Recovery Facility (MRF) with a capacity to handle approx. 15,500 tonnes per annum of council recycling material (operational since January 2002); • a Waste Transfer Station (WTS) in Huddersfield with a capacity to handle 14,000 tonnes per annum (operational since October 2001); • The EfW, MRF and WTS are co-located within the same building and a green waste bulking facility is nearby; • Another Waste Transfer Station in Dewsbury with a capacity to handle 150,000 tonnes per annum of residual waste and recycling material (operational since July 2001); • Four Household Waste Recycling Centre's, two primary sites located adjacent to the waste transfer stations; • A small bulking facility for green and inert waste. The services required are: • A solution for residual waste treatment and recycling collected from the Council's domestic and trade rounds that aim to be in accordance with Simpler Recycling principles in 2028. • Integrated resource and waste management services to operate and maintain the existing facilities listed above; • Solutions are also required for: HWRCs; operation and maintenance of the 4 sites including bulking, processing and haulage, to markets and minimising waste to landfill; • Meeting performance measures, including: recycling; environmental; and carbon reduction targets; • Use of innovative technology for efficiency in: data collection; reporting; supporting decisions; and transparency. Waste streams in scope: • Residual Waste; • Dry Mixed Recycling; • HWRC Waste; • Bulky Items; • Persistent Organic Pollutants; • Garden Waste; • Street Litter; • Street Sweepings; • Clinical Waste; • Hazardous Waste (e.g. batteries, chemicals); • Dead Animals; • There is also potential for this to extend to Food Waste. Volumes of waste: The annual tonnage of waste requiring treatment based on 2024/25 information are approximately: - General waste 121000 - Comingled Recycling 19000 - Bulky waste 7000 - Garden waste 15000 - Other 15000 Contract Duration: The contract is expected to start in April 2028 for an initial 15 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years with a maximum expiry of March 2045