Loimi-Hämeen Jätehuolto Oy (LHJ) organises separate collection of biowaste in the waste transport organised by the municipality on behalf of its partner municipalities. An offer is requested from the shareholders' associations for the treatment and recovery of separately collected biowaste.

Separate collection of biowaste

LHJ, on behalf of its partner municipalities, organises the separate collection of biowaste in the so-called "separate collection". as a collection organized by the municipality.

This invitation to tender shall apply to the use of products sorted by place of origin in accordance with waste management regulations,

biowaste generated in housing activities and municipal service production

reception and processing. Other biowaste can also be delivered for processing, the quality of which can be equated to that generated in housing activities.

There may be normal impurities among biowaste. This.

The amount of separately collected biowaste in this treatment service procurement is approximately 1500-2000 tonnes annually. Waste is collected and delivered evenly, but there is normal seasonality in the accumulation. Waste is collected in waste transport organized by the municipality in accordance with waste management regulations from Monday to Friday between 06:00 and 22:00. On a case-by-case basis, there may also be a need for emptying the garbage truck on Saturday, for example. due to consecutive public holidays. The opening hours of the service provider's reception point must be suitable for the client's collection rhythm.

The contract period starts on 1.9.2023 and ends on 31.12.2027. The offer must include an option (two years) binding on the processing service provider, which LHJ can exercise on a year-by-year basis if necessary.

Determination of the contract award

A quote is requested for the weight-based unit price (€/t, VAT 0%) of the processing service that meets the requirements of this invitation to tender.

The prices offered are fixed until 31.12.2024. The amount of the processing fee is tied to the index "Producer Price Index, domestic goods (CPA2015)" (2015=100.0) published by Statistics Finland. The amount of the processing fee is reviewed annually in January. The basic index is the point figure of the Q3/2023 index. The audit index is the point figure for the last published quarter of the year preceding the date of the audit.

The Service Provider invoices the customer a processing fee based on the amount of waste delivered once a month. The payment term is 14 days.

The client pays the contract compensation using the vehicle scale of the service provider's reception location or on the basis of the weighing information agreed in some other way. The prices for the treatment and recovery of biowaste offered on the tender form include all processing and recovery tasks, equipment and work phases.

If the amount of biowaste to be processed deviates on an annual basis by more than 20% from the estimated delivery volume of 1500-2000 t/a indicated in the invitation to tender, the customer and the service provider will enter into negotiations to revise the prices. If the negotiations do not lead to an agreement on the revision of prices, the subscriber or service provider may terminate

with one (1) year's notice of the contract.

Securities and security

Within three weeks of notification of the award decision, the selected service provider shall provide a bank or other acceptable guarantee corresponding to the three-month contract amount. This contractual security shall be converted into a supply security once the contract has been signed. The basis for calculating the guarantee is the amount of waste 400 t. If the service provider withdraws from the project before the conclusion of the contract, or if the contract is otherwise not agreed for a reason not attributable to the client, the security will remain with the client as compensation for the costs incurred. The contractual security will be returned to the customer if the procurement contract is not concluded for reasons attributable to the client.

The operating guarantee shall be valid for three months after the end of the contract period. The operating guarantee is returned to the service provider after the procurement agreement, if the client does not have any compensation claims related to it.

The service provider must have all the guarantees required for the processing and recovery service throughout the contract period. In addition, the tenderer must present a company's €500,000 liability insurance valid before the start of the contract, which must be maintained throughout the contract.