The Council requires the provision of Service to receive and sort co-mingled dry recycling delivered by the Council, the transportation and delivery of the sorted material to processors and merchants, and the further sorting or final disposal of any non-recyclable or other unacceptable waste arising from the sorting process. The intention of the Service is to maximise the recovery of dry recycled materials to ensure the most financially advantageous position for the Council.

The Contractor will be required to process, recover, recycle and if necessary appropriately dispose of non-recyclable or other unacceptable waste materials arising from its collection of co-mingled recycling. Indicative volumes and types of recycling can be found within the invitation to tender documents.

The Council will generally deliver dry recycling to the specified delivery point using single bodied 26 tonne Dennis Eagle refuse collection vehicles.

To ensure operational efficiency and cost effectiveness, the Contractors proposed transfer station or processing facility to which the Council will deliver dry recycling must be no further than 25 miles from Merlin House, Quarry Hill Industrial Estate, Merlin Way, Ilkeston, DE7 4RA.

Indicative total contract value for maximum 7 year contract period is 1 500 000 GBP .