Decision details

Provision of Waste Automotive Batteries, Collection, Transportation and Processing Services

Decision Maker: Director of Environment and Planning

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Purpose:

Lancashire County Council is the waste disposal authority for the administrative county of Lancashire. The Authority operates and manages 15 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs), a Community Recycling & Re-use Centre (CRRC), two transfer stations and is also responsible for the management of wastes collected by Waste Collection Authorities, including fly-tipped waste.

The aim of this procurement exercise is to procure services for the collection, acceptance and processing of waste automotive batteries from the HWRCs. The procurement relates to standard petrol and diesel car batteries and may also include some leisure batteries.

The previous arrangements for the waste automotive batteries have generated an income for the Authority, with the suppliers paying the Authority for the waste automotive batteries collected.

Under the proposed procurement the contract rates payable by the supplier will be linked to the 'Non Ferrous Metal - Batteries' prices published on Letsrecycle.com website for the month that the waste batteries are collected, plus a fixed supplier adjustment that will be tendered by the supplier. In addition, the supplier will also be required to tender a collection rate for each waste facility.

Current arrangements for service delivery are via a temporary informal rolling agreement. This procurement is required to formalise arrangements and put in place a more robust contract to govern service delivery. It is recommended that a below threshold open tender procedure is used to procure the services.

The framework agreement will be for an initial period of two years, with the option to extend for any number of defined periods up to a further two years. The intention is for service to commence on or around 01 February 2025.


Decision:

Steve Scott, Head of Waste Management, on behalf of the Andrew Mullaney, Director of Environment and Planning took a decision to approve commencement of a procurement exercise to establish a framework agreement for the provision of Waste Automotive Batteries, Collection, Transportation and Processing Services.

 

The services will commence on or around 1 February 2025 and have an initial term of two years, with the option to extend for any number of defined periods up to a further two years. The procurement process will be a below threshold open tender process.

 

Divisions Affected: N/A;

Contact: Steve Scott Email: steve.scott@lancashire.gov.uk Tel: 01772 533755.

Date of decision: 17/10/2024

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