TENDER: KERBSIDE FIBRES & MIXED CONTAINERS (DUMFRIES & CASTLE DOUGLAS) | DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL
TENDER KERBSIDE FIBRES & MIXED CONTAINERS (DUMFRIES & CASTLE DOUGLAS) DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL
Reference
DGCP-0946
Description
The Council are seeking offers from suitably licenced service providers to receive, treat and/or dispose of a number of resource streams with a view to managing them in accordance with the waste hierarchy.
The contract requirements are split into two waste streams over two separate lots as detailed within ‘Kerbside Fibres & Mixed Containers Specification’ within the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
Main procurement category
Services
Contract locations
- UKM92 – Dumfries & Galloway
Lot 1. Fibres (mixed paper, card & cardboard) (Dumfries & Castle Douglas)
Description
This resource stream consists of all paper fibres collected at the kerbside in DGC’s “Paper, Card and Cardboard” blue bins in the Nithsdale and Stewartry operational areas of Dumfries and Galloway and in skips from the HWRCs in these areas. This material is offered loose (i.e., not baled).
Lot 2. Containers (metals, plastics & cartons) (Dumfries & Castle Douglas)
Description
This resource stream consists of all the containers dry recyclate stream (i.e., food & drink cans; plastic bottles, pots, tubs & trays; and food & drink cartons (aka ‘Tetra-Paks’)) collected at the kerbside in DGC’s “Metals, Plastics and Cartons” red bins in the Nithsdale and Stewartry operational areas of Dumfries and Galloway and in skips from the HWRCs in these areas. This material is offered loose (i.e., not baled).
Participation
Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation
Bidders should hold any and all permits and licences and or, an ability to demonstrate any licence exemption, as required, including but not limited to: The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012; The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (as amended); and The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (as amended) or the equivalent legislation in England and Wales, for all Waste Treatment facilities the bidder is offering, as issued by SEPA or their equivalent body in other jurisdictions.
Submission
Tender submission deadline
8 July 2026, 10:00am
Submission address and any special instructions
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Languages that may be used for submission
- English
Award criteria
| Name | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | Quality | 40.00% |
| Price | Price | 60.00% |
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Contracting authority
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Procurement Team, Carruthers House
Dumfries
DG1 2HP
United Kingdom
Contact name: Karen Mclachlan
Telephone: +44 3033333000
Email: Procurement.CIRW@dumgal.gov.uk
Website: http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
Region: UKM92 – Dumfries & Galloway
Organisation type: Regional or local authority
Main activity: General public services