Municipal solid waste collection and transport service in Vilaflor de Chasna

Summary

The Municipality of Vilaflor de Chasna is procuring a ten-year service for collecting and transporting municipal solid waste throughout the municipality. The work includes collecting organic and residual waste five days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday), weekly collection of bulky household items, delivery of waste to an appropriate treatment or drop-off facility, and cleaning, maintaining and replacing containers. Containers must not exceed 75% capacity, and collection-related incidents must be resolved within 24 hours. Recyclable waste fractions must achieve at least 80% purity. The contractor must provide at least one driver and two collection operatives and arrange replacements for absences. Required equipment includes a 12 m³ 4x2 refuse collection truck, a 4x4 open-bed vehicle with a platform and capacity up to 3,500 kg, and a reserve collection truck. The tender documents describe container replacement quantities but give differing size details in different sections; bidders should follow the technical specification as a whole when preparing their offer. The bidder must describe its operating arrangements, team and equipment and submit maintenance, quality, environmental-management and occupational-safety arrangements. Service quality and environmental performance must be monitored, with regular reports submitted. Price carries 55 points and the service plan 45 points. The plan is assessed on matters including collection frequency, bulky-waste collection and transport schedules, containers, machinery, staff, occupational safety, and maintenance, quality, sustainability and communication plans. The annual tender budget is EUR 237,530.96 and the estimated total value for ten years is EUR 2,219,915.50. To participate, bidders must meet the legal-capacity, financial-standing and technical-capability requirements in the tender documents; the successful bidder must provide a 5% definitive guarantee before contract award.