Tender: Collection and Treatment of Biowaste (Green Waste & Brown-Bin Waste) – Fermanagh & Omagh District Council

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Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is seeking suitably experienced and licensed contractors to collect, process and recycle biowaste from its licensed transfer stations at Omagh Operations Centre (Gortrush Transfer Station, Gortrush Industrial Estate, Great Northern Road, Omagh BT78 5EJ, Licence WML 25/04) and Fermanagh Operations Centre (Drummee Transfer Station, 30 Drummee Road, Enniskillen BT74 7LE, Licence 34/24). The tender is divided into four pricing lots: Lot 1 – collection, treatment and processing of co-mingled brown bin material from Omagh; Lot 2 – co-mingled brown bin material from Fermanagh; Lot 3 – biodegradable garden waste (green waste) from Omagh; and Lot 4 – biodegradable garden waste from Fermanagh. Each lot contract will run for two years from award. The brown bin material is defined (EWC 20 01 08, 20 02 01) as kerbside collections of garden waste co-mingled with food waste and household fire ash, with households supplied with a five-litre caddy and compostable bags; the biodegradable garden waste (EWC 20 02 01) is sourced from household recycling centres and excludes food waste and compostable bags, consisting mainly of grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, coarse branches, stumps, foliage and similar plant material. Treatment must support the Council’s compliance with the EU Waste Framework Directive and EU Landfill Directive on recycling targets and reducing municipal waste to landfill.