Tender: Integrated Resource and Waste Management Contract – EfW Facility, Waste Transfer Stations, HWRCs & Recycling (From April 2028)

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The Authority is seeking a supplier to operate and maintain its EfW facility, three waste transfer stations (Vine Street WTS, Weaving Lane WTS and Emerald Street WTS) and four household waste recycling centres (Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Meltham and Upper Cumberworth), providing reception, storage, bulking, incineration and optimisation of energy recovery, sale of electricity and treatment/disposal of EfW products. The contract also covers waste transfer and haulage, marketing and sale of dry recyclables, receipt and processing of garden waste, management of waste containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), handling a wide range of streams (residual, dry recyclables, food, garden, gully detritus, POPs, offensive, DIY, asbestos, WEEE, textiles, depot-collected, HWRC-delivered and ad-hoc waste), provision of all required personnel, equipment and consumables, site improvement and rectification works, and fulfilment of the Authority’s statutory duty for treatment and disposal under Section 51 of the EPA and subsequent legislation including the Environment Act 2021. Annual tonnages based on 2024/25 information are approximately: general waste 121,000 t; comingled recycling 19,000 t; bulky waste 5,000 t; POPs 2,000 t; garden waste 15,000 t; other 15,000 t. The contract is expected to start in April 2028 for an initial 15 years with an option to extend up to a further 2 years to a maximum expiry of March 2045.