Materials, marketing and sales service for the recyclable materials f South Hams District Council

Concepts

• recyclable materials f south hams district council
• south hams district council
• refuse and waste
• totnes
• shdc
• recyclable materials
• sales service
• plan b's materials system
• comprehensive materials marketing
• materials

Location

Devon:

Description

Plan B wishes to enter into partnership with South Hams District Council (SHDC) to provide a comprehensive materials marketing and sales service for the recyclable materials from their municipal operations and made available for collection at their Ermington Road Depot, with the aims to: • Become an integral part of the services team to ensure operational colleagues are well placed to supply good quality recyclables to market; • Deliver SHDC additional income above comparative Lets Recycle valuations, net of the cost of a comprehensive and value adding service; • Provide SHDC with significant resource savings (or opportunity to reallocate resources) on procurement/sales, administration and finance activities all related to the material marketing and sales processes; • Protect SHDC through robust due diligence processes to manage and mitigate credit risk and deliver compliance (this includes permit/licence checks, Environment Agency Freedom of Information Requests to check compliance with permit/licence, HSE enforcement checks, regular credit checks using Dun & Bradstreet etc); • Provide built in contingencies to the trading of material to manage market or reprocessor failure or risk with the breadth of markets, reprocessor and buyers within their network; • Supply comprehensive and detailed reports on tonnage, end destinations, sales performance and market intelligence to aid budgeting and forecasts; • Give access to Plan B's materials system which will allow Plan B and SHDC to share live data and act as the central data point to manage and administer the service; • Assist SHDC with material quality management interventions and best practices. Materials included: Material Card (hard mixed paper) Glass – Mixed Mixed Cans & Plastic (Plastic Bottles & Packaging, steel and aluminium cans) Paper (newspaper & magazines)

Total Quantity or Scope

Materials Included

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

Legal Justification

To achieve all the above, it is proposed that the partnership would work on an open book basis, where SHDC receives the full sale value achieved for their material, less a fee for the service. This service will ensure robust material solutions are in place for 3rd October, when the service is transferred back into SHDC from its current contractor. The contract duration will be 2 years.

Other Information

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