NWRWMG has launched a major public procurement tender process to develop energy recovery facilities with the capacity to deal with approximately 70,000 tonnes of waste per year and MBT facilities with a capacity of approximately 140,000 tonnes of waste per year.
The procurement was publicised in the European Journal. The contract is expected to be awarded before the end of 2010 and the MBT and energy recovery plants are anticipated to be fully operational by 2014.
The shortlist of bidders through to the next stage of the procurement process to deliver the North West’s new waste facilities has been announced.
The shortlist of four bidders (in alphabetical order) is:
- Biffa Waste Services Ltd
- Brickkiln Waste Ltd/United Utilities Plc
- Greenstar Holding Ltd (Greenstar UK)
- One51 PLC/VT Environmental Engineering Ltd
Cllr Evelyne Robinson, Chairman of NWRWMG’s Joint Committee of elected representatives, welcomed publication of the shortlist:
“We are delighted with volume and calibre of bidders who all have the economic and financial standing, extensive experience and technical capability to provide the North West with the technologies required to meet our European waste targets.”
