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The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) has launched a tendering competition to put a supplier framework in place for waste management services. The framework, which is estimated to be valued at up to €23 million per year, will be available for use by public bodies in the central government and education sectors, as well as An Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service and the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and the HSE.

The framework will only be available for use by public bodies that had a total waste management services spend over the last two years of more than €25,000. This means that smaller waste management services contracts are not in scope, and remain available for local competition.

In advance of publishing this tender, the OGP undertook market engagement with multiple industry stakeholders. This pre-tender engagement helped to shape the structure and inform the scope of the competition. Waste management service providers were encouraged to share their experiences of previous public sector procurement competitions, and their views on barriers to competition and participation. The OGP received feedback from a broad range of stakeholders with an interest in delivering waste management services to the public sector.

In structuring this tender process the Office of Government Procurement built in a range of measures to encourage participation by SMEs, including breaking the competition down into 13 smaller lots by geographic location, with turnover requirements proportionate to each value lot and more places available on each lot when compared to the existing Waste Management Services Framework.

A Bidder Briefing will take place on 12 January – full details will be available to companies that express an interest in the RFT on www.etenders.gov.ie
Further details, including the closing date for receipt of tenders, are available on www.etenders.gov.ie