Processing of Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) Material from kerbside organic bin collection
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About this tender
Overview Ballina Shire Council is seeking tenders from suitably experienced and qualified Service Providers to accept and process all Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) material collected through its kerbside organic bin collection service, at a licensed organics processing facility (OPF). Scope The scope includes: Acceptance and processing of all Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) material collected through Council's kerbside organic bin collection service, at a licensed organics processing facility (OPF) Provision for processing of self-hauled household and commercial Garden Organics (GO) material accepted at the Ballina Resource Recovery Centre, if the existing arrangement with the current local contractor ceases during the Contract term Contract Terms and Conditions Initial contract term of five (5) years Three (3) further options of one (1) year each, exercisable by Council at its sole discretion About This Request for Tender is subject to the requirements concerning waste management services in the Local Government (General) Regulation 2021. Council requested existing-worker information from the incumbent service provider, as required for the purposes of section 170 of the Regulation. Despite making reasonable efforts to obtain that information, Council has been unable to obtain access to it, and is accordingly unable to include existing-worker information in this RFT. Instructions to Tenderers Tenderers must make their own enquiries and assessment of the workforce requirements associated with performance of the Services. As existing-worker information has not been included in the RFT, the Tenderer is not required to provide any undertaking in this Schedule.
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