However, Yorwaste – one of the council’s current disposal contractors – has not been included in the framework due to a decrease in the number of disposal outlets available to the company.
The interim arrangement, which is due to start in April 2015, will see the council dispose of 180,000 tonnes of residual waste per year through the framework while work continues on the long-delayed Allerton Park incinerator.
The framework also includes the City of York council, which will have access to the chosen facilities to dispose of approximately 52,000 tonnes of refuse per year collected from the kerbside and from Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs).
Contractors on the list are:
- Associated Waste Management
- Bidco – Impetus
- FCC Waste Services
- Green North East Trading
- Neales Waste Management Ltd
- Niramax Group
- SITA UK
- Stonegrave Aggregates Ltd
- F D Todd & Sons
- Transwaste Recycling & Aggregates Ltd.
The county council is expected to award disposal contracts through the framework, with the first treatment and disposal tender due to be published this month. However, the authority also reserves the right not to use the framework when procuring services.
Allerton EfW
The framework has been established in response to delays facing the 320,000 tonnes-per-year capacity Allerton Park energy from waste facility, which is to be developed as part of a 25 year, £1.4 billion deal with AmeyCespa.
The plant – which will treat household residual waste was first agreed in 2010, but has been dogged with setbacks after Defra withdrew PFI funding for the project in February 2013.
However, in September county councillors agreed a financial package in order to continue development of the Recovery Park – which will also include an anaerobic digestion plant as well as a recycling facility (see letsrecycle.com story).
At present, disposal of refuse in the county is carried out under a 10-year multi-contract awarded to Yorwaste – which is owned by North Yorkshire county council and City of York council – and the Waste Recycling Group Ltd (now FCC Environment).
The £80 million contract started in 2005 and is due to expire on March 31 2015 (see letsrecycle.com story). When North Yorkshire council applied for PFI credits in 2007, it envisaged its Allerton Park energy from waste project would be completed by 2014/15.
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Yorwaste
Yorwaste has not been included in the framework as a number of landfill sites previously used by the company have ceased operations. However, City of York will continue to dispose some of its refuse at the Yorwaste-operated Harewood Whin landfill site under a separate contract.
Tony Norris, waste services manager at North Yorkshire county council, told letsrecycle.com: “We found the easiest and most cost effective way to do this was through a framework. This allows a big number of facilities to be made available, and we intend to use the spare capacity at existing sites where possible.”
Mr Norris added that the framework was a ‘pick and mix’ that would allow the council to annually refresh its prices and encourage competition.
The length of the new interim arrangement is currently restricted to four years, with an option to extend by an additional 12 months. A number of further competitions are expected to be announced under the framework before the Allerton plant becomes operational – which is scheduled for April 2018.
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