The Authority announced today (May 29) that SITA UK and a consortium of E.ON Energy from Waste AG with Tata Chemicals Europe Limited are set to battle it out for the work.
This means the other two companies shortlisted for the deal in December 2011, Cory Environmental and Viridor, are no longer in the running (see letsrecycle.com story).
The WLWA manages waste on behalf of the boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Richmond upon Thames.
The successful bidder will have to handle up to 300,000 tonnes of residual waste per year generated by a population of 1.4 million people. The deal covers all aspects of treatment including any necessary transport, the operation of transfer stations, and contracts for outputs such as energy, refuse-derived fuel, and recyclates. Refuse and recycling collection and operation of Household Reuse and Recycling Centres will not form part of the contract.
Bids were invited from single entity companies, consortia, or joint ventures andWLWA offered its three waste transfer stations at Brentford, South Ruislip and Park Royal as part of the procurement but also welcomed proposals involving sites within bidders control or which they intend to acquire.
Final tenders by the remaining two bidders are expected to be submitted by 30 November 2012. WLWA expects to be in a position to select its preferred bidder in spring 2013 to enable the new services to start in April 2015, but WLWA is exploring with bidders the opportunity for an earlier start to begin diversion from landfill as soon as possible.
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In a statement, the WLWA said: West London already recycles or composts almost 40% of its household waste, more than any other sub region of London. The new contract is intended to allow continued flexibility to increase recycling up to at least 50% by 2020 and WLWA will focus even more on waste minimisation schemes in the future.
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