The contract, with a grant under the EU-funded Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, has a base budget of €1,710,961.54
Benidorm launches tender for the purchase of five batches of selective waste collection containers
The city will have more than 1,800 new containers for the collection of bio-waste, composting, used oil, and textile waste.
Benidorm City Council has launched the bidding process for the contract to acquire five batches of selective waste collection containers following the approval of the file by the Local Government Board last week.
The file will be straightforward, and the procedure will be transparent and harmonised. The base tender budget amounts to €1,710,961.54. Specifically, it will cover FORS waste (Organic Fraction for Separate Collection), textile waste, and used household oil. The supply of composting equipment of varying capacities has also been included "to facilitate the recovery of bio-waste for users who request it," stated Mayor Toni Pérez.
Pérez also announced that this supply "will allow the City Council to meet the objectives established in the waste law to promote the circular economy in the Valencian Community." The mayor added that once the city has the new containers, "we will have taken another step forward in our commitment to the environment, recycling, and citizen awareness to have a friendlier and more comfortable city for our residents and visitors." "We want to give our residents the greatest possible opportunity to practice a circular economy while having a cleaner and more environmentally sustainable city," the mayor added.
The contract for the purchase of the five batches of collection containers, one for each type of container being tendered, has been subsidised by the Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Government) from the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, financed by the European Union through NextGenerationEU funds. In this regard, the City Council's contribution will be €912,744.42 (53.78% of the total), while the European subsidy will amount to €798,217.12 (46.22%).
The first lot includes rear-loading, separate bio-waste collection containers with a capacity of 2,200 litres, of which 300 containers will be purchased. The second lot corresponds to rear-loading, 1,200-litre containers. Of these, the City Council will receive 940 new units. The third lot corresponds to modular composting containers for both domestic and community use, with 280 units. The fourth lot comprises 125 containers for used household cooking oil, and the fifth and final lot corresponds to 160 containers for textile waste.
The award criteria will aim to adapt the submitted proposals to the requirements indicated in the specifications to identify the most advantageous bid. Technical and mathematical criteria have been incorporated for this purpose. Thus, mathematical criteria will have a maximum score of 60 points for each lot, based on aspects such as unit price (35 points), delivery time (5 points), and comprehensive after-sales maintenance (20 points). Value-based criteria, meanwhile, will add up to a maximum of 40 points and will assess aspects such as structure and robustness, material, design, capacity, operation, cleanliness, watertightness, safety, visual impact, and accessibility.