NWRWMG Announces Final Two Bidders

8 November 2010

The North West Region Waste Management Group (NWRWMG) has announced Greenstar Holdings Ltd and the Brickkiln / United Utilities / Sisk Consortium are through to the final stage of its £500m public procurement exercise to deliver new waste management facilities for the area.

The companies have put forward detailed proposals on their plans to develop a combination of Mechanical Biological Treatment and Energy Recovery technologies to treat waste that can't be recycled. The bidders have now been invited to submit their final Competitive Dialogue sessions and will shortly be required to submit Final Tenders.

NWRWMG, which is made up of seven councils stretching from Moyle to Strabane, is responsible for delivering new infrastructure that will reduce the environmental impact of waste and ensure the region meets European Union waste targets.

Councillor Evelyne Robinson, NWRWMG chairman, said: "This is one of the largest and most complex procurement projects ever undertaken in the North West and will radically modernise and improve the region's waste management effort. The technologies employed at the new waste facilities will bring the North West in to line with those European countries at the forefront in dealing with unrecyclable waste and ensure we avoid potentially severe EU fines for failing to reduce our reliance on landfill.

"The NWRWMG has carefully managed the procurement process since it was launched at the start of last year, closely scrutinising each bid at every stage of the process to ensure we can achieve the most economically advantageous waste management solution for the region.

"We are pleased with the calibre of the final two solutions and look forward to announcing the preferred bidder in spring 2011, with the new waste facilities set to be operational before the end of 2014."