Procurement

Prosiect Gwyrdd is a technology neutral partnership to deliver a solution to ‘residual waste’. Following research into the market, the partnership is aware of a number of technologies, offering different technical solutions that are interested in this contract.

The Project has now put its agreed requirements out to market and started the ‘procurement process’, so private companies can bid for this contract.

This process will be complex and is expected to take 2 years, undergoing ‘competitive dialogue’ with the companies that move through the procurement stages.

Expected Timeline

  • Autumn 2009: The European Journal advertisement went out to market
  • Spring 2010: Prequalification Questionnaire (Competive Dialogue Process)
  • Spring 2010:  till Summer 2011: Dialogue with bidders
  • Autumn 2011: Preferred bidder
  • 2012: Contract finalised and planning

Updates on the project will be given via the news section of the website, through press releases, minutes of meetings and briefings.

A Stakeholder Engagement Plan is in place to engage with the public as the procurement develops. Developing the infrastructure to deal with waste is a very emotive issue, as many believe in the principle and the need but see waste facilities as ‘unwanted neighbours’. The key message to be made is:

‘’ The need to reduce, reuse and recycle and compost as much waste as possible, maximising the use of remaining waste as a resource through a treatment process thereby minimising waste to landfill.’’

This procurement will only deal with ‘’maximising the use of the remaining waste as a resource through a treatment process’’ as part of the overall waste plans in each Council.

Information exhibitions will be held in each local authority area and advertised through the local press and this website. As the procurement develops and sites and technologies are identified, the communications will adapt giving information to residents on the proposals that have been put forward by the private market.

If you require additional information please email info@prosiectgwyrdd.co.uk and the Project Team will respond as quickly as possible.

Who governs the project?

Procurement process

Following the Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) stage of the procurement, eight companies have been selected to proceed, these companies are:

The Pre Qualification Questionnaire is ‘backward looking’ to assess whether the partnership believes the interested companies have demonstrated their ability to deliver a project of this scale and complexity.  The PQQ stage explores the company that has expressed an interest in great detail as well as any other associated company that has been linked with their submission.

Procurement of Waste Treatment Services for Residual Municipal Waste Documents:

No proposals, technology options or sites have been submitted to the partnership yet, this process starts now, asking for ‘outline solutions’ to be submitted by the successful companies for evaluation. This starts the ‘Competitive Dialogue Process’, when the Project works with the companies to discuss the proposals.

Do you want to contact us?

Prosiect Gwyrdd
PO Box 3120
Cardiff
CF30 0DA

Tel: (029) 2071 7523
E-mail: info@prosiectgwyrdd.co.uk

Did you know?

  • The decomposition of waste in the absence of air, gives off methane. As a molecule, methane is 23 times more potent as a green house gas than carbon dioxide.
  • In the UK approximately 2.4 million tonnes of methane is release each year. Emissions from municipal solid waste landfill sites account for 27% of the national total.
  • Methane is recovered from landfill operations, but the collection rate at best is only 10%. This has to be compared to residual waste treatment plants where the collection rates are between 40-60%.

Landfill has historically been the chosen method to deal with waste. This cannot continue and a solution has to be found.

  • A third of all the food we buy ends up being thrown away.
  • In Wales we throw away 330 000 tonnes of food waste each year.
  • Organic waste, such as fruit, vegetables and tea bags make up to 38% of the contents of the average dustbin.
  • An estimated 6.7 million tonnes of household food waste is produced each year in the UK, most of which could be eaten.

Each of the local authorities in Prosiect Gwyrdd are committed to divert as much food waste as possible for composting and plans are underway to implement new schemes.

  • Every year in the UK, we throw away 28 million tonnes of rubbish from households. This weighs the same as three and a half million double decker buses.
  • Every day 80 million food and drink cans end up in landfill.
  • In the UK, we fill about 300 million square metres of land with rubbish each year.
  • We produce 20 times more plastic in the UK than we did 50 years ago.

Each of the local authorities in Prosiect Gwyrdd is committed to recycling and composting as much waste as practically possible. Residents have a duty to reduce and reuse as much waste as possible so that we can all improve the environment. Waste is everyone's problem.

Wyddech chi?

  • Mae gwastraff sy'n dadelfennu heb aer yn cynhyrchu methan. Fel moleciwl, mae methan yn gallu cynhyrchu 23 gwaith yn fwy o nwyon ty gwydr nag yw carbon deuocsid.
  • Yn y DU, rhyddheir oddeutu 2.4 miliwn o dunelli o fethan bob blwyddyn. Mae allyriadau o wastraff dinesig solid mewn safleoedd tirlenwi yn 27% o'r cyfanswm cenedlaethol.
  • Cesglir methan o weithredoedd tirlenwi, ond 10% ar y mwyaf yw'r gyfradd gasglu. Rhaid cymharu hwn â gwaith trin gwastraff gweddilliol lle mae'r cyfraddau casglu'n llawer uwch (gweler y tudalen dewisiadau).

Tirlenwi yw'r modd traddodiadol o ddelio â gwastraff. Ni all hyn barhau ac mae'n rhaid cael hyd i ateb arall.

  • Mae un rhain o dair o'r bwyd a brynwn yn cael ei daflu yn y pen draw.
  • Yng Nghymru, rydym yn taflu 330,000 tunnell o wastraff bwyd bob blwyddyn.
  • Gwastraff organig, megis ffrwythau, llysiau a bagiau te, yw hyd at 38% o gynnwys bin arferol.
  • Cynhyrchir oddeutu 6.7 miliwn o dunelli o wastraff bwyd cartref yn flynyddol yn y DU, a gellir bod wedi bwyta'r rhan fwyaf ohono.

Mae pob un o'r awdurdodau lleol sy'n rhan o Broject Gwyrdd wedi ymrwymo at ddargyfeirio cymaint o wastraff bwyd â phosibl i gael ei gompostio. Mae cyllid wedi'i glustnodi gan Lywodraeth y Cynulliad ar gyfer pob awdurdod.

  • Rydym yn taflu 28 miliwn o dunelli o sbwriel o gartrefi bob blwyddyn yn y DU. Mae hyn yn pwyso'r un faint â thua tair miliwn a hanner o fysus deulawr.
  • Mae 80 miliwn o dunelli o ganiau bwyd a diod yn mynd i safleoedd tirlenwi bob dydd.
  • Yn y DU rydym yn llenwi tua 300 miliwn o fetrau sgwâr o dir gyda sbwriel bob blwyddyn.
  • Rydym yn cynhyrchu 20 gwaith mwy o blastig yn y DU nag oeddem yn ei wneud hanner canrif yn ôl.

Mae pob un o'r awdurdodau lleol sy'n rhan o Project Gwyrdd wedi ymrwymo at ailgylchu a chompostio gymaint o wastraff ag sy'n bosibl. Mae dyletswydd ar breswylwyr i leihau ac ailddefnyddio gymaint o wastraff â phosibl er mwyn i ni gyd wella'r amgylchedd. Mae gwastraff yn broblem i bawb.

Manylion Cyswllt

Prosiect Gwyrdd
Blwch SP 3120
Caerdydd
CF3 0DA

Ffôn: (029) 2071 7523
E-bost: info@prosiectgwyrdd.co.uk