MidCoast Council seeks an experienced contractor for a five-year contract to purchase, collect, transport, sort, process, and recycle ferrous/non-ferrous scrap metal and used lead-acid batteries. Services include compliant on-site refrigerant recovery. Collections are from council facilities. The contractor will be paid an agreed fixed percentage of the published market benchmark. The tender closes on 30/09/2026. A non-mandatory site briefing is available on 07/09/2026.
Standard collection requests must commence within three weeks, while a limited number of urgent requests must commence within one week. Standard collection requests must commence within three weeks, while a limited number of urgent requests must commence within one week.
The contractor will pay council an agreed fixed percentage of the applicable published market benchmark for each material category. The contractor will pay council an agreed fixed percentage of the applicable published market benchmark for each material category.
The evaluation considers commercial return and pricing revenue share percentages, benchmark method, worked calculation transparency and payment controls.
Tenderers must hold a current NSW scrap metal business registration and demonstrate lawful access to appropriately licensed transport, storage, processing and recycling facilities. tenderers must: o submit a complete and conforming tender through the tender portal by the closing time o tender for all core material categories and all facilities
A nonmandatory briefing and representative site inspection is proposed on 07/09/2026. pretender site briefing. details will be inserted in the rft keyinformation.
The deadline for questions is 21/09/2026. deadline for questions 5pm, ****
Tenders may be excluded if they do not satisfy a mandatory requirement or if the tenderer is subject to an exclusion, suspension or legal restriction. council may exclude a tender that does not satisfy a mandatory requirement or does not provide sufficient evidence.
The indicative commencement date for services is 01/01/2027. indicative commencement december 2026