Contract Summary

  • Published Date: 21 August 2020

  • Tender Status: active

  • Tender Opening Date: 21 August 2020

  • Tender Closing Date: 21 September 2020

  • Award Date: n/a

  • Contract Start Date: n/a

  • Contract End Date: n/a

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs: Yes

  • Contract is suitable for VCSEs: No

  • Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) Contract Type: Services

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Description

The University Hospitals Birmingham are looking to commission an external body to undertake an audit of waste services across all of its five keys sites and a number of out lying clinical and none clinical locations.

The scope of the audit will include and not be limited to

Audit Scope

- Contractual arrangements to include contingency planning

- Processes and procedures in relation to segregation at source

- Internal waste production/ primary packaging / primary storage/ collection/ secondary storage and consignment

- Internal transpiration of waste

- Education/training,

- Primary waste bins for all waste stream

- Bio Systems v single use sharps boxes

- Management of document/record keeping

- Producer Return Audits

- Trust Waste Policy

- Trust Waste Strategy

- Compliance with legislation to include DGSA

- Compliance with regards to our duty of care

- National and local waste strategies including NHSI

- Environmental impacts/social responsibilities

- Identifying good and bad practice.

- Carbon footprint and sustainability

- Circular Economy

The successful bidder will be required to provide and present a formal report on findings that will include if applicable recommendations to improve the overall function and management of waste across all UHB sites.

About the Buyer

Contact name: n/a

Address: 14 George Road, Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 1NU
England

Telephone: n/a

Fax: n/a

Email: [email protected]

Value of Contract

Price Range: £5,000