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Lancashire Renewables Ltd (LRL) is a company owned wholly by Lancashire Country Council and Blackpool Council. LRL operates two waste treatment facilities in Leyland and Thornton. Each site is approximately 40 acres and contains numerous buildings responsible for the receival and processing of household and residual waste (circa 400,000 tonnes p.a.). Waste is either transported into the offtake market for further processing/ recycling or to landfill when necessary. LRL's key objectives are to receive, treat and transport contract waste in accordance with the targets and service requirements set out in the Service Level Agreement between LRL and Lancashire County Council. As part of its day-to-day operations, LRL operates several closed biofilters at each of its two sites based in Leyland (PR26 6TB) and Thornton (FY5 7RY). Each biofilter contains multiple cells, and each cell houses approximately 500m3 of woodchip media. The closed biofilters are part of LRL's odour abatement system and they remove obnoxious odours from the internal airstream before emission into the external atmosphere. The internal air is drawn through the bed of woodchip that is inoculated and populated with sulphate loving bacteria. The key criteria for woodchip media used in biofilters for odour control revolve around material composition, physical properties, and durability to ensure optimal microbial activity and long-term performance. Should you be interested in this tender opportunity and would like further information, please visit the Chest portal https://www.the-chest.org.uk/) After logging in choose organisation Lancashire Renewables Limited, and navigate to Project information - DN784144.

LRL is considering a comprehensive workwear solution to ensure that staff across its Leyland (PR26 6TB) and Thornton (FY5 7RY) sites are equipped with appropriate, durable, and safe clothing. The workwear is worn across multiple operational areas and must meet industry-specific health and safety specifications (Hi-vis clothing, minimum class 2 or above). The key criteria for the workwear revolve around material composition, durability, comfort, and compliance. Garments must be resistant to wear and tear, suitable for repeated laundering, and maintain their protective properties over time. The workwear will likely require embroidering or printing with LRL's corporate branding. A fully managed workwear service would provide full lifecycle management, including supply, regular collection, laundering, inspection, repair, and replacement, ensuring that all staff consistently have access to clean, safe, and compliant clothing. It may also include things like personal lockers for the staff, such that clean workwear is available for individual employees. As an alternative to a fully managed service, LRL is also considering a 'hybrid' service. This would limit the scope of the tendered contract with LRL assuming some of the managed services' functions 'in house', for example the laundering or the repairs. The decision regarding how much of the service to outsource depends on several factors including the supply market's capability. It is envisaged that any tendered contract will commence around Autumn 2026. At this stage, LRL is considering an open tender or competitive flexible procedure depending on the market's capability. Any contract awarded is likely to be an initial term of 3-4 years with an option to extend up to a further 3-4 years. The purpose of this notice is to provide advance notice to suppliers who may be interested in LRL's tender opportunity and gather some information to help inform LRL's internal business case and subsequent procurement strategy. Please note this is a draft price and full price will be estimated once we have responses, in the full tender. Any future tender let by LRL will most likely be available on the Proactis tender portal (The Chest).

Lancashire Renewables Ltd (LRL) is a company owned wholly by Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council. LRL operates two waste treatment facilities in Leyland and Thornton. Each site is approximately 40 acres and contains numerous buildings responsible for the receival and processing of household and residual waste (circa 400,000 tonnes p.a.). Lancashire Renewables Ltd has an ongoing requirement for the provision of emissions testing services at its two sites that are located at the following addresses: Farington Waste Recovery Park Sustainability Way Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TB and Thornton Waste Recovery Park Fleetwood Road North Thornton Cleveleys FY7 8RY Lancashire Renewables Ltd requires the provision of emissions testing services across both sites. The scope of the contract includes bioaerosol and emissions testing associated with waste processing activities, undertaken in accordance with the Environment Agency's Technical Guidance M9. This includes testing of OGM biofilters, ammonia scrubber plant emissions, odour abatement systems (including closed biofilters), and point source emissions to air from stacks, with sampling undertaken at appropriate locations. The contract is intended to commence on or around 01 July 2026 for an initial period of three years, ending on or around 30 June 2029, with the option to extend up to a further three years if required. The scope of the contract may be subject to change beyond 2029 to reflect any operational changes within Lancashire Renewables Ltd. As LRL plans to recommence its anaerobic digestion process around August-September 2026, the contract scope will likely include testing services for associated plant, such as biogas engines and the emergency flare. For further details, please contact the email address below and we will be happy to provide more information and a questionnaire regarding the scope of the services procurement@lancashirerenewables.co.uk

Lancashire Renewables Limited (LRL) was established for the operation and management of two central waste treatment facilities. LRL's key objectives are to receive, treat and transport contract waste (circa 400,000 tonnes p.a.) in accordance with the targets and service requirements set out in the Service Level Agreement between the company and its majority shareholder, Lancashire County Council (LCC). Each of LRL's two waste treatment facilities is designed to process and handle various municipal waste types arranged and supplied by Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council. The sites are located at Farington (PR26 6TB) and Thornton (FY7 8RY). Following our processing, waste is sorted into approx. 10+ waste streams, where it is either baled or sent loose on to offtakers in the market for onward processing. These relationships have developed over time and organically, but work well. LRL is looking to formalise arrangements with suitable organisations, which will assist with visibility of our supply chain for audit and accountability. Categories of waste (additional data about frequency and how it is prepared is provided in our Market Engagement Questionnaire) we currently provide as offtakes includes, but isn't limited to: Ferrous Metals (Recovered) Non-Ferrous Metals (Recovered) Paper and Cardboard - Unprocessed WEEE Waste Ferrous Metals (Separately Collected) Non-Ferrous Metals (Separately Collected) HDPE Coloured Plastic HDPE Natural Plastic Mixed Grade Glass Mixed Metals Mixed Plastics Source Separated Paper and Card - Baled PET Clear Plastic LRL may need or wish to introduce more waste streams for offtakes during the life of the arrangement, and so it will include provision for this. This may include provision for: Digestate liquor (derived following an anaerobic digestion process), both non-PAS 110 and PAS 110 certified varieties Comingled waste Tetra Pak MBT Non Processable Waste Hazardous Waste Process Water Ammonium Sulphate LRL are considering an Open Framework or Dynamic Market route to market, which may be up to 8 years in length. Contracts awarded under this may vary in length depending on waste type. If Open Framework or Dynamic Market are used, and a longer than 4 year term is selected, this may attract a proportionate increase in total value. LRL are undertaking this PME, but the future contracts established, as well as ongoing contract management may be with either LRL or LCC (as the major shareholder).

Lancashire Renewables Ltd (LRL) is a company owned wholly by Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council. LRL operates two waste treatment facilities in Leyland and Thornton. Each site is approximately 40 acres and contains numerous buildings responsible for the receival and processing of household and residual waste (circa 400,000 tonnes p.a.). Waste is either transported into the offtake market for further processing/ recycling or to landfill when necessary. LRL's key objectives are to receive, treat and transport contract waste in accordance with the targets and service requirements set out in the Service Level Agreement between LRL and Lancashire County Council. As part of its day-to-day operations, LRL uses a baler (Bollegraaf HBC80) to compress waste material into blocks (bales) which are then secured by steel baling wire. The bales are subsequently transported on pallets by road to be further processed, such as metals, paper, and plastics that will be recycled. LRL purchases approximately 100 tonnes of steel baling wire per annum and these are currently delivered to its site based in Leyland (PR26 6TB).

Lancashire Renewables Limited (LRL) was established for the operation and management of two central waste treatment facilities based at Farington (PR26 6TB) and Thornton (FY7 8RY). LRL's key objectives are to receive, treat and transport contract waste in accordance with the targets and service requirements set out in the Service Level Agreement between the company and its majority shareholder, Lancashire County Council. As an integral part of LRL's operational activities, a fleet of plant equipment is used to move waste around the sites, load into HGV trailers, feed into hoppers, trommels, shredders, move skips and bales, etc. The plant equipment is operated by LRL's in-house team of operators. The current fleet of plant equipment in scope is a mixture of: • JCB 437 HT HL Wastemaster (wheeled front end loader) • JCB 457 HT HL Wastemaster (wheeled front end loader) • JCB TLT 35D 4x4 Wastemaster (teletruk) • JCB 540-170 / JCB-540-180 Hi Viz (telehandler) • Hyster H 3.5FT COOL PACK (triple mast forklift truck) • Fuchs MHL 850 (c. 16m reach electric material handler) • Atlas 350 MH (c. 16m reach diesel material handler) Reactive and planned maintenance of the fleet is crucial because uptime is critical to LRL. The fleet works hard in a challenging environment due to the constant inflow of waste materials that need to be moved and the space limitations in parts of the sites. As well as providing the lease, the contracted supplier must be able to service and maintain the equipment for routine and reactive maintenance using in-house resources and / or robust supply chain arrangements. The current fleet is on long-term lease and maintenance agreements until Summer 2026. LRL intends to advertise a tender opportunity for a new framework agreement circa Summer 2025. The new framework will be used to source replacement fleet, with long-term lease and maintenance agreements commencing immediately after the current fleet's agreements expire in summer 2026. The anticipated framework award is Autumn 2025. LRL hope to allow 6-10 months between placing orders and the new mobile plant arriving on site, subject to the procurement timetable and feedback obtained during preliminary market engagement concerning current plant machinery lead times. The new framework will likely be 48 months in duration. It is anticipated to be split into two Lots: • Lot 1 - Mobile plant (Wheeled front end loaders, telehandlers, teletruks, forklift trucks) • Lot 2 - Material handlers (electric and diesel machines) Individual lease and maintenance agreements for new plant machinery awarded under the framework are likely to be 48-month initial lease periods, with further extensions up to 24 months possible under a clear review clause. Shorter-term lease and maintenance agreements may be included within the scope of the framework (e.g. for unforeseen requirements or project work). Other plant equipment, such as shredders and trommels, may be sourced through further competition between the contracted framework suppliers, however, these requirements are expected to be infrequent. The estimated value range for the framework is £10,000,000 - £15,000,000 (inclusive of VAT).

The works in scope is the supply, installation, commissioning and acceptance testing of new source-separated food waste pre-treatment technologies, new reject handling technologies, and the reinstatement of existing technologies ("Anaerobic Digestion Project"). Lancashire Renewables Limited (LRL) was established for the operation and management of two central waste treatment facilities. LRL's key objectives are to receive, treat and transport contract waste in accordance with the targets and service requirements set out in the Service Level Agreement between the company and its majority shareholder, Lancashire County Council. Each of LRL's two waste treatment facilities is designed to process and handle various municipal waste types arranged and supplied by Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Council. From April 2026, this means that source separated food waste from Lancashire's Households will be transported for processing into LRL's site based at Farington, Leyland (PR26 6TB). Until 2014, LRL had an AD process in operation. The inputs came from residual 'black bin' household waste with organics separated via rotating trommels and metal separation. Waste was then fed into pre-treatment technologies before the organic soup produced was fed into the anaerobic digestion process. Gas produced from the anaerobic digestion process was pre-treated to remove hydrogen sulphide and other undesirable compounds before being fed into a gas storage vessel prior to use by the power generation infrastructure. The biomethane supplied two MWM V12 engines with fuel to generate electricity which was then used on-site rather than exported into the grid. The historical AD pre-treatment process was inefficient and expensive to run. As a result, the process ceased to operate in 2014 and the associated areas were put in a state of preservation and mothballed. As household source-separated food waste collections in England are mandatory from April 2026, LRL is looking to recommence a new AD process at its site based at: Lancashire Renewables Limited Farington Waste Recovery Park Sustainability Way Leyland PR26 6TB The works are inclusive of the supply, installation, commissioning, process integration and acceptance testing of the new source-separated food waste pre-treatment technologies, new reject handling technologies, and the reinstatement of existing technologies already present at the Client's waste recovery park located at PR26 6TB. The works must be complete, commissioned, and ready for handover no later than 30/06/2026. In carrying out the works, the Contractor will be required to undertake the following: • Procurement and supply of AD assets • Installation & integration • Commissioning • Acceptance testing The value of the works is below-threshold. LRL anticipates undertaking a restricted (invitation only) procurement procedure for the anaerobic digestion project. The tender would likely be issued in mid-June 2025. Ideally, LRL will award the contract no later than the beginning of September 2025. The works must be complete, commissioned, and ready for handover no later than 30/06/2026. Preliminary market engagement will help inform LRL of the capability and interest within the relevant supply market, i.e. contractors who have either reconfigured and upgraded existing AD plants or who have built AD plants in full and have the capability of undertaking LRL's project. The primary objectives of this preliminary market engagement are therefore: • To support LRL in determining which additional contractor to invite to the tender exercise. For transparency, LRL has already shortlisted one contractor (Marches Biogas Limited, company number 06855656) to invite to tender. Marches Biogas has undertaken a detailed design review for LRL concerning the new AD plant. Documents and design produced by this work will be used in the project's technical scope. Marches Biogas has had no involvement in the drafting of LRL's other tender documentation (contract excluding technical scope that may be included in the project, other tender documents including tender evaluation criteria and weightings). Marches Biogas will not be involved in the evaluation or discussion of any responses to this questionnaire or any bids received by other Contractors invited to tender. The decision regarding which additional contractor to invite to tender will be based on the quality of information provided by interested contractors in response to LRL's preliminary market engagement questionnaire, as well as the capability and capacity of the interested parties as established through this process. LRL will invite a maximum of two contractors to tender. • To gather any other information relevant to the delivery of LRL's tender project, such as technical details regarding LRL's project scope, following discussion with interested parties who return the preliminary market engagement questionnaire and undertake site visits per the next point. • To invite up to two questionnaire responders to visit LRL's site based at PR26 6TB to discuss the project. This includes viewing the new technologies sought by LRL as outlined in the process flow diagram, viewing LRL's current AD technology that will be remaining in situ, viewing the reception hall outlined in the diagram below, and generally a chance for the contractor to ask questions to aid their understanding of the project and confirm their interest in the tender. Please see the details further below regarding the engagement process.

Lancashire Renewables Ltd operates two waste recovery parks in Lancashire, located in Farington near Leyland and also in Thornton. The company's key objectives are to receive, treat and transport waste in accordance with the targets and service requirements set out in the SLA between the company and its majority shareholder, Lancashire County Council. The company handles household and residual waste (circa 400,000 tonnes p.a) in Lancashire. As an integral part of the company's waste processing activities, the waste needs to be hauled by road transport from source, through to processing and final discharge. The majority of haulage requirements are serviced by the company's fleet of 30 HGVs which currently consists of: - Fourteen 6x2 tractor units hauling walking floor trailers - Sixteen 6x4 tractor units hauling ejector trailers (capable of landfill site operations) All tractor units and trailers are leased through a single supplier. The lease agreement is inclusive of maintenance.