Liquid Waste Removal and Drainage Services

Northern Trains Limited ('NTL') is planning on going out to tender for the procurement of Liquid Waste Removal and Drainage Services across NTL's network.

The aim of the procurement is to establish a single supplier framework agreement with the winning tenderer, which NTL will be able to call-off from.

NTL conducts train maintenance activities across a number of locations. Currently, there are 11 of these locations, but the number of sites may increase or reduce in future. NTL are looking for a service provider to remove liquid waste from assets which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

-Waste tanks, containing fluid drained from trains (coolant and oil)

- Oil/Water separators (sludge, water and oil)

- Septic tanks

- Drainage

The objectives of this tender are:

- Inclusion of drain jetting, clearance and CCTV in line with responsibilities laid out in NTL's lease agreements.

-Ensure that drains within TCC maintenance areas are kept clear of sediment, especially sand, to allow continued operation of engineering production

- To assist in maintaining or achieving zero waste to landfill target.

The Service Provider will be responsible for assessing waste and ensuring the waste is accurately described in accordance with waste regulations and hazardous waste regulations:

- Assignment of EWC code and associated description

- Identification and documentation of transportation hazards and control measures

- Any other information required to complete a waste consignment/transfer note

For each collection, a laboratory analysis of samples must be undertaken by a UKAS Certified Laboratory. This analysis must be used to produce the waste consignment note and made available to the relevant site contact along with a copy of the consignment note 3 x days prior to waste being removed.

The framework agreement may be novated or assigned by NTL to Train Operating Companies, or to DFT Operator Limited (company number: 07141122) or any successor parent company to a Train Operating Company, following a corporate restructuring or similar circumstance.

Where used throughout this notice, the meaning of Train Operating Companies includes all and any of those train operating companies who, currently or in the future, provide services for the carriage of passengers by railway:

under a franchise agreement with the Secretary of State within the meaning of section 23(3) of the Railways Act 1993 or

under, or secured under, the Secretary of State's duty in section 30(1) of the Railways Act 1993; or

in accordance with legislation which supersedes or amends the powers referred to in a) and b), including where such powers are transferred from the Secretary of State to another body. 

The list of current providers of services for the carriage of passengers by railway under these provisions can be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-register-of-rail-passenger-contracts.

NTL expressly reserves the right:

-not to award any suppliers the contract referred to in this notice; and

-in no circumstances will the customer be liable for any costs incurred by the suppliers.