Tendering
Process - Management and Support
A service tailored to fit a client’s specific needs
Process design team
Local
Authority
- Preparation of tender documents, including PFI and PPP contracts
- Tender review and appraisal
- Technical due diligence
Facility
Operators
- Preparation of tender documents, including PFI and PPP contracts
- Technology selection
- Process and site design
- Investment, operation and life cycle cost analysis
- Construction management
Investors
Construction management
Preparation
of tender documents, including PFI and PPP contracts
Preparation of tender documents is an essential part of any project
involving procurement. ORA have experience in preparing such tender
documents, and in particular the technical sections, for:
- PFI/PPP projects with local authorities
- waste management companies tendering for technology supply
- bidders responding to local authority tender documents
Tender
review and appraisal
Where a tendering process is underway, there is often a need
for objective, independent and expert technical appraisal
of submitted tenders. ORA have worked with both the public and private
sectors in this
capacity, reviewing tenders, and reporting on a wide range
of technical issues.
Technical
due diligence
With our broad and in-depth knowledge of waste treatment technologies,
ORA are well placed to undertake technical due diligence on
a wide range of processes, from the established to new and
innovative designs.
Technology
selection
Selection of the most appropriate technology for a given site,
operator or feedstock is becoming increasingly difficult because
of the variety now on offer. As an independent consultancy with
no ties to any particular supplier we are able to review the
advantages and disadvantages of a range of technologies and give
an opinion on which ORA consider to be the most appropriate for
a given situation.
Process
and site design
ORA have extensive experience in the design of waste treatment
facilities including MBT, composting and anaerobic digestion
to create a cohesive and functional process. We offer a complete
design service starting with mass balance studies through to
site layout and process design.
Investment,
operation and life cycle cost analysis
A key question when a new waste treatment plant is being considered
is "What will it cost?" ORA are able to draw on extensive
experience to create projected capital, operating and lifecycle
costs for specific situations and provide an estimate of the
cost per tonne of input material needed to break even. ORA
have developed budgets both as part of feasibility studies
at the
start of a project and for verification of submitted costs
during a tendering process.
Construction
management
ORA have experience of managing construction of waste facilities
for both the public and private sectors, to ensure best value
for money is obtained. This ranges from initial conception to
financial close, and covers design, manufacturing, construction,
commissioning and handover.
Investor
technical representative
With our broad knowledge of waste treatment technology ORA are
able to provide sound, independent advice on the technical
suitability of waste treatment technology for financial institutions
considering
whether a given project is appropriate for financial backing.
Having established this, ORA can offer technical support to financial institutions during the project development. This support can be either on an ad hoc basis, as project managers or the investors’ engineer.
Construction
verification
In some instances during construction
it is necessary to verify the stage of the construction process
and the specification of
the materials being used for construction. Through ORA’s
project management experience of the construction of waste
treatment facilities we are well placed to perform this task,
giving the
client peace of mind that the project is progressing as planned.
Construction verification
