Collection, transportation and disposal of medical waste services for petrosa (mossel bay gtl refinery and fa platform)

Medical waste collection, transportation, and disposal for PetroSA's Occupational Health and Wellness facility at the Mossel Bay GTL Refinery and offshore FA Platform. The service may be expanded to other business units during pandemics or unexpected situations. The provider must ensure cradle-to-grave management of the waste, from collection to final destruction.

Contact: Velaphi Gumede

Role: Tender Office

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 044 601 2331

Submission method: not stated in the scope of work document.

Returnable documents: not specified; the scope of work describes service requirements only.

Bidders must be licensed by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) to collect and transport medical waste.

Compliance with all relevant legislation, including the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, SANS 10248-1, and the Occupational Health and Safety Act, is mandatory.

No evaluation scoring split or minimum qualifying score is stated.

Service: Collection, transportation, and disposal of medical waste generated by PetroSA, primarily at the Mossel Bay GTL Refinery and the offshore FA Platform.

Collection basis: as and when required.

Response time: respond to requests within 5 working days.

Collection sites:

• GTL Refinery (Mossel Bay)
• Other PetroSA business units when necessary: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Tzaneen (may be subcontracted)

Disposal: transport, incinerate, and dispose of medical waste at a facility authorised and approved for incineration and disposal.

Certification: issue a certificate of destruction within 7 days after collection for each facility (separate certificates for FA Platform and GTL Refinery).

Containers: provide appropriate segregation containers (e.g. green containers for expired medication, red bags/boxes for body fluids, sharps containers).

Vehicles: must have SANS hazard decals, internal spill kits, regular validated decontamination tracking, and display the universal biohazard symbol. Vehicles must be disinfected with a mycobactericidal agent. No non-medical waste may be transported while carrying regulated medical waste.

Storage: provide or build a temporary legally compliant storage at the GTL Refinery clinic for waste awaiting collection.

Manifest: waste manifest or consignment note must be signed by both the clinic and the transporter at every collection.

Audit: the supplier must be available for audits to verify compliance.

Contingency plan: must be in place for collection vehicles; the vehicle operator must be familiar with it.

Scope changes: PetroSA may modify the scope of services; the supplier must implement changes as directed and additional work will be charged at standard or previously agreed rates.

Licensing: must be licensed by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) to collect and transport medical waste.

Legislation compliance: must comply with the National Environmental Management: Waste Act (tracking, licensing, oversight of hazardous waste and HCRW), SANS 10248-1 (internal HCRW management, colour coding, containerisation), and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (workplace safety for exposure to infectious/hazardous substances).

Certification: certificate of destruction is mandatory for each business unit using PetroSA's registration with Western Cape Government details.

Compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act is required, covering workplace safety for exposure to infectious or hazardous substances.

Vehicles must have SANS hazard decals, internal spill kits, and regular validated decontamination tracking.

Temporary storage provided at the GTL Refinery must be legally compliant.

A contingency plan must be in place for collection vehicles and the driver must be knowledgeable about it.

The responsibility for waste is cradle-to-grave: the provider remains liable until the waste is conclusively destroyed.

Disposal must be at a facility authorised for incineration and disposal.

All transport and disposal must comply with the National Environmental Management: Waste Act.

Medical waste must reach its final destination as prescribed by law.

Vehicles must be disinfected with a mycobactericidal agent to prevent leakage-related contamination.

The service is the collection, transportation and disposal of medical waste for PetroSA. No further scope details are provided.

The online system displays, on every step, the tender number, tender description and contact person details. No specific contact details are provided in the document.

Submission is done electronically on the PetroSA online tendering system. Bidders must log in with their username, user code and password, then accept the terms and conditions and complete the mandatory questionnaires (including the evaluation criteria questionnaire and the bid questionnaire). Prices and lead times are entered per line item; attachments are added in Step 6 and the tender is submitted in Step 7. A supplier submission report confirms receipt. If a price is changed after submission, the tender must be resubmitted, otherwise the original submission is cancelled.

Bidders must complete the evaluation criteria questionnaire used by the system and the separate bid questionnaire. No scoring split, minimum qualifying score, or preference point system is stated in the document.

The tender is for the collection, transportation and disposal of medical waste services for PetroSA. No detailed technical specifications, quantities, or locations are provided in the document.

No specific eligibility or compliance requirements (such as CSD registration, tax clearance, B-BBEE level, or CIDB grading) are stated in the document.

The online system includes an evaluation criteria questionnaire that the system uses for scoring, and a separate bid questionnaire that bidders must complete. No scoring weights or minimum thresholds are given.