How to win: Container and Skip Repair, Refurbishment and New Skip Procurement - Preliminary Market Engagement

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Yorwaste is undertaking early market engagement to inform its upcoming procurement activities relating to its operational skip fleet covering chain‑lift skips and roll‑on/roll‑off (RORO) containers of various sizes. This includes both the repair and refurbishment of existing containers and the purchase of new skips to support fleet replacement and growth requirements. Yorwaste's current operational fleet has over 900 containers with varying ongoing repair and refurbishment requirements anticipated throughout each year. Skip types include: 8 Yard Chain Lift Open & Enclosed, 12 Yard Open/Enclosed/REL, 14 Yard Enclosed, 16 Yard Chain Lift Open, 16 Yard Open Hook, 20/35/40 Yard RORO, 40 yard RORO enclosed. The scale and range of the skip fleet presents a significant opportunity for suppliers within the metal fabrication, container repair, and industrial refurbishment sector and skip manufacturing. We encourage suppliers that can fulfill both or either requirement to apply to help us shape the future procurement requirement. Prior to initiating any procurement procedure, Yorwaste wishes to engage the market to discuss topics including: - feasible repair turnaround times, - repair/refu

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