Panaji: Soon, the rural and urban areas may be free from the stench and unpleasant sight of uncollected wet waste as the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has invited well established and reputed organisations / agencies to submit technical and financial bids for supply, installation, commissioning of one-tonne capacity per day organic waste converter (OWC).
The OWC will convert 1000 kg of wet waste collected from local bodies into compost through the natural process of dewatering within 16 hours in a day.
According to the tender document, the last date and time for online submission of bids is January 22 and technical bids will be opened on January 27 and financial bid on February 10.
The successful bidder will also have to provide a support engineer and technician for machine maintenance within one month of award of the contract.
To be eligible for bidding, the bidder should be a manufacturer, OEM or an authorised system integrator (reseller/distributor/dealer) for sale support and service of the OEM in India and should be engaged /in operation/ have experience in the supply of organic waste converter for a period of last two financial years.
The corporation will form a six-member committee comprising two ward members, village panchayat secretary where the OWC is installed, a representative on the behalf of block development office, GWMC official and authorised engineer/technician from the suppliers end to monitor the functioning of organic waste converter and send report once in 60 days to the office of GWMC.
Most of the municipal bodies like Mapusa, Margao, Panaji, Mormugao, Quepem, Sankhali, Pernem, Valpoi, and Bicholim having facility for treatment of wet waste but not adequate to cater to the quantum of waste generated.
While most of the village panchayats do not have wet waste treatment facility as a result the wet waste remains uncollected.
Almost every local body is collecting waste from bulk waste generators whereas these facilities can be installed by the bulk waste generators by themselves.