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Published 13 Nov 2024, 12:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Collection and Recycling of Garden Waste

Official notice

Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,750,000exc. VAT31.4% above published estimate
Submissions closed 18 Dec 2024awarded 11 Feb 2025
Awarded to Crapper & Sons Landfill Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Swindon Borough Council is seeking to enter into a contract with a single contractor for the collection and recycling of garden waste from the Council Waterside Depot, which has been collected from the kerbside by SBC, disposed of by the public at the Council’s Household Waste and Recycling Centre, or via any other approved methods.

The initial contract term will be for 36 months with an option to extend for a further 24 months for a potential total contract term of 5 years as stated in the ITT documents. Estimated contract spend is between £900,000 and £1,050,000 across the initial 3-year contract term and between £900,000 and £1,750,000 across the potential total 5-year contract term.

CPV: Refuse and waste related services · Refuse recycling services · Refuse transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,750,000
Delivery: South West
Extensions: The initial contract term will be for 36 months with an option to extend for a further 24 months for a potential total contract term of 5 years as stated in the ITT documents.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 20%Price: 70%Social value: 5%Environmental: 5%
Published sub-criteria (7)
  • Planning: 5%
  • Resources: 5%
  • Business Continuity: 5%
  • Haulage: 5%
  • price: 70%
  • Social Value: 5%
  • Environmental: 5%
Published award criteria (7)
  • Planning: 5
  • Resources: 5
  • Environmental: 5
  • Business Continuity: 5
  • Haulage: 5
  • Social Value: 5
  • Price: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
13 Nov 2024, 12:01 GMT
Last source update
25 Mar 2025, 12:36 GMT
Award evaluation window
18 Dec 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN749005
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011103
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related servicesRefuse recycling servicesRefuse transport services
Delivery area
South West (UKK14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b616 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

In the procurement documents.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
18 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
18 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Dec 2024 → 25 Mar 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    18 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    25 Mar 2025, 12:36 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Mar 2025, 12:36 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,300,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Crapper & Sons Landfill LtdSME£2,300,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Swindon Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Swindon Borough Council, Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon, South West, SN1 2JHContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria