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Official UK procurement notice

EPP0241 - Clinical Waste Services

Official notice

Authority: Tendring District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Essex County Council

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdReserved for SMEs and VCSEsSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)
Published estimate£120,000≈ £40k / year · £144,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 1 Oct 2025
Next notice expected 3 Sept 2025
Contract term 3 yrsstarts 5 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tendring District Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and licensed operator to provide a collection and disposal service to residents for clinical waste. The Council requires a kerbside collection from an average of 3845 customers per annum and an average number of 320 collections per month with varying collection frequencies, including weekly, monthly, ad-hoc and one-off collections from who all subscribe to the service within the district of Tendring.

CPV: Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£120,000
Contract period: 5 Jan 2026 — 3 Jan 2029 (3 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: East of England
Value
£120,000 exc. VAT · £144,000 inc. VAT
90500000 Refuse and waste related services

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: 30%Price: 65%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical Questions — 30%
  • Commercial Questions — 65%
  • Social Value — 5%

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
Last source update
30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
Authority reference
EPP0241
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05857a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Only accepting bids through procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗ - Link Here

Timeline

8 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published
    11 Aug 2025, 16:41 BST
  2. Market engagement396 days ago
    25 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTPreliminary market engagement for clinical waste collection service for Tendring District Council. Please see link to PME advert - procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗ All correspondence is required to go through Proactis.
  3. Tender notice published388 days ago
    3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BST
  4. Next notice expected387 days ago
    3 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Clarification questions by371 days ago
    19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Submission deadline359 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Latest notice published331 days ago
    30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
  8. Contract starts264 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—17 Oct 2025CancelledThe decision to not award this contract was due to the noncompliance of the submitted bids. This contract will be retendered in 2026.

Notice history

13 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Aug 2025
  1. Procurement termination notice published
    30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMTUK12
  2. Published value updated
    30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMTwas £120,000
  3. Status changed to complete
    30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
  4. Procurement method changed
    30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
  5. Deadline withdrawn
    30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
  6. Buyer details updated
    30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
  7. Tender notice published
    3 Sept 2025, 11:22 BSTUK4
  8. Deadline moved to 1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    3 Sept 2025, 11:22 BST+0 days · was 1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  9. Tender notice published
    3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BSTUK4
  10. Status changed to active
    3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BST
  11. Procurement method changed
    3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BST
  12. Deadline published: 1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BST
  13. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Aug 2025, 16:41 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=4c78f4d4-e587-f011-813a-005056b64545

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-08: 1 release · 11 Aug 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Tendring District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPWL-8775-PCGW Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, East of England, CO15 1SE [email protected]

Other public bodies

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure