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Published 21 Oct 2025, 11:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Fly-tipping Removal & Highways Incident Response

Official notice

Authority: Thurrock Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£100,000≈ £46k / year · £120,000 inc. VAT11.3% above final estimate
Submissions closed 8 Dec 2025awarded 14 Jan 2026
Awarded to ELV Solutions
Contract term 2 yrs 2 moends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensions · starts 2 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council requires a Contractor to provide:

 The collection and disposal of Contract Waste (including Hazardous Waste) which has been identified by our Street Cleansing Teams as having been disposed of illegally or causing a nuisance on the Public Highway or Council owned land.

 In addition to this, the Council requires Clearance of bodily fluid and or contaminated waste (including chemical waste) from the Public Highway.

Such waste will include (but is not be limited to);

a) Asbestos

b) Identifiable or unidentifiable chemicals

c) Bitumen

d) Large dead Animals

e) Attendance to incidences on the Highway requiring the clean-up of bodily fluids (e.g. blood)

f) Removal of contaminated waste

The Service Provider will be responsible for the disposal of the Contract Waste.

CPV: Environmental services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrs 2 moPublished value£100,000
Contract period: 2 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs 2 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2029 with extensionsValue: £100,000 exc. VAT · £120,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: up to 1 year extension option

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

Lot awarding rule: Quality 40% and Price 60%

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
Awarded
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 Oct 2025, 11:21 BST
Last source update
14 Jan 2026, 16:20 GMT
Authority reference
PS/2025/160
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067029
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d092 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
24 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Oct 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published371 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 11:21 BST
  2. Clarification questions by337 days ago
    24 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline323 days ago
    8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Latest notice published286 days ago
    14 Jan 2026, 16:20 GMT
  5. Contract starts267 days ago
    2 Feb 2026

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Oct 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    21 Oct 2025, 11:21 BST
    UK4
  2. Tender notice published
    19 Nov 2025, 09:33 GMT
    UK4
  3. Deadline moved to 8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
    19 Nov 2025, 09:33 GMT
    +14 days · was 24 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract award notice published
    14 Jan 2026, 11:16 GMT
    UK6
  5. Status changed to complete
    14 Jan 2026, 11:16 GMT
  6. Contract award notice published
    14 Jan 2026, 16:20 GMT
    UK6
  7. Contract signature expected
    26 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
Published amendments (1)

Bid Submission deadline extended by 2 weeks

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-10: 1 release · 21 Oct 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £111,2761 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Named bidders 2published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ELV SolutionsSMEPS/2025/160 Fly-tipping & Highways Incident Response2 Mar 2026 – 2 Apr 2028 · up to 2 Apr 2029Extensions: option to extend for up to a further 12 months£111,276 inc. VAT14 Jan 2026Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2final-stage tenders20—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Thurrock Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMHW-1723-WDCD New Road, Grays, East of England, RM17 6SLContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded
  • P.F. Ahern (London) LtdBidder / tendererGB-PPON: PTWW-8647-WMLZ Oliver Close, West Thurrock, East of England, RM20 3EE
  • Redcorn LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PLGV-3179-PQMM Units 3/4 Kerry Avenue, Purfleet on Thames, Thurrock, East of England, RM15 4YEContact email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

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