Official UK procurement notice
Green Waste Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Buckingham Palace (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Royal Household is awarding a contract for provision of the following services:
•Transportation, processing (shredding/composting) and disposal of green waste from the gardens at Buckingham Palace (BP), Clarence House, Kensington Palace and Marlborough House;
•Movement and disposal of horse arisings from The Royal Mews; and
•Maintenance of the BP Garden recycling centre by a WAMITAB certified operative (or equivalent), and maintenance of the skips used at each of the sites.
The waste must be disposed of by distribution to Environmental Agency registered allotments.
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CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£368,447
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
PPTO_0017- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031706- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05471fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenderers will need to email the Royal Household Procurement team ([email protected]) to request access to the ITT. Tenderers will then need to sign up to the Royal Household’s e-Sourcing platform, Delta, in order to receive the ITT and be able to submit clarification questions and tender returns. Sign up link: www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/signup.html ↗.
Tenderers will need to be registered on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) prior to tender submission and will be required to submit their core information to the Royal Household through CDP. The CDP is available at www.gov.uk/find-tender ↗.
Timeline
11 Jun 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published11 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Clarification questions by8 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission deadline15 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
- Award decision expected by9 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent383 days ago8 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published369 days ago21 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
- Standstill ends360 days ago30 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts298 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Jun 2025- Tender notice published11 Jun 2025, 19:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published21 Oct 2025, 16:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Oct 2025, 16:05 BST
- Contract signature expected2 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE GREEN TEAM (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS) LIMITEDSMEProvision of Green Waste Management Services1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2030Extensions: The contract will run on a 3-year initial term, with a possible 2-year extension in one-year increments (subject to agreement). | £340,115 | 8 Oct 2025standstill to 30 Oct 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE GREEN TEAM (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTORS) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender