Official UK procurement notice
Hardcore and Soil Processing Contract
Authority: Bristol Waste Company (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBristol is a unitary City in Southwest England with an estimated population of 437,500. Bristol is a high achieving core UK city regularly performing well against other core cities in terms of both recycling rate and residual waste per household. The contract is for the Recycling of Contract Waste collected by Bristol Waste Company under its waste collection and waste disposal authority obligations on behalf of Bristol City Council.
Bristol Waste Company acting on behalf of Bristol City Bristol Waste Company has a statutory duty to provide facilities for the public to deposit household waste free of charge. This includes a householder's own Hardcore and Soil Waste arising from DIY activities. Bristol Waste Company acting on behalf of Bristol City Bristol Waste Company is legally required to dispose of such waste generated during these activities.
Bristol Waste Company will seek to award a Contract for the Receipt, Processing and Recycling of Contract Waste. The Contract Price is to include the costs of receipt, processing and Recycling of Contract Waste including the re-use or marketing of the recycled material and the disposal of residues. The Contract will have an initial term of 24 months, with the option to extend for one or more periods up to an aggregated period of 24 months.
The Contract Waste will either be delivered to the Treatment Site or Delivery Site by Bristol Waste Company or collected by the Contractor and taken to the Treatment Site where the Contractor will apply their Recycling process. Bristol Waste Company will award the Contract as one of these options.
The Contractor will be deemed to have made all necessary arrangements and obtained all necessary permissions and licences for the handling, and processing of the Contract Waste in accordance with the Conditions of Contract. The Contractor will be required to demonstrate that such arrangements have been made and permissions and licences have been obtained.
The Contractor shall be responsible for the treatment, disposal and associated costs of all residual wastes arising from the Recycling of Contract Waste. This shall be at the Contractor's expense using appropriate licensed facilities.
CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£342,000
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 sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 30%
- Price: 60%
- Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Sustainability
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Mar 2026, 20:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2026, 14:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 May 2026
- Authority reference
DN808779- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-026009- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0670dbFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
20 Mar 2026 → 6 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published215 days ago20 Mar 2026, 20:07 GMT
- Clarification questions by194 days ago10 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline187 days ago17 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by155 days ago19 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts113 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent87 days ago27 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published86 days ago27 Jul 2026, 14:48 BST
- Standstill ends76 days ago6 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2026- Tender notice published20 Mar 2026, 20:07 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published27 Jul 2026, 14:48 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Jul 2026, 14:48 BST
- Buyer details updated27 Jul 2026, 14:48 BST
- Contract signature expected10 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neal Soil Suppliers LtdSME11 Aug 2026 – 10 Aug 2028 · up to 10 Aug 2030Extensions: 2 x 12 month extensions | £343,816 | 27 Jul 2026standstill to 6 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Bristol Waste CompanyContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NEAL SOIL SUPPLIERS LTD.Awarded 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