Official UK procurement notice
HBC 0926 Provision of Refuse Freighters
Authority: Hertsmere Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHertsmere Borough Council is seeking to enter into a contract for the provision of Refuse Freighters of various sizes as detailed in the specification. It is the authority’s intention to place orders for five during the initial 12 months of the contract. With at least a further three freighters to ordered in the second year of the contract.
The Contract Period for this Contract is an initial period of three years with the option to extend up to a further two years. Therefore, the maximum duration of this Contract could be five years.
This procurement is an Open procedure. Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to ‘express an interest’ and also ‘opt in’ which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.
To be considered as a Tenderer you must complete and submit a Tender by the deadline as stated on the e-tendering system
Please allow sufficient time to make your return, as Tender submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline.
Please ensure that where possible documents are uploaded as a PDF and that file names are succinct.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.
The use of Lots has been considered for this procurement, but have not been used, because the council requires all vehicles to be provided by the same supplier.
Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.
Please ensure all your CDP information is up to date and you provide the most up to date CDP Share Code as part of your submission prior to the tender deadline. Share Codes provided after the deadline will not be able to be used and the Council will base the evaluation on the information submitted.
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CPV: Refuse-collection vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,000,000
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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 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 (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 45 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Nov 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-085044- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f4e9Find a Tender
- Risks
Known Risk - Local Government Re-Organisation
The Council may be subject to reorganisation under legislation introduced in relation to
Local Government Reorganisation. In those circumstances there may be instances where
repetitious or duplicated agreements become difficult or burdensome to continue with. In
those circumstances, the contract that tenderers enter into will be subject to a provision
that will allow the Council to terminate or curtail the contract if it would be prudent to do
so.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Sept 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published48 days ago8 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST
- Clarification questions by34 days ago22 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline18 days ago8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 6 days1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 35 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published8 Sept 2026, 15:49 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender