Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 1 Aug 2024, 18:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

National Operational Waste Removal

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsMax 4 lots per supplier
Planned pipeline value£25,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 May 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Network Rail are looking to engage with the market prior to issuing a tender for the provision of Operational Route Waste Removal Service. The waste management service shall include the collection and disposal of waste from over 800 locations across Network Rail’s 8 operating routes, which are distributed across England, Scotland, and Wales.

The Supplier shall be required to provide appropriate containers at each site for scheduled, unscheduled and one-off services. The containers must be of good quality, clearly labelled and durable to withstand outdoor weather Conditions and prevent escape into the environment.

The waste management services across the locations shall include (but are not limited to):

  • Rail operational sites such as signal boxes, maintenance depots, control centre and minor offices producing:
  • Varying amounts of both hazardous and general non-hazardous waste
  • Confidential waste.

As part of the waste management service, the Supplier shall provide and retain all appropriate documentation which will include Waste transfer notes, consignee notes and returns. The supplier will also be expected to facilitate the issuing and completion of annual waste transfer notes for all scheduled non-hazardous waste collections each year.

The Supplier shall collect waste against the criteria below:

  • Scheduled collections – Hazardous and Non-Hazardous waste
  • Unscheduled collections – Hazardous and Non-Hazardous waste
  • One-Off Collections – Hazardous and Non-Hazardous waste. Waste collection and disposal by specific request, instigated by Network Rail by completing the Suppliers online portal request including provision of the required consignee notes.

CPV: Containers for waste material · Refuse and waste related services · Refuse skips

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published · win at most 4 of them
Lot #1National Operational Waste RemovalPlanned

Provision of Operational Route Waste Removal Service

Delivery: UK · Network rails sites

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 distribution rule: Lot 1 - North West & Central Lot 2 - Eastern Lot 3 - Wales & Western Lot 4 - Scotland

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
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
1 Aug 2024, 18:23 BST
Last source update
1 Aug 2024, 18:23 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024223
Classification (CPV)
Containers for waste materialRefuse and waste related servicesRefuse skips
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0486f9 Find a Tender

Publisher note: A response to the questionnaire below would be welcomed from potential suppliers. For the avoidance of doubt no information provided in response to this questionnaire will be used by Network Rail in assessing providers during any procurement process. Information will be used for gathering market intelligence only. With this in mind we would like you to consider the questionnaire below and please respond to us with answers to these. Responses are to be submitted by 5pm on 30/08/2024 via BravoNR unless this deadline is extended. In the event of queries, please only raise these directly with Network Rail via the BravoNR messaging function. Access details for the PIN can be found below: URL: https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk/ PIN/PQQ Code: pqq_3484 Title: Prior Information for National Operational Waste Removal Services This PIN seeks to explore via a Soft Market Testing questionnaire some key information regarding Operational Waste Removal services. This will help inform Network Rail generally about the supply market and also help inform the strategies for the main procurement exercise. Please note that Network Rail may choose to invite interested suppliers for a personal discussion on what options are available in the market and how these can provide best value and efficient services for Network Rail. Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this pre-market engagement exercise and a response to this notice does not guarantee any invitation to participate in any future procurement processes that Network Rail may conduct. This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services for Network Rail and Network Rail is not bound to accept any proposals offered. Network Rail is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in the pre-market engagement exercise. Any procurement of any goods by Network Rail in due course will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Utility Contracts Regulations 2016. Any responses provided may be used by Network Rail in the final specifications published with the tender but no organisation will be individually identified.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Aug 2024 → 5 May 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    1 Aug 2024, 18:23 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    5 May 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNetwork RailRail Infrastructure Waterloo General Offices, London, UK, SE1 8SWContact email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Network RailContracting authority London, UKContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.