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Published 18 Feb 2025, 10:09 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Northern Waste Haulage Service

Official notice

Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,500,000≈ £214k / year
Submissions closed 25 Mar 2025awarded 20 May 2025
Awarded to Bulk Freight (Midlands) Ltd
Contract term 7 yrsends 31 May 2032 · extension options published · starts 1 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of a haulage service to transfer the following waste streams to the Treatment Facilities identified:

  1. Staffordshire Moorlands District Council (SMDC) Waste from Leek Transfer Station, Fowlchurch Road, Ball Haye Green, Leek, ST13 6BH

a) SMDC Kerbside collected Household Waste transferred to Stoke Waste to Energy Plant, Campbell Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 4DX,

b) SMDC Kerbside collected Household Waste transferred to Veolia ES Staffordshire, Enterprise Drive, Four Ashes, Wolverhampton, WV10 7DF

c) SMDC Kerbside collected Household Waste transferred to Biffa Waste Services, Poplars Landfill, Lichfield Road, Cannock, WS11 8NQ

d) SMDC Street Cleaning Residues transferred to Biffa Aggregate Treatment and Recycling Facility (ATRF), Meece Landfill, Blackflats Road, Swynnerton, Nr Stone, ST15 0QN

2 Staffordshire County Council (SCC) Street Cleaning Residues from Stone Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC), Stone Business Park, Beacon Rd, Stone ST15 0NN to Biffa ATRF, Meece Landfill, Blackflats Road, Swynnerton, Nr Stone, ST15 0QN

  1. Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council (NBC) Street Cleaning Residues from Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council's Depot, Knutton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2SL, to Biffa ATRF, Meece Landfill, Blackflats Road, Swynnerton, Nr Stone, ST15 0QN
  2. Adhoc collection and deliveries to and from sites outside of the above

CPV: Refuse transport services · Waste-tip management services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 7 yrsPublished value£1,500,000
Contract period: 1 Jun 2025 – 31 May 2032 (7 yrs)
Delivery: West Midlands · Staffordshire
Extensions: The Agreement term will be from 1st June 2025 to 31st May 2030, with an additional option to extend from 1st June 2030 to 31st May 2031 and 1st June 2031 to 31st May 2032. In the event the Agreement is extended the extension shall be on the same Terms and Conditions of Contract as the original Agreement period and will ultimately be at the Authority's sole discretion. · The Agreement term will be from 1st June 2025 to 31st May 2030, with an additional option to extend from 1st June 2030 to 31st May 2031 and 1st June 2031 to 31st May 2032. In the event the Agreement is extended the extension shall be on the same Terms and Conditions of Contract as the original Agreement period and will ultimately be at the Authority's sole discretion.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 20%Price: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 20
  • Price: 80
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
18 Feb 2025, 10:09 GMT
Last source update
21 May 2025, 07:02 BST
Award evaluation window
25 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
IA3323
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-023514
Classification (CPV)
Refuse transport servicesWaste-tip management services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e316 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
25 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Mar 2025 → 1 Jun 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    25 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    21 May 2025, 07:02 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 May 2025, 07:02 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    21 May 2025, 07:02 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 20 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Bulk Freight (Midlands) LtdSMENorthern Waste Haulage Services——Awarded

Contracts

  • Northern Waste Haulage Services · Bulk Freight (Midlands) LtdSME

    Signed
    20 May 2025
    Value
    £1,500,000
    Period
    … – 31 May 2032
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Staffordshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Tipping Street, STAFFORD, West Midlands, ST162DHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria