Official UK procurement notice
PAN3393 - Gully cleansing Service
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAwarded to a qualified supplier to support our scheduled
programme of cleaning highway drainage across the city (referred to as 'gully cleaning').
The Council's gully cleaning operation involves emptying out all gullies on the network of
adopted highway in the city of Leicester.
CPV: Gully cleaning and emptying services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£600,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- 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
- 29 Jul 2025, 10:41 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2025, 14:51 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
PAN3393- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056512- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0567c6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
29 Jul 2025 → 23 Dec 2025 · 11 dates- Planning notice published29 Jul 2025, 10:41 BST
- Market engagement7 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Leicester City Council (‘the Council”) would like to seek views and engagement from the market in relation to this provision. This project will support our scheduled programme of cleaning highway drainage across the city (referred to as ‘gully cleaning’).
At this stage it is a Pre Market Engagement only and NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION.
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Pre Market Engagement questionnaires can be accessed in link below:
forms.office.com/e/bvtVj5iC9q ↗
Return Date: Thursday, 07 August 2025 at 12:00 noon
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- Next notice expected18 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published15 Sept 2025, 12:01 BST
- Clarification questions by381 days ago6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline374 days ago13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by360 days ago27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts354 days ago3 Nov 2025
- Assessment summaries sent333 days ago24 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends322 days ago4 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published303 days ago23 Dec 2025, 14:51 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Jul 2025, 10:41 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published15 Sept 2025, 12:01 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active15 Sept 2025, 12:01 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Sept 2025, 12:01 BST
- Deadline published: 13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST15 Sept 2025, 12:01 BST
- Contract award notice published24 Nov 2025, 14:27 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete24 Nov 2025, 14:27 GMT
- Contract signature expected5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published23 Dec 2025, 14:51 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-07: 1 release · 29 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drain Line Southern LtdGully Cleansing Resource8 Dec 2025 – 7 Dec 2027 · up to 7 Dec 2029Extensions: Optional 2 X 12 months extension | £799,489 | 21 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
PAN3393 - Gully Cleansing Service · Drain Line Southern Ltd
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2025
- Value
- £799,489
- Period
- 25 Oct 2025 – 24 Oct 2027 · up to 24 Oct 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Optional 2 X 12 months extension
No agreed KPIs: Contract below 5 million
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Drain Line Southern LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=d9f2b134-1a92-f011-813a-005056b64545
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender