Official UK procurement notice
Primary Care healthcare waste collection and disposal service to General Practice and Community Pharmacy for NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Authority: NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (Central government)·On behalf of: NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) sought a provider with the capability and capacity to deliver a Primary Care healthcare waste collection and disposal service to General Practice and Community Pharmacy.
The services in the tender include:
- Collection & transport of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste
- Storage of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste
- Treatment of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste
- Incineration of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste
- Provision of reusable and single use containers for healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste
- Decontamination of reusable containers for healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste
- Promoting waste segregation and compliance
- Healthcare and pharmaceutical waste tracking data including Duty of Care compliance
The commissioner has a maximum financial envelope available of £1,020,281 per annum, inclusive of VAT.
The total maximum contract value for the 5-year Contract is £5,101,404, inclusive VAT.
At the end of the initial contract term the Commissioner will have extension options of up to 4 years in total, made of 2 x 24 month periods, which will be awarded at the Commissioner's discretion, giving a maximum possible contract value of £9,182,529 inclusive of VAT over 9 years if the full contract term is fulfilled.
The Commissioner is of the view that TUPE does not apply to this service
The new contract will commence on the 1st of October 2026 with mobilisation planned from April 2026
- Not divided into lots: • The service has not been split into separate lots such as collection and disposal/treatment. Since managing multiple contracts would make the combined service disproportionality expensive for the commissioner to manage. • Multiple contracts for the delivery of this service could increase technical risk and add uncertainty to which party is responsible and accountable, thereby making the management of contract liability between parties more complex.
CPV: Clinical-waste collection services · Clinical-waste disposal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£11,100,000
- Economic & financial standing
The ITT documentation within the e-procurement system sets out the minimum level of economic and financial standing threshold within the evaluation criteria for this procurement.
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 (4)
- Quality: 60%
- Price: 25%
- Value for Money: 5%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality
- Price
- Value for Money
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
The ITT documentation within the e-procurement system sets out the minimum level of economic and financial standing threshold within the evaluation criteria for this procurement.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
- 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
- 19 Mar 2025, 14:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Apr 2026, 16:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
C397310 / WA17091- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073160- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ef16Find a Tender
- Risks
- Regulatory Shift; more stringent environmental legislation and/or updates to technical guidance (HTM 07-01 revisions) e.g. Expansion of the Emissions Trading scheme for Waste incineration.
- Environmental Targets and legislation; Net Zero,
NHS Clinical waste Strategy; Increase in demand for plastic recycling exceeds growth in recycling capacity
- Clustering or Merging of Commissioning organisation,
- Market Volatility; Fluctuations in the cost of fuel, labour, and disposal processes (e.g., incineration costs)
Please see Known Risks described in Appendix 12 of the tender documentation.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗.
Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page.
All bids must be submitted on this e-procurement system
If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid.
Timeline
19 Mar 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published19 Mar 2025, 14:03 GMT
- Market engagement7 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is to provide a summary of the services to be procured, share the service specification and to obtain feedback that will help support a safe, sustainable, environmentally effective and cost-efficient quality service. Please register your interest to access the supporting documentation and provide feedback by answering the Market Engagement Questionnaire against this project by 7th of April 2025. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. You will find the project titled; Healthcare Waste Services in General Practice and Community Pharmacy with the Atamis reference C342878. The Supplier Documents folder contains the draft service specification and supporting documentation. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest using the correspondence function within Atamis. This event is an information gathering exercise rather than initiating a competitive procurement process; and therefore publication or response does not commit the ICBs or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest.
- Next notice expected6 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published344 days ago12 Nov 2025, 12:44 GMT
- Submission deadline310 days ago16 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent199 days ago7 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published198 days ago7 Apr 2026, 16:24 BST
- Award decision expected by198 days ago7 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends189 days ago16 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts22 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
11 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Mar 2025, 14:03 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published12 Nov 2025, 12:44 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £11,100,00012 Nov 2025, 12:44 GMTwas £5,000,000
- Status changed to active12 Nov 2025, 12:44 GMT
- Procurement method changed12 Nov 2025, 12:44 GMT
- Deadline published: 16 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT12 Nov 2025, 12:44 GMT
- Buyer details updated12 Nov 2025, 12:44 GMT
- Tender notice published13 Nov 2025, 11:00 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published7 Apr 2026, 16:24 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete7 Apr 2026, 16:24 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
• Amendment to the Contracting Authority's email address. However, please use the electronic procurement portal's messaging system for any procurement related queries. • Amendment of extension options from 4 x 12 months to 2 x 24 months. • Update to Contract locations; UKK13 - Gloucestershire has been removed.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-03: 1 release · 19 Mar 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tradebe Healthcare National LimitedPrimary Care healthcare waste collection and disposal service to General Practice and Community Pharmacy1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2031 · up to 30 Sept 2035Extensions: The initial contract term is for 5 years. At the end of the initial contract term the Commissioner will have extension options of up to 4 years in total, made of 2 x 24 month periods, which will be awarded at the Commissioner's discretion, giving a maximum possible contract term of 9 years if the full contract term is fulfilled. | £7,652,108 | 2 Apr 2026standstill to 16 Apr 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonTRADEBE HEALTHCARE NATIONAL LIMITED · South East England
- did not winMEDISORT LIMITED · South West England
- did not winSRCL LTD · Yorkshire and the Humber
- did not winMITIE WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED · Greater London
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
6 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care BoardContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
- NHS Devon Integrated Care BoardContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
- NHS Somerset Integrated Care BoardContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
- NHS South Central and West CSUProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement Support
- NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)Procuring entityThis Preliminary Market Engagement exercise is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- MEDISORT LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- MITIE WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- SRCL LTDBidder / tenderer
- TRADEBE HEALTHCARE NATIONAL LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. O…
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender 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