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Primary Care healthcare waste collection and disposal service to General Practice and Community Pharmacy for NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board (ICB)

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BuyerNHS SOMERSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
StatusAwarded
Deadline16 Dec 2025
Value£2,895,000
Published19 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Somerset 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: 1. Collection & transport of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 2. Storage of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 3. Treatment of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 4. Incineration of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 5. Provision of reusable and single use containers for healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 6. Decontamination of reusable containers for healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 7. Promoting waste segregation and compliance 8. Healthcare and pharmaceutical waste tracking data including Duty of Care compliance The commissioner has a maximum financial envelope available of £386,000 per annum, inclusive of VAT. The total maximum contract value for the 5-year Contract is £1,930,000, 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 £3,474,000 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

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

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Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
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Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

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Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Primary Care healthcare waste collection and disposal service to General Practice and Community Pharmacy

Statuspending
SupplierSRCL LTD
Value£2,148,510
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2031

Documents & submission route

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Source data inventory

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05df8e
Latest release ID024894-2026
Latest release timestampThu Mar 19 2026 08:39:18 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073467-2025
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Mar 2026award, contract024894-2026
13 Nov 2025tenderUpdate073467-2025
12 Nov 2025tender073165-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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12 Nov 2025 · 073165-2025 · tender
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