Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Street Sweeping & Disposal Services
Authority: Norse Commercial Services Limited (Public body)·On behalf of: Norse Environmental Waste Services Limtied
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorse Environmental Waste Services (NEWS) a joint venture company with shareholders being Norse Commercial Services and the seven Borough, City and District Councils of Norfolk, intends to run a competitive tendering exercise to appoint one third party Single Service Provider to carry out collection, receipt, handling, treatment, recycling and/or disposal of Street Sweeping Waste.
The service provider(s) will be required to periodically arrange the bulk collection of Street Sweepings from authorised sites (Transfer Stations) located through the County of Norfolk.
Total estimated tonnage to be up to c10,000 Tonnes per annum.
CPV: Refuse disposal and treatment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,017,867
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 (2)
- Service Delivery: 40%
- Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Service Delivery
- Price
- 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 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2026, 16:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
NGRP0135- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-063349- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068d95Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 17 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
29 Apr 2026 → 4 Sept 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published177 days ago29 Apr 2026, 10:00 BST
- Market engagement169 days ago7 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Potential bidders are asked to register their interest in this procurement and are invited to participate in a round of discussions to discuss the requirement in more detail to understand potential capacity and interest from the marketplace.
Interested parties will be invited to take part in a discussion conducted by TEAMS (maximum of 30 Minutes for each provider) to understand their capacity and capability to this undertake this work.
This engagement will be used to assist in shaping the tender approach.
Participation in the engagement exercise is not mandatory to bid on this requirement and for the avoidance of doubt, non-participation in this preliminary market engagement exercise shall not prevent any supplier from participating in a competitive exercise, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming process.
Responses received will assist Norse in understanding the level of interest from the Market for this requirement.
Bidders are asked to register their interest by Thursday 7th May 2026 by 23:55.
Engagement calls will be arranged and undertaken on the following dates: Monday 11th and Friday 15th May 2026.
- Next notice expected114 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published109 days ago6 Jul 2026, 16:45 BST
- Clarification questions by98 days ago17 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline84 days ago31 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Award decision expected by79 days ago5 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent72 days ago13 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends60 days ago24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts53 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published49 days ago4 Sept 2026, 16:24 BST
Notice history
11 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Apr 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Apr 2026, 10:00 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 May 2026, 16:20 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Jul 2026, 16:45 BSTUK4
- Published value updated6 Jul 2026, 16:45 BST
- Status changed to active6 Jul 2026, 16:45 BST
- Procurement method changed6 Jul 2026, 16:45 BST
- Deadline published: 31 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST6 Jul 2026, 16:45 BST
- Contract award notice published13 Aug 2026, 08:02 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Aug 2026, 08:02 BST
- Contract signature expected28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Sept 2026, 16:24 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-04: 1 release · 29 Apr 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2ZLF LtdSMEProvision of Street Sweepings and Disposal Services1 Sept 2026 – 1 Apr 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032Extensions: 12 + 12 Months Incrementally | £3,988,952 inc. VAT | 13 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · 2ZLF LtdSME
- Signed
- 4 Sept 2026
- Value
- £3,988,952 inc. VAT
- Period
- 25 Sept 2026 – 1 Apr 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 12 + 12 Months Incrementally
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Norse Environmental Waste Services LimtiedProcuring entityClient/Employer
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- 2ZLF LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender