Official UK procurement notice
Recycling, Waste & Street Cleansing Contract
Authority: Wirral Council (Local council)·On behalf of: EUNOMIA RESEARCH & CONSULTING LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWirral Council conducted a Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 for the procurement of the Recycling, Waste and Street Cleansing Services Contract. The procurement was undertaken through a number of stages, including supplier selection, submission of initial tenders, clarification and dialogue activities, and submission of final tenders.
Scope
The Contract shall include the following Services:
Recycling and Waste Collection Services
Household Residual Waste Collection from Street Level Properties (Service Delivery Options A & B)
Household Dry Recycling Collection from Street Level Properties
Household Food Waste Collection from Street Level Properties
Household Garden Waste Collection from Street Level Properties
Household Residual Waste Collection from Communal Properties (Service Delivery Options A & B)
Household Dry Recycling Collection from Communal Properties
Household Food Waste Collection from Communal Properties
Household Residual Waste Collection from Flats Above Shops (Service Delivery Options A & B)
Household Dry Recycling Collection from Flats Above Shops
Household Food Waste Collection from Flats Above Shops
School and Authority Office Dry Recycling Collection
Bulky Waste Collection Service and POPs
Clinical Waste Service
Cleansing Services
Mechanical and Manual Cleansing
Litter Bin Service
Street washing
Subways, Bridges and Footbridges
Cleansing of Promenades and Associated Areas
Cleansing of Car Parks
Removal of Flytipping and Abandoned Waste
Dead Animal Clearance
Seasonal leaf, blossom and fruit fall
Weed treatment and removal
Clearance of revetments, sand and tidal debris
Fairs, Markets and other special Events Cleansing
Match Day Cleansing
Traffic Management
Provision of a Rapid Response Service (including out of hours and call out)
Additional Information:
Vehicles: The Authority shall provide funding for all Authority Financed Assets required during the Contract Period (in line with the provisions contained within the Contract and the associated Schedules). For the avoidance of doubt, this shall include replacement Vehicles. By way of example only, this may include replacement small mechanical sweepers which have a shorter depreciation period than the Initial Term. The Authority has also recently purchased Food Waste RCVs to accommodate the rollout of this Service, and these RCVS shall be available for the Contractor to use under the new Contract. transfer to the new Contract for the Contractor to use.
Alternative Service Delivery Options:
Service Delivery Option A: 240L residual waste collected fortnightly, 240L comingled dry mixed recycling collected fortnightly, food waste collected weekly, 240L garden collected fortnightly (subscription service) ; and
Service Delivery Option B: 240L residual waste collected three-weekly, 240L comingled dry mixed recycling collected fortnightly, food waste collected weekly, 240L garden collected fortnightly (subscription service)
Anticipated Changes:
There are a number of services which the Authority may wish to implement during the term of the Contract, known as Anticipated Changes. These potential services comprise:
- Sub-terranean refuse collection in new high density and multi-occupational housing - Under this Anticipated Change, the Contractor would be required to provide Household Residual Waste Collection, Household Dry Recycling Collection and Household Food Waste Collection from sub-terranean refuse collection points in new high density and multi-occupational housing
- Additional dry recycling materials - Under this Anticipated Change, the Contractor would be required to include in its Household Dry Recycling Collection, the collection of all materials stipulated in Schedule 1 Parts 2 to 5 (excluding Part 4 paragraph 4(1)(e)) of the Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2024 to the extent not already included within the Target Materials in the Specification.
- Films and flexible plastics recycling materials - Under this Anticipated Change, the Contractor would be required to include in its Household Dry Recycling Collection, the collection of all materials stipulated in Schedule 1 Part 4 paragraph 4(1)(e) of the Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2024.
- Separate collection of paper and card - Under this Anticipated Change, the Contractor would be required to provide its Household Dry Recycling Collection service as a dual-stream service, on a rolling three-weekly basis alongside Household Dry Recycling Collection and Household Food Waste Collection as follows:
Week 1) Collection of paper & cardboard and Food Waste Collection.
Week 2) Collection of other dry mixed recycling and Food Waste Collection.
Week 3) Household Residual Waste Collection and Food Waste Collection.
- Small WEEE and household batteries - Under this Anticipated Change, the Contractor would be required to include in its Household Dry Recycling Collection, the collection of small WEEE and household batteries.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 22 Aug 2042, 00:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: This Tender Notice relates to the award of a public contract through a Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and 20(2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023 ('PA 2023'). For a description of the process to be followed, including conditions of participation to be applied in the selection of suppliers, the process for submitting initial and final tenders (including dialogue sessions), and award criteria and assessment methodology, refer to the associated tender documents made available together with this Notice. The associated tender documents include the 'Procurement Specific Questionnaire' and accompanying instructions, and the draft 'Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders' (and its appendices). The Contracting Authority reserves its right to rely on section 24 PA 2023 to refine award criteria as part of the competitive flexible procedure. Refinements to the award criteria may include but are not limited to: refining award criteria weightings adding sub-criteria or more detail to the sub-criteria (relevant to the existing main criteria). In addition, the Contracting Authority may also rely on section 31 PA 2023 to modify the terms of the procurement as set out in this tender notice or the associated tender documents. When assessing tenders for the purposes of contract award under section 19 PA 2023, the contracting authority will apply a set of pass/fail criteria (including minimum score thresholds) that only apply to the assessment of final tenders (and not of initial tenders). Such pass/fail criteria, and when and how they are to be applied, are fully set out in the assessment methodology appended to draft 'Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders'. For the avoidance of doubt, applying the final tender-specific pass/fail criteria only at final tender stage (and not at initial tender stage), in accordance with the published assessment methodology, does not constitute a refinement of award criteria under section 24 nor a modification of terms of the procurement under section 31 PA 2023.
- No preliminary market engagement: A Preliminary Market Engagement Notice under the PA 2023 was not published because the preliminary market engagement was undertaken, and notice of it provided in a PIN on 24/07/2024 (Notice Identifier: 2024/S 000-023350), prior to the PA 2023 coming into force.
CPV: Refuse collection services · Refuse recycling services · Street-sweeping services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£320,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and accompanying instructions for the full conditions of participation requirements.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and accompanying instructions for the full conditions of participation requirements.
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 (3)
- Technical / Quality: 50%
- Commercial: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical / Quality: The Award Criteria (including sub-criteria) are more fully set out in the draft Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders which forms part of the associated tender documents.
- Commercial: The Award Criteria (including sub-criteria) are more fully set out in the draft Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders which forms part of the associated tender documents.
- Social Value: The Award Criteria (including sub-criteria) are more fully set out in the draft Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders which forms part of the associated tender documents.
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and accompanying instructions for the full conditions of participation requirements.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and accompanying instructions for the full conditions of participation requirements.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Competitive flexible 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 22 Aug 2042
- First published
- 9 May 2025, 13:50 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jul 2026, 11:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
24-107 / DN773914- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032346- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050fc3Find a Tender
- How it runs
This Tender Notice relates to the award of a public contract through a Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and 20(2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023 ('PA 2023').
For a description of the process to be followed, including conditions of participation to be applied in the selection of suppliers, the process for submitting initial and final tenders (including dialogue sessions), and award criteria and assessment methodology, refer to the associated tender documents made available together with this Notice. The associated tender documents include the 'Procurement Specific Questionnaire' and accompanying instructions, and the draft 'Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders' (and its appendices).
The Contracting Authority reserves its right to rely on section 24 PA 2023 to refine award criteria as part of the competitive flexible procedure. Refinements to the award criteria may include but are not limited to:
refining award criteria weightings
adding sub-criteria or more detail to the sub-criteria (relevant to the existing main criteria).
In addition, the Contracting Authority may also rely on section 31 PA 2023 to modify the terms of the procurement as set out in this tender notice or the associated tender documents.
When assessing tenders for the purposes of contract award under section 19 PA 2023, the contracting authority will apply a set of pass/fail criteria (including minimum score thresholds) that only apply to the assessment of final tenders (and not of initial tenders). Such pass/fail criteria, and when and how they are to be applied, are fully set out in the assessment methodology appended to draft 'Invitation to Submit Initial Tenders'. For the avoidance of doubt, applying the final tender-specific pass/fail criteria only at final tender stage (and not at initial tender stage), in accordance with the published assessment methodology, does not constitute a refinement of award criteria under section 24 nor a modification of terms of the procurement under section 31 PA 2023.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The full tender documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
Timeline
9 May 2025 → 22 Aug 2027 · 10 dates- Planning notice published9 May 2025, 13:50 BST
- Next notice expected30 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published13 Jun 2025, 15:11 BST
- Clarification questions by9 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by201 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent83 days ago29 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published83 days ago29 Jul 2026, 11:51 BST
- Standstill ends70 days ago10 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 306 days22 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 May 2025- Pipeline notice published9 May 2025, 13:50 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published9 May 2025, 13:53 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published13 Jun 2025, 15:11 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £320,000,00013 Jun 2025, 15:11 BST
- Status changed to active13 Jun 2025, 15:11 BST
- Procurement method changed13 Jun 2025, 15:11 BST
- Contract award notice published29 Jul 2026, 11:51 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Jul 2026, 11:51 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Jul 2026, 11:51 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 9 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIFFA MUNICIPAL LIMITED22 Aug 2027 – 21 Aug 2035 · up to 22 Aug 2043Extensions: The contract may be extended for a period of 8 years, ending on 21/08/2043. | £348,600,000 | 22 Jul 2026standstill to 10 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonBIFFA MUNICIPAL LIMITED · South East England
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
4 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- EUNOMIA RESEARCH & CONSULTING LIMITEDProcuring entityTechnical Advice and Support Services
- SHARPE PRITCHARD LLPProcuring entityLegal Advice and Support Services
- SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTDProcuring entitySocial Value Evaluators
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BIFFA MUNICIPAL LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender