Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 13 May 2025, 10:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of clinical and chemical waste collection

Official notice

Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£407,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 21 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Oct 2027 · up to 1 Oct 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University is undertaking Pre Market Engagement for the collection of the following waste streams that can collect the following waste streams:

  • Chemical waste - collected for off-site disposal and/or recycling, consisting of hazardous and non-hazardous chemical and contaminated waste from laboratories, workshops, grounds and estate maintenance. Chemical Waste is generated across the estate as follows: Exeter: Streatham Campus, St Luke's Campus, RILD, Exeter Science Park, Topsham Sports Ground. Cornwall: Penryn Campus.
  • Clinical waste - generated across the estate and sent for waste to energy incineration. Consists of healthcare, medical, and biomedical waste from laboratory and clinical settings, generally within the 15 01/16 05 EWC codes. Clinical Waste is generated across the estate as follows: Exeter: Streatham Campus, St Luke's Campus, RILD, Exeter Science Park, Topsham Sports Ground.

CPV: Clinical-waste collection services · Clinical-waste disposal services · Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services · Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 1 Oct 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 1 Oct 2030 with extensions
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
13 May 2025, 10:46 BST
Last source update
13 May 2025, 10:46 BST
Authority reference
UOE/2025/015/SB
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020745
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Clinical-waste collection servicesClinical-waste disposal servicesRadioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste servicesRefuse and waste related services
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0511b9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 May 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    13 May 2025, 10:46 BST
  2. Market engagement
    29 May 2025, 00:59 BST

    Suppliers are invited to complete a questionnaire answering the University's PME questions which can be downloaded from the University's eTendering portal CTM here uk.eu-supply.com/ctm ↗ /supplier/publictenders?B=UK quote ID 99138 or UOE/2025/015/SB. Responses should be submitted via the portal by the 28th May 2025 at 12 noon (GMT). The University may at its discretion ask further questions of respondents that provide a response to the questionnaire. This process does not form part of any tender procedure that may follow, and no bidders shall be disadvantages by either taking part or not taking part in this process.

  3. Tender notice expected
    21 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts393 days ago
    1 Oct 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 May 2025, 10:46 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Exeter

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PZYG-2396-XCRZ Northcote House, Exeter, South West, EX4 4QHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure