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Published 10 Nov 2026, 08:29 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Sustainable Biological Waste Management

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2032 · up to 31 Mar 2037 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is exploring innovative and sustainable solutions for the management, treatment and disposal of biological waste streams. The Trust is seeking to understand the current market capability in relation to on-site and off-site treatment solutions, equipment provision, managed services and emerging technologies that may support reductions in waste transport, carbon emissions and reliance on traditional disposal methods.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is exploring innovative and sustainable solutions for the management, treatment and disposal of biological waste streams.

The Trust is seeking to understand the current market capability in relation to on-site and off-site treatment solutions, equipment provision, managed services and emerging technologies that may support reductions in waste transport, carbon emissions and reliance on traditional disposal methods.

Waste streams currently under consideration may include:

  • Human anatomical waste
  • Catering and food waste
  • Other biological waste streams as appropriate

The Trust is undertaking this engagement to inform future procurement strategy, specification development and route-to-market decisions.

CPV: Environmental issues consultancy services · Recycling equipment · Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2037 with extensions
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
42914000 Recycling equipment90500000 Refuse and waste related services90713000 Environmental issues consultancy services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust buys Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050), and who usually turns up

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerCountess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · all categories
The marketRefuse and waste related services (CPV 9050) · North West England (authority’s region)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 82 of 121 known-size awards · market: CPV 9050 · North West England (authority’s region), n=62
68%61%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North West England (authority’s region).

Buyer: 50 of 56 known-location awards · market: CPV 9050 · North West England (authority’s region), n=74
89%53%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i
Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 9050 · North West England (authority’s region), n=21
—49 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 49 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: at least 126 of 148 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 9050 · North West England (authority’s region), n=50
85%30%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i
This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with bid counts, 5 needed · all categories
The market47 lots with bid counts · CPV 9050 · North West England (authority’s region)
30% had one bid
% of the market's 47 lots with a published bid count · select a colour for counts
1 bid30%
Market: 14 of 47 lots with published bid counts.
2–345%
Market: 21 of 47 lots with published bid counts.
4–617%
Market: 8 of 47 lots with published bid counts.
7+9%
Market: 4 of 47 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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This buyerToo few to chart: 1 lot with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market34 lots with estimate and award · CPV 9050 · North West England (authority’s region)
50% below estimate
% of the market's 34 lots with an estimate and award · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50%
Market: 17 of 34 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%15%
Market: 5 of 34 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate35%
Market: 12 of 34 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 429160 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published

This lot is listed as CPV 4291. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
i

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 13 past lots.

—No model forecast yet8% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 13 similar lots
1 bid8%
1 of 13 similar past lots received 1 bid (8%).
2–354%
7 of 13 similar past lots received 2–3 (54%).
4–623%
3 of 13 similar past lots received 4–6 (23%).
7+15%
2 of 13 similar past lots received 7+ (15%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Estimate not published
The buyer published no estimate for this lot, so there is nothing to forecast against. A price prediction here would be a number about a number we do not have.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
10 Nov 2026, 08:29 GMT
Last source update
10 Nov 2026, 08:29 GMT
Authority reference
G/1070
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106467
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Environmental issues consultancy servicesRecycling equipmentRefuse and waste related services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b822 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published3 days ago
    10 Nov 2026, 08:29 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 49 days
    1 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT

    Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is exploring options for the sustainable management and treatment of biological waste streams.

    The Trust is seeking to better understand the market, available technologies, service models and procurement options before determining its future requirements and route to market.

    Potential areas of scope may include the treatment, disposal and management of human anatomical waste, food waste and other biological waste streams.

    As part of this exercise, the Trust wishes to identify suppliers capable of providing:

    • On-site treatment solutions
    • Off-site treatment solutions
    • Equipment supply
    • Rental or leasing models
    • Managed service solutions
    • Associated maintenance and support services

    Interested organisations are invited to register their interest and provide a brief overview of their solution, relevant experience and any available framework routes.

    Following review of responses, the Trust may undertake further market engagement activities including supplier questionnaires, supplier presentations and one-to-one discussions.

    This notice is issued for information gathering purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition.

  4. Contract startsin 138 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Nov 2026, 08:29 GMT
    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

COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RJR · GB-PPON: PGCG-2135-TXWL Liverpool Road, Chester, North West, CH2 1ULContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure