Official UK procurement notice
Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management and Minimisation Services
Authority: 2Gether Support Solutions Limited (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement description2gether Support Solutions Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary company of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, (“2gether’s Procurement services”) is working with Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Medway Community Healthcare CIC, and Medway NHS Foundation Trust (collectively known as the Southeast NHS Total Waste Consortium, the "Consortium") is issuing an Invitation To Tender ("ITT") in connection with a competitive procurement for Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management and Minimisation Services (the “Services”).<br/><br/>The Consortium’s waste strategy aims to improve waste management practices and make them more efficient and sustainable, to save on cost, improve hospital function, and reduce the impact on the environment in line with NHS net zero carbon commitments. Whilst making efficiency savings in this area of expenditure is significantly important to the Consortium, other service delivery improvements are also required, including reducing the overall barriers to entry to encourage greater interest and competition from the market – irrespective of Bidder size, niche ability or differing service model offering.
CPV: Clinical-waste collection services · Clinical-waste disposal services · Collection, transport and disposal of hospital waste · Containers for waste material · Medical waste services · Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services · Polythene waste and refuse sacks and bags · Refuse and waste related services · Refuse collection services · Refuse disposal and treatment · Refuse recycling services · Refuse transport services · +4 more
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value (£48,525,000 together)Lot #1Clinical Hazardous & Non-Hazardous Healthcare WasteRenewalPublished value£15,000,000
In accordance with legislation and waste regulation, the collection, transportation and disposal of clinical hazardous & non-hazardous healthcare waste, including infectious waste, pathological waste, pharmaceutical waste and offensive/hygiene waste.<br/><br/>Clinical Waste is defined as:<br/><br/>a. “…any waste which consists wholly or partly of human or animal tissue, blood or other body fluids, excretions, drugs or other pharmaceutical products, swabs or dressings, syringes, needles or other sharp instruments, being waste which unless rendered safe, may prove hazardous to any person coming into contact with it; and<br/><br/>b. any other waste arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, pharmaceutical or similar practice, investigation, treatment, care, teaching or research, or the collection of blood for transfusion, being waste which may cause infection to any person coming into contact with it.”<br/><br/>(Clauses 4.7 and 4.8, Environment and Sustainability Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe management of healthcare waste.)
Lot #2Reusable sharpsRenewalPublished value£4,600,000
The provision of a safe, sustainable and compliant managed solution for the implementation, supply, collection, return and cleaning of reusable sharps containers.<br/><br/>In accordance with legislation and waste regulation, the storage, collection, treatment and return of sharps containers and clinical waste containers generated by the Contracting Authority. Used containers shall be treated and reassembled in order to be re-used.
Lot #3Domestic and Recyclable Healthcare WasteRenewalPublished value£8,100,000
In accordance with relevant legislation and waste regulation, the collection, transportation, disposal and appropriate recycling of domestic, general and miscellaneous healthcare waste (mixed municipal waste from healthcare and related sources that is the same as, or similar to, black-bag domestic waste from domestic households), which may also include food waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling, safe and secure disposal of IT equipment and other assets, bulky waste and provision of multi-sized skips / compactors.
Lot #4Confidential Healthcare WasteRenewalPublished value£825,000
In accordance with relevant legislation and waste regulation, the storage, collection and final disposal of confidential healthcare waste. Waste minimisation and incorporated recycling systems as well as on-site and off-site shredding services may also included. The successful Bidder must be able to carry out a start to end process of the collection and destruction of confidential waste compliantly and securely.
Lot #5Total Healthcare Waste ManagementRenewalPublished value£20,000,000
In accordance with legislation and waste regulation, and in addition to the supply, and management of bins, skips, compactors and training in relation to healthcare waste segregation, a Total Healthcare Waste Management Managed Service and other services (commonly known as Total Healthcare Waste Management) shall include the supply, management, transportation and disposal of all healthcare waste streams, for example, domestic waste, hazardous waste, clinical waste including sharps, medical sharps disposal, (single and/or reusable containers), feminine hygiene and washroom services, confidential waste disposal and destruction, IT Equipment disposal and destruction, food waste disposal, metals disposal and recycling, including single use instruments. Additional information: Bidders are not invited to submit a Tender for Lot 5. <br/><br/>Instead, where a Bidder has tendered for each individual Lot #1, #2, #3 and #4, 2gether’s Procurement services will combine the scores achieved to establish a calculated Lot #5 overall score.
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- Suitability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 29 Aug 2022, 14:23 BST
- Last source update
- 31 May 2023, 21:22 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Jul 2023 – …
- Authority reference
C174004- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015480- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0363d0Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documents.
Publisher note: Suitably experienced providers wishing to bid for this Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management and Minimisation Services contract opportunity, reference number C174004, must submit their Tender response via the Contracting Authority's e-Tendering system, http://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. <br/><br/>The Contracting Authority reserves the not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice. <br/><br/>Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the procurement documents and that save for matters of clarification or consistency, the Contracting Authority will not negotiate the terms.<br/><br/>The Contracting Authority will not accept completed ITT's after the stated closing date. All documents to be priced (where applicable) in sterling and all payments made in sterling.<br/><br/>All tender costs and liabilities incurred by Bidders shall be the sole responsibility of that Bidder.<br/><br/>For information on the review procedure bidders are referred to Regulation 86 (Notice of decision to award a contract or conclude a framework agreement); Regulation 87 (Standstill Period) and Regulation 91 to 102 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015).<br/><br/>Following any decision to award the concession contract, the contracting authority will providing debriefing information to unsuccessful bidders (in accordance with Regulation 86 of the PCR 2015) and observe a minimum ten day standstill period (in accordance with Regulation 87 of the PCR 2015) before the contract is entered into.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 6 Jul 2023, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 10 Jul 2023, 10:00 BST
Timeline
10 Oct 2022 → 10 Jul 2023 · 4 dates- Next notice expected10 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published31 May 2023, 21:22 BST
- Submission deadline6 Jul 2023, 16:00 BST
- Bids opened10 Jul 2023, 10:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 May 2023- Published value updated to £30,000,00031 May 2023, 21:22 BSTwas £40,000,000
- Status changed to active31 May 2023, 21:22 BST
- Procurement method changed31 May 2023, 21:22 BST
- Deadline published: 6 Jul 2023, 16:00 BST31 May 2023, 21:22 BST
- Buyer details updated31 May 2023, 21:22 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation TrustContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria