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Published 22 Sept 2022, 13:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tanker Services and Other Drainage Services at Leicestershire County Council Waste Transfer Stations and Recycling and Household Waste Sites

Official notice

Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)

3 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£5,500,000total for 3 lots
Submissions closed 24 Oct 2022awarded 14 Feb 2023
Awarded to MTS Cleansing Services Limited3 awards

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Council operates four Waste Transfer Stations (WTS) at Bardon, Kibworth, Loughborough and Whetstone, and fourteen Recycling and Household Waste Sites (RHWS) with drainage infrastructure ranging from large attenuation tanks, foul water cesspits, septic tanks silt and oil interceptors of varying makes and capacities, to various catchpits sumps and gullies.

The Services required include:

  • Emptying and disposal of effluent from cesspits and cesspool tanks.
  • Removal and disposal of oil, solids and contaminated water from interceptors and sumps.
  • Removal and disposal of silt from catch pits and channels.
  • Removal and disposal of silt from, and cleansing of, yard and road gullies.
  • Servicing interceptor tank oil coalescers.
  • Unblocking and jetting drains.

CPV: Cesspool or septic tank emptying services · Gully cleaning and emptying services · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Emptying Cesspools and Attenuation TanksAwardedRenewal
  • Emptying non-hazardous liquid effluent from Cesspool Tanks between 7,300 and 18,000 litres when notified.
  • Emptying up to 22,000 litres of potentially hazardous liquid effluent from a Cesspool Tank when notified.
  • Emptying non-hazardous foul effluent (sewage) from cesspits up to 18,000 litres when notified.
  • Ad hoc removal of liquid effluent from Attenuation Tanks between 22,000 and 1.2 million litres. NB This is considered to be a very rare requirement and the full volume may not need to be removed. Depending on the ‘trigger’ event, this may be either hazardous or non-hazardous effluent.
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: The Council proposes an initial contract term for each lot of five years with an optional extension or extensions of periods between 12 months and five years to a maximum total of fifteen years. No single extension will exceed five years.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Servicing Interceptors, Servicing & Maintenance of Alarms and Drain Clearing.AwardedRenewal
  • Removal and disposal of solids (sewage) and some liquid effluent from septic tanks.
  • Removal and disposal of solids, oils and contaminated water from interceptors with silt capacities up to 5,000 litres and oil capacities up to 500 litres.
  • Removal and disposal of mainly liquid effluent from Catchpits (at Kibworth RHWS/WTS.) This effluent will be specified as hazardous or non-hazardous at the time the Service is requested.
  • Routine Service and maintenance of Interceptors, including cleaning and replacement of any coalescers (excluding parts).and disposal of contaminated coalescer medium,
  • Ad hoc jetting of on-site drains to remove full or partial blockages down stream of interceptor and septic tanks and up stream of cesspits.
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: The Council proposes an initial contract term for each lot of five years with an optional extension or extensions of periods between 12 months and five years to a maximum total of fifteen years. No single extension will exceed five years.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Cleansing Gullies, Catchpits and Sumps.AwardedRenewal
  • Removal of silt from two wash stand catchpits gullies (Bardon WTS only) when notified.
  • Scheduled (six monthly) emptying and cleansing of road and yard gullies.
  • Additional ad hoc cleansing of individual blocked gullies, including up to five gullies.
  • Ad hoc removal of contents (solids and liquids) from sumps.
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: The Council proposes an initial contract term for each lot of five years with an optional extension or extensions of periods between 12 months and five years to a maximum total of fifteen years. No single extension will exceed five years.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored · same split on all 3 lots
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Sept 2022, 13:20 BST
Last source update
31 Mar 2023, 17:33 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Oct 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN634231
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009548
Classification (CPV)
Cesspool or septic tank emptying servicesGully cleaning and emptying servicesSewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036a7f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
24 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Oct 2022, 12:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Oct 2022 → 31 Mar 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    24 Oct 2022, 12:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    31 Mar 2023, 17:33 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Mar 2023, 17:33 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 3
Awarded value £10,250,0003 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 18
Contracts signed 3latest 14 Feb 2023

Contracts

  • Tanker Services and Other Drainage Services at Leicestershire County Council Waste Transfer Stations and Recycling and Household Waste Sites · MTS Cleansing Services Limited

    Signed
    14 Feb 2023
    Value
    £4,500,000
    Status
    active
  • Tanker Services and Other Drainage Services at Leicestershire County Council Waste Transfer Stations and Recycling and Household Waste Sites · MTS Cleansing Services Limited

    Signed
    14 Feb 2023
    Value
    £5,250,000
    Status
    active
  • Tanker Services and Other Drainage Services at Leicestershire County Council Waste Transfer Stations and Recycling and Household Waste Sites · MTS Cleansing Services Limited

    Signed
    14 Feb 2023
    Value
    £500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Emptying Cesspools and Attenuation Tanks5bids———
2 · Servicing Interceptors, Servicing & Maintenance of Alarms and Drain Clearing.7bids———
3 · Cleansing Gullies, Catchpits and Sumps.6bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leicestershire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 8RAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.