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Published 20 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Transferring and Processing Garden Waste – Furness Area

Official notice

Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£407,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Apr 2025awarded 29 May 2025
Awarded to Sinkfall Recycling Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Westmorland and Furness Council (the Council) is inviting tenders for a Provider to accept and handle green garden waste collected in the Furness collection area.

Tenders will only be accepted from Providers who can provide this service for all the materials specified.

The area covers the south and west of the authority and is provided by vehicles operating from the Council’s depots in Barrow and Ulverston.

CPV: Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
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
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40%
  • Cost/Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Cost/Price: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
20 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
Last source update
26 Jun 2025, 11:35 BST
Award evaluation window
31 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
DN764492
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035341
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e4a6 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
11 Apr 2025, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
31 Mar 2025, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 Mar 2025 → 26 Jun 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    31 Mar 2025, 14:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    11 Apr 2025, 14:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 11:35 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2025
  1. Deadline moved to 11 Apr 2025, 14:00 BST
    20 Mar 2025, 16:00 GMT
    +11 days · was 31 Mar 2025, 14:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    26 Jun 2025, 11:35 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.231 Mar 202511 Apr 2025+11 d
—TextShort Description · II.1.4Westmorland and Furness Council (the Council) is inviting tenders for a Provider to accept and handle green garden waste collected in the Furness collection area. The area covers the south and west of the district and is provided by vehicles operating from the Council's depots in Barrow and Ulverston. Tenderers will be accepted from providers who can provide this service for all the materials spec…Westmorland and Furness Council (the Council) is inviting tenders for a Provider to accept and handle green garden waste collected in the Furness collection area. Tenders will only be accepted from Providers who can provide this service for all the materials specified. The area covers the south and west of the authority and is provided by vehicles operating from the Council’s depots in Barrow and …

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £407,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 29 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Sinkfall Recycling LtdSME£407,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Westmorland and Furness Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, North West, LA9 4DQContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of EnglandReview body London

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.