Official UK procurement notice
Two Year Contract for Bulk Uplifts
Authority: Southside Housing Association (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Contract applies to gardens, backcourts and public spaces of tenement flats, modern flats and multi-storey flats along with car parks, private roads, private footpaths and bin lanes belonging to Southside Housing Association within the areas of Pollokshields, Mount Florida, Cathcart, Shawlands, Strathbungo, Ibrox, Kinning Park, Crosshill, Cardonald, Halfway, Penilee, Strathbungo, Pollokshaws and Shawlands. , Glasgow. (refer tender Document 1). The Contract term will be for an initial 2 year period with optional annual 1+1+1 12 month extensions up to a maximum contract duration of five years overall.
The bulk uplift services will be provided seven days a week during normal working hours 52 weeks of the year. The Contractor will be required to complete each Bulk Uplift order (disposing to a Glasgow City Council recycling centre) within 10 calendar days of notification by Southside Housing Association or the date that the Contractor identifies the requirement for a bulk uplift during their weekly drive around of Southside Housing Association’s estates. It is anticipated that orders for bulk uplifts will be issued by Southside Housing Association Monday-Friday during the Contract and Southside Housing Association will not issue orders to the Contractor on a Saturday or Sunday. However, the Contractor will be permitted to undertake the bulk uplift service during normal working hours seven days per week. Although Southside Housing Association require each order for a bulk uplift to be completed within 10 calendar days, the Contractor will be responsible for managing their resources, including public or other holidays of the operatives engaged during the Contract, to ensure each order is completed within the 10 calendar day period.
The Bulk Uplift service is currently delivered by the Estates Team of Southside Housing Association and will cease after 31st October 2025 when the Contractor successful in bidding for this opportunity commences the Contract. Southside Housing Association do not envisage that any of their Estate Team employees currently providing the service will transfer employment to the Contractor successful in bidding for this opportunity and tender costs must be submitted on this basis that TUPE will not apply to the existing workforce.
Detailed information on the requirements of Southside Housing Association for the Contract have been provided within Tender Document 2 (Activity Schedule) and Tender Document 3 (Form of Tender and Schedule of Works).
The anticipated cost per annum of the contract, excluding VAT, is 50000 to 60000 GBP. Bidders are advised that this opportunity represents a different approach to delivering the bulk uplift service to customers of Southside Housing Association. The anticipated value included within this notice is an estimate, as the bulk uplift services sought by this notice represents a new approach to delivering the service to our customers.
- Recurrence: 2027 at the earliest if the optional 12 month extensions are not applied
CPV: Household-refuse collection services · Household-refuse disposal services · Litter collection services · Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services · Refuse and waste related services · Refuse collection services · Refuse disposal and treatment · Urban solid-refuse collection services · Urban solid-refuse disposal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Single Stage Tendering in accordance with Regulations 28 (Open Procedure) of the…AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
Single Stage Tendering in accordance with Regulations 28 (Open Procedure) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulation 2015. Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
SPD Question 2D.1.2- Bidders must provide a separate SPD response (Sections A and B of this Part and Part III) for each subcontractor.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders will be required to have a minimum 'general' yearly turnover of 120000 GBP for the last two years or have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 120000 GBP for the last two years.
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurances indicated below:
Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP
Public Liability Insurance - 5,000,000 GBP
- Technical & professional ability
Question 4C.1.2 - Bidders will be required to provide two examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.1.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.
Question 4C.4 - If bidders intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, they should confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. This will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and provide evidence when requested of:
a) their standard payment terms
b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year.
If the bidder is unable to confirm (b) they must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director, which improves the payment performance.
Questions 4C8.1 and 4C8.2 - Bidders will be required to confirm their average annual manpower for the last three years. Bidders will be required to confirm their and the number of managerial staff for the last three years.
Question 4C.9 - Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the relevant tools, plant or technical equipment to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.1.4 in the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or …
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- 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
- Yes · 2027 at the earliest if the optional 12 month extensions are not applied
- First published
- 2 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2025, 16:59 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Oct 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073724- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05923dFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Tender Document 4 'Key Performance Indicators' attached to this Notice.
Where performance falls below the minimum acceptable level during the Contract, the Contractor will be required to produce a Remedial
Plan for the approval of Southside Housing Association.
Failure to produce a Remedial Plan or implement an approved Remedial Plan will be deemed to be a breach of the Contract, which may lead to the termination of the Contractor
Publisher note: (SC Ref:815872)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 2 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 2 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
2 Oct 2025 → 29 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline385 days ago2 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened385 days ago2 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published343 days ago13 Nov 2025, 16:59 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until297 days ago29 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Nov 2025, 16:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| New TwoSME | £104,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 073724-2025-1 · New TwoSME
- Signed
- 12 Nov 2025
- Value
- £104,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- New TwoAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.