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Waste and Environmental Services

Buyer: The Council of the Borough of Milton Keynes →

BuyerThe Council of the Borough of Milton Keynes
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published12 Sept 2023

What is being bought

The Council of the Borough of Milton Keynes (the ‘Council’) contract for the provision of waste and environmental services in the Milton Keynes Administrative Area. The services under the Contract will include: collection of waste and recycling, disposal of some specialist categories of waste, street cleansing, landscape maintenance, burial services and play area equipment provision, inspections and maintenance. The services also include associated ancillary services in the public realm and street scene.

Delivery location

UKJ12

Categories

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services 90000000Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services 90000000

Lot details

Lot 1

Waste and Environmental Services. Additional information: The Contract will be for an initial term of 5 years, with the option to extend for a period of 5 years.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 90. The category anchor is Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services (90000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 907,3855 median · 18.1 average (3,195 of 7,385 with a bid count)3 average (3,446 of 7,385 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ12268 median · 17.4 average (5 of 26 with a bid count)6.5 average (6 of 26 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Waste and Environmental Services

Statusactive
Value£193,418,520

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0303cf
Latest release ID027002-2023
Latest release timestampTue Sep 12 2023 16:23:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive dialogue
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
12 Sept 2023award, contract027002-2023
20 Dec 2021tender031832-2021

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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20 Dec 2021 · 031832-2021 · tender
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  "description": "The estimated total value provided in Section II.1.5 is for the full possible contract period of 10 years. In arriving at this value, the Council has considered without limitation the estimated costs (including ad hoc capital) and revenue associated with the provision of the services, including vehicles, fuel, inflation, impact of growth and potential key service change to be explored during dialogue. The Council is of the view that TUPE is likely to apply to some staff at contract commencement but bidders will be expected to undertake their own due diligence. The Council has depots available for use in the provision of the Services that shall be leased or licensed to the contractor. Further information shall be provided in the procurement documents. Vehicles in the fleet are anticipated to be predominantly financed and owned by the Council. The procurement of any new vehicles may be carried out by the Council or the Contractor, the detail of which shall be discussed with bidders through dialogue. The Council may in the future devolve responsibility for elements of landscaping and/or play area services to some parish and town councils in the Administrative Area. The Council intends to explore the options for this with bidders further during dialogue. The Council expressly reserves the right to vary the contract under Regulation 72(1)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (and/or under any equivalent provision in future procurement legislation) to effect such devolution. The Council may dialogue with bidders on providing cleansing and landscaping services to land managed under the Authority’s housing revenue account. The Council reserves the right (but is not obliged) to introduce, amend or omit this as a full or provisional service at a later stage of the procurement. Applicants should note that the procurement documents marked as draft provide indicative information of the Council’s approach in the procurement process at this stage and are for general information only. The Council reserves the right to vary, amend and update any aspects of the draft procurement documents and final details and versions of the procurement documents will be confirmed to applicants that are successful in being selected to participate in dialogue. Economic operators should be aware that the Council will publish its draft budget proposals in December 2021, which may include potential changes that impact upon the budget for the performance of the Services. This shall be provided at https://milton-keynes.cmis.uk.com/milton-keynes/Calendar/tabid/70/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/397/Meeting/6834/Committee/1399/Default.aspx. The Council is seeking to procure an economic operator who can innovate to perform the Services within the Council’s affordability. Bidders should note that whilst the estimated total value is a proxy for affordability it is not a target sum. The Council shall place importance on affordability and the identification of savings that do not compromise quality during the procurement process. Although affordability shall not form part of the compliance criteria at ISDS stage, the Council reserves the right (but is not obliged) to introduce affordability compliance criteria at a later stage of the procurement and amend the affordability at any stage of the procurement. The Council reserves the right to omit, amend or recalibrate any part of the services or technical service standards at any stage and to require those bidders remaining in the process at that stage to adjust their bids accordingly without reverting back to previous stages. The Council reserves the right to abandon this procurement process at any stage and/or not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice. Economic operators are entirely responsible for their costs and losses incurred or arising as a result of any participation in this procurement process",
  "initiationType": "tender"
}