Official UK procurement notice
Waste Transfer Station — UK public procurement notice
Authority: London Borough of Lewisham (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLewisham Council (the “Council”) invites suitably qualified and experienced organisations to submit a Tender for the provision of Waste Transfer Station services. This procurement is conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions outlined in this Invitation to Tender (ITT) and the accompanying Contract Documentation. Unless otherwise stated, all terms and expressions used in these Instructions to Tenderers shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Conditions of Contract and the Service Specification. This contract will be procured through an open tender in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
The Contract will be governed by the Council’s standard Conditions of Contract, a copy of which is included within the tender documentation pack.
The Contract Period applicable to each Lot is as follows:
(a) Lot 1 – an initial term of two (2) years, with the option for the Council to extend the Contract for up to two further periods of one (1) year each;
and (b) Lot 2 – an initial term of one (1) year, with the option for the Council to extend the Contract for one further period of one (1) year.
Any extension shall be at the Council’s sole discretion and subject to satisfactory performance.
- No preliminary market engagement: Prior to commencing the procurement, the Council undertook soft market engagement and explored available delivery options, including existing market providers and framework arrangements, to inform the proposed route to market.
CPV: Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£1,100,000
- Value
- £1,100,000 exc. VAT · £1,320,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- AT the councils Discretion
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).
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How London Borough of Lewisham buys Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental (CPV 90) — and who usually turns up
London Borough of Lewisham’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental (CPV 90) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
London Borough of Lewisham
contract notices in 36 months: 6 in division 90 (1 without competition · 2 route not published) · 209 in all categories (21 without competition · 25 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 147 lots. 7 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 140 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 147 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 8 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 10 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 191 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 4 notices.
Greater London · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental (CPV 90)
contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 539 in division 90 (440 competed, 74 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 300 lots. 166 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 134 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 300 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 131 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 130 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 227 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 90), last 36 months: 348 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 8 lots (all categories), applied to the £1,100,000 estimate on this notice.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bespoke Cleaning SME | 1 class wins | 3 months ago | no comparable pairs | 55% |
| London Wildlife Trust | 1 class wins | 66 months ago | no comparable pairs | 55% |
| VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED Large | 10 class wins · 1 lots for this buyer | this month | at estimate n=11 | 54% |
| New Earth Solutions (West) Ltd TA Mid UK Recycling Ltd SME | 10 class wins | 10 months ago | no comparable pairs | 52% |
| Elleteq Limited SME | 12 class wins | 10 months ago | no comparable pairs | 50% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Sept 2026, 11:48 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 11:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
DN818284- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d68Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via London Tenders Portal- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Oct 2026, 00:01 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published1 day ago30 Sept 2026, 11:48 BST
- Clarification questions byin 14 days16 Oct 2026, 00:01 BST
- Submission deadlinein 29 days30 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 57 days27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 91 days1 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published30 Sept 2026, 11:48 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender