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Published 9 May 2025, 16:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Clinical waste 2025 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: City College Plymouth (Education)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£20,000≈ £5k / year · £20,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 May 2025
Contract term 4 yrsends 25 Jun 2029 · starts 26 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

City College Plymouth is seeking to contract with a single supplier for the provision of Clinical Waste Disposal services across its three sites: Kings Road including the Stem building, Oceansgate and Picquet Barracks. The purpose of this request is to establish an exclusive Four (4) Year contract,

Full details can be found in the RFQ210 document

CPV: Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services · Refuse disposal and treatment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 4 yrsSMEPublished value£20,000
Contract period: 26 Jun 2025 – 25 Jun 2029 (4 yrs)Value: £20,000 exc. VAT · £20,000 inc. VAT

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: 35%Price: 60%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Contract Management, access to an account manager.: 15%
  • Responsiveness, plan for collections.: 15%
  • • Potential partnering arrangements with regard to student work experience, apprenticeships and working partnerships.: 5%
  • Price: 60%
  • • Sustainability, the Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility including Modern Slavery: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Price: Total price of required services across the 4 year contract
  • Contract Management, access to an account manager.: Please state how the account will be managed - if we will have a main point of contact
  • Responsiveness, plan for collections.: Responsiveness, lead times, service. Including how long additional requests will be processed, missed collections managed and how the pick ups will be planned.
  • • Sustainability, the Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility including Modern Slavery
  • • Potential partnering arrangements with regard to student work experience, apprenticeships and working partnerships.
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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 May 2025, 16:38 BST
Last source update
9 May 2025, 16:38 BST
Authority reference
RFQ210
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020204
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste servicesRefuse disposal and treatment
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05101f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
23 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
21 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please email submission to tenders@cityplym.ac.uk

Timeline

9 May 2025 → 26 Jun 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    9 May 2025, 16:38 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    21 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    23 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    26 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    9 May 2025, 16:38 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City College Plymouth

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQHV-9439-HHDJ · GB-UKPRN: 10005128 Kings Road, Devonport, South West, PL1 5QGContact email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender