Official UK procurement notice
EPP0241 - Clinical Waste Services
Authority: Tendring District Council (Local council)·On behalf of: Essex County Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTendring District Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and licensed operator to provide a collection and disposal service to residents for clinical waste. The Council requires a kerbside collection from an average of 3845 customers per annum and an average number of 320 collections per month with varying collection frequencies, including weekly, monthly, ad-hoc and one-off collections from who all subscribe to the service within the district of Tendring.
CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£120,000
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 sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Questions: 30%
- Commercial Questions: 65%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Questions
- Commercial Questions
- Social Value
- Price carries 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 11 Aug 2025, 16:41 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
- Authority reference
EPP0241- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053455- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05857aFind a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Only accepting bids through procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗ - Link Here
Timeline
11 Aug 2025 → 5 Jan 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published11 Aug 2025, 16:41 BST
- Market engagement25 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Preliminary market engagement for clinical waste collection service for Tendring District Council.
Please see link to PME advert - procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
All correspondence is required to go through Proactis.
- Tender notice published3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BST
- Next notice expected3 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline390 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published361 days ago30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
- Contract starts295 days ago5 Jan 2026
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Aug 2025, 16:41 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BST
- Procurement method changed3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BST
- Deadline published: 1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST3 Sept 2025, 11:16 BST
- Tender notice published3 Sept 2025, 11:22 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST3 Sept 2025, 11:22 BST+0 days · was 1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Procurement termination notice published30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete30 Oct 2025, 17:37 GMT
Published amendments (1)
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=4c78f4d4-e587-f011-813a-005056b64545
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 11 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 17 Oct 2025 | CancelledThe decision to not award this contract was due to the noncompliance of the submitted bids. This contract will be retendered in 2026. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Essex County CouncilProcuring entityProcurement Officer on behalf of Tendring
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender