Find a TenderPast planning noticePlanned procurement notice
Published 23 May 2025, 19:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Green Waste Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Buckingham Palace (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£368,447pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 10 Jun 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Dec 2028 · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Royal Household is seeking a supplier to provide the following services:

  • Transportation, processing (shredding/composting) and disposal of green waste from the gardens at Buckingham Palace (BP), Clarence House, Kensington Palace and Marlborough House;
  • Movement and disposal of horse arisings from The Royal Mews; and
  • Maintenance of the BP Garden recycling centre by a WAMITAB certified operative, and maintenance of the skips used at each of the sites.

The waste must be disposed of by distribution to Environmental Agency registered allotments.

Tenderers will need to sign up to the Royal Household’s e-Sourcing platform, Delta, in order to receive the ITT and able to submit clarification questions and tender returns. Sign up link: www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/signup.html ↗.

To view this notice, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html ↗

CPV: Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£368,447
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensionsValue: £368,447 exc. VAT · £442,136 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: The contract will run on a 3-year initial term, with a possible 2-year extension in one-year increments (subject to agreement).

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price
  • Quality
What this means for your bid
  • 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 May 2025, 19:05 BST
Last source update
3 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 6 Sept 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029661
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052529 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
14 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
Clarification deadline
9 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tenderers will need to sign up to the Royal Household’s e-Sourcing platform, Delta, in order to receive the ITT and able to submit clarification questions and tender returns.

Sign up link: www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/signup.html ↗.

Timeline

23 May 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 May 2025, 19:05 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
  3. Tender notice expected
    10 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Clarification questions by
    9 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    14 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
  6. Award decision expected by
    6 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
  7. Contract starts300 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    23 May 2025, 19:05 BST
    UK3
  2. Planned procurement notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
    UK3
  3. Deadline moved to 14 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
    3 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
    +0 days · was 14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Royal Household

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGLT-2499-PJTM Buckingham Palace, London, London, SW1A 1AAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure