Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Washroom Services
Authority: Kirklees Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTenders are invited by the Council from Suppliers with relevant experience and ability to demonstrate sufficient capacity for the provision of Provision of Washroom Services (the "Services").
The council is seeking a Service Provider capable of delivering the provision of Sanitary Bins, Nappy Bins, and Sharps Bins/Containers for Washroom Services. Additionally, the provider should be able to supply any other rental items required by the services at an agreed price upon request.
The council may require addition bin collections on an ad-hoc basis and have the right to remove sites or bin collections if necessary.
- How the procedure runs: The Most Advantageous Tender ("MAT") will be identified by a two stage process: Stage 1 - Tender Stage: Step 1 - Completeness and Compliance Checks: Submitted Tenders will initially be checked for compliance with the instructions provided, including confirmation that the documents have been completed fully and correctly and have been signed as requested. Failure to correctly complete and sign all the relevant documentation may result in your Tender being treated as non-compliant and the Tender may be eliminated from the process at this stage and not considered further. Where a Tender Submission is received from a Tenderer who is not registered on the Central Digital Platform and/or who has not submitted up-to-date core supplier information on the Central Digital Platform, their submission will be rejected from the tender process and no further evaluation will be undertaken. Step 2 - Excluded and Excludable Suppliers: The Council will confirm that neither the Supplier or any connected persons, associated persons or proposed sub-contractors are listed on the Cabinet Office Debarment List. To the extent that any such entities are listed on the Debarment List, the Council will consider whether to exclude the Supplier from participating in the procurement process. In addition, the Council will consider whether any Supplier or connected persons, associated persons relied on to meet the conditions of participation, or proposed sub-contractors are excluded or excludable Supplier, providing the Supplier reasonable opportunity to make representations and provide evidence as is proportionate to the circumstances. If the Supplier is an excluded or excludable Supplier only by virtue of an associated or proposed sub-contractor, the Council will notify the Supplier of its intention to exclude the Supplier and provide the Supplier with reasonable opportunity to replace the associated person or sub-contractor. Where a Supplier is an excluded Supplier on either of the above grounds, no further evaluation of the tender submission will be undertaken. Step 3 - Assessment of Conditions of Participation: The suitability of Suppliers will be assessed in accordance with the specified Conditions of Participation contained within the Procurement Specific Questionnaire. This will be marked purely on a pass or fail basis to ensure that the Supplier is able to meet the Council's minimum requirements. Tenderers who do not indicate that they meet the Council's minimum Conditions of Participation may be excluded from the process at this stage. Step 4 - Quality, Price Assessment: All submitted Tenders which have not been rejected during the previous steps will be assessed to identify the Most Advantageous Tender. The Council will determine the Most Advantageous Tender by applying the Award Criteria which is more fully described in the Tender Documents. The basis of the Council's Award Criteria will be based on 40% Quality and 60% Price. Step 5 - Identification of Preferred Supplier: The final scores will be added together to produce a total score for each Tenderer which will determine ranking, and the Preferred Supplier will be identified. The Preferred Supplier will be the Supplier whose submission scored the highest at Stage 1 Step 4. Step 6 - Notify Unsuccessful Suppliers: Suppliers who were not selected as the Preferred Supplier will not continue in the procurement process. The Council may choose to notify Suppliers that they have been unsuccessful at this, or any, stage of the procurement process and provide them with an Assessment Summary (but does not bind itself to do so). Stage 2 - Preferred Supplier Stage: Step 1 - Preferred Supplier Due Diligence (1): As part of the due diligence process, the supplier information provided on the Central Digital Platform and/ or responses to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire of the Preferred Supplier will be verified, and any required certification and evidence will be requested. Where certain levels of insurance are required and Suppliers do not currently hold these, they will be required to provide evidence (for example, a quotation from an insurance provider) that they will be able to obtain the insurance, if awarded the contract. The Council reserves the right to use other sources of information alongside those provided as part of the Tender to determine the financial stability of the top scoring Tenderer, namely a financial assessment or credit check. If this suggests that there may be an issue with the Tenderer's financial standing, the Council will always follow this up with the top scoring Tenderer before coming to a final decision. Based on any additional information provided, the Council will then determine the financial strength of the organisation and may, where appropriate, require parent company guarantees and/or a financial bond to be provided at no additional cost to the Council. Submission of evidence will be required within 5 working days of the initial request. Any Supplier failing to provide the information requested within the timeframe, or information that does not satisfactorily evidence responses made, will be excluded from the process at this stage. Should this situation arise, the Council reserves the right to remove the quality and price scores achieved by the disqualified Tenderer from the evaluation process and commence verification proceedings with the Tenderer now ranked in first place. Step 2 - Preferred Supplier Due Diligence (2): The assessment panel reserve the right to undertake further due diligence with the Preferred Supplier in order to verify that their submission is compliant with the Specification. This could be undertaken in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to: (i) Telephone (ii) Email (iii) Meetings at Council premises/ via Microsoft Teams (iv) Visits to reference sites/ obtaining references from current customers (v) Meetings on site at Tenderer's premises (vi) Product demonstrations/ proof of concept.
CPV: Containers for waste material · Medical waste services · Waste and rubbish containers and bins
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledRenewalPublished value£375,000
- Economic & financial standing
As stated in the procurement documents that are available for interested suppliers to access at uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗
- Technical & professional ability
As stated in the procurement documents that are available for interested suppliers to access at uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: Detailed information on Award Criteria is available in the procurement documents that are available for interested suppliers to access at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER
- Price: Detailed information on Award Criteria is available in the procurement documents that are available for interested suppliers to access at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER
- Economic & financial standing
As stated in the procurement documents that are available for interested suppliers to access at uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗
- Technical & professional ability
As stated in the procurement documents that are available for interested suppliers to access at uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jul 2025, 15:48 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2025, 14:57 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
KMCFM-040- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065030- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055b5dFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
The payment terms our outlined within the procurement documents and are available for interested suppliers to access at uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗
- How it runs
The Most Advantageous Tender ("MAT") will be identified by a two stage process:
Stage 1 - Tender Stage:
Step 1 - Completeness and Compliance Checks:
Submitted Tenders will initially be checked for compliance with the instructions provided, including confirmation that the documents have been completed fully and correctly and have been signed as requested. Failure to correctly complete and sign all the relevant documentation may result in your Tender being treated as non-compliant and the Tender may be eliminated from the process at this stage and not considered further.
Where a Tender Submission is received from a Tenderer who is not registered on the Central Digital Platform and/or who has not submitted up-to-date core supplier information on the Central Digital Platform, their submission will be rejected from the tender process and no further evaluation will be undertaken.
Step 2 - Excluded and Excludable Suppliers:
The Council will confirm that neither the Supplier or any connected persons, associated persons or proposed sub-contractors are listed on the Cabinet Office Debarment List. To the extent that any such entities are listed on the Debarment List, the Council will consider whether to exclude the Supplier from participating in the procurement process.
In addition, the Council will consider whether any Supplier or connected persons, associated persons relied on to meet the conditions of participation, or proposed sub-contractors are excluded or excludable Supplier, providing the Supplier reasonable opportunity to make representations and provide evidence as is proportionate to the circumstances. If the Supplier is an excluded or excludable Supplier only by virtue of an associated or proposed sub-contractor, the Council will notify the Supplier of its intention to exclude the Supplier and provide the Supplier with reasonable opportunity to replace the associated person or sub-contractor.
Where a Supplier is an excluded Supplier on either of the above grounds, no further evaluation of the tender submission will be undertaken.
Step 3 - Assessment of Conditions of Participation:
The suitability of Suppliers will be assessed in accordance with the specified Conditions of Participation contained within the Procurement Specific Questionnaire. This will be marked purely on a pass or fail basis to ensure that the Supplier is able to meet the Council's minimum requirements. Tenderers who do not indicate that they meet the Council's minimum Conditions of Participation may be excluded from the process at this stage.
Step 4 - Quality, Price Assessment:
All submitted Tenders which have not been rejected during the previous steps will be assessed to identify the Most Advantageous Tender. The Council will determine the Most Advantageous Tender by applying the Award Criteria which is more fully described in the Tender Documents. The basis of the Council's Award Criteria will be based on 40% Quality and 60% Price.
Step 5 - Identification of Preferred Supplier:
The final scores will be added together to produce a total score for each Tenderer which will determine ranking, and the Preferred Supplier will be identified. The Preferred Supplier will be the Supplier whose submission scored the highest at Stage 1 Step 4.
Step 6 - Notify Unsuccessful Suppliers:
Suppliers who were not selected as the Preferred Supplier will not continue in the procurement process. The Council may choose to notify Suppliers that they have been unsuccessful at this, or any, stage of the procurement process and provide them with an Assessment Summary (but does not bind itself to do so).
Stage 2 - Preferred Supplier Stage:
Step 1 - Preferred Supplier Due Diligence (1):
As part of the due diligence process, the supplier information provided on the Central Digital Platform and/ or responses to the Procurement Specific Questionnaire of the Preferred Supplier will be verified, and any required certification and evidence will be requested.
Where certain levels of insurance are required and Suppliers do not currently hold these, they will be required to provide evidence (for example, a quotation from an insurance provider) that they will be able to obtain the insurance, if awarded the contract.
The Council reserves the right to use other sources of information alongside those provided as part of the Tender to determine the financial stability of the top scoring Tenderer, namely a financial assessment or credit check. If this suggests that there may be an issue with the Tenderer's financial standing, the Council will always follow this up with the top scoring Tenderer before coming to a final decision. Based on any additional information provided, the Council will then determine the financial strength of the organisation and may, where appropriate, require parent company guarantees and/or a financial bond to be provided at no additional cost to the Council.
Submission of evidence will be required within 5 working days of the initial request. Any Supplier failing to provide the information requested within the timeframe, or information that does not satisfactorily evidence responses made, will be excluded from the process at this stage. Should this situation arise, the Council reserves the right to remove the quality and price scores achieved by the disqualified Tenderer from the evaluation process and commence verification proceedings with the Tenderer now ranked in first place.
Step 2 - Preferred Supplier Due Diligence (2):
The assessment panel reserve the right to undertake further due diligence with the Preferred Supplier in order to verify that their submission is compliant with the Specification. This could be undertaken in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to:
(i) Telephone
(ii) Email
(iii) Meetings at Council premises/ via Microsoft Teams
(iv) Visits to reference sites/ obtaining references from current customers
(v) Meetings on site at Tenderer's premises
(vi) Product demonstrations/ proof of concept.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 29 Oct 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Jul 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published8 Jul 2025, 15:48 BST
- Market engagement21 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Responses to this Preliminary Market Engagement are required by 12 noon on Monday 21st July 2025.
This Expression of Interest is not an invitation to tender. The Council, as contracting authority, is issuing this request to gauge the capability and level of interest for this opportunity. Please read the following details and response requirements below.
Organisations are required to access and respond to the Preliminary Market Engagement document. This can be accessed via the Council's tendering portal - yortender.eu-supply.com ↗
To provide a response to this Preliminary Market Engagement, an organisation must sign up to the YORTender portal (this can be done free of charge) to access the Preliminary Market Engagement document. Responses must be submitted via the YORTender portal.
- Tender notice published379 days ago14 Oct 2025, 09:55 BST
- Clarification questions by364 days ago29 Oct 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Latest notice published355 days ago6 Nov 2025, 14:57 GMT
- Submission deadline350 days ago12 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by281 days ago19 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts149 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Jul 2025, 15:48 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published14 Oct 2025, 09:55 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £375,00014 Oct 2025, 09:55 BST
- Status changed to active14 Oct 2025, 09:55 BST
- Procurement method changed14 Oct 2025, 09:55 BST
- Deadline published: 12 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT14 Oct 2025, 09:55 BST
- Procurement termination notice published6 Nov 2025, 14:57 GMTUK12
- Status changed to cancelled6 Nov 2025, 14:57 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 6 Nov 2025 | CancelledKirklees Council has decided to terminate the Washroom Services Procurement and review the current tender documents prior to initiating a new procurement exercise in due course. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender