Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 28 Mar 2025, 16:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Waste Collection Services for the University of Nottingham

Official notice

Authority: University of Nottingham (Education)

ServicesAbove thresholdConcessionSME suitableVCSE suitable
Concession value (operator's revenue)£3,000,000operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom 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

Waste Collection Services for the UoN

www.nottingham.ac.uk ↗

Contract will cover areas of waste, including:

General Waste (*Including Skips)

Recycling Waste (Mixed - not segregated)

Clinical Waste

Confidential Waste

Spend is in the region of approx. £600,000 (PA)

Contract for up to 5 years (3+1+1)

The procurement will be via the Unicore (Oracle Fusion) tendering portal

The University of Nottingham ("the University") is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Procurement Act 2023.

Advertisement of any contract in the 'Find a Tender' is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no obligation to comply with the Procurement Act 2023 (as amended).

The University reserves its rights in full to adapt or step outside the procedures in the procurement legislation as the University considers necessary.

CPV: Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Dec 2030 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Concession
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Mar 2025, 16:08 GMT
Last source update
31 Mar 2025, 09:37 BST
Authority reference
2231
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011919
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related services
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-04fa46 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

28 Mar 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 16:08 GMT
  2. Latest notice published
    31 Mar 2025, 09:37 BST
  3. Market engagement
    31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST

    Engagement:

    University of Nottingham (On-line) Meetings

    Site-Visits - Campus locations/details

    www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/campuses/campu… ↗

    Procurement:

    email: scott.buttress@nottingham.ac.uk for any procurement related enquiries.

  4. Contract starts301 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 16:08 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    31 Mar 2025, 09:37 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Text added: The University of Nottingham ("the University") is not a contracting authority for the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023 (as amended) and its procurement activities are not subject to the Procurement Act 2023.

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

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RC000664 · GB-PPON: PXXD-7294-MZXW King's Meadow Campus, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG7 2NRContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure