Official UK procurement notice
T26/27-015 Collection, Transportation and Recovery of Waste wood from council recycling centres
Authority: Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products (03)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN0E)
Published estimate£3,435,000≈ £1.1m / year · £4,122,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 2 Oct 2026awarded 26 Oct 2026
Award (standstill) to McKinstry Skip Hire Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Oct 2029 · up to 31 Oct 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service required is for the collection, transportation, recycling and/or energy recovery of waste wood from Council Household Recycling Centres. The contractor will be required to provide suitable containers for all sites for the storage and collection of the contract waste in addition to a regular collections service. The contractor will be required to meet the standards of the Specification of Requirements as a minimum.
CPV: Refuse and waste related services · Wood waste
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,435,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Cost: 95%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost
- Social Value
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 95 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9.5 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- 19 Aug 2026, 14:02 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 09:41 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
T26/27-015- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079799- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e7b0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
- Submission deadline
- 2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Tenders must upload their responses ONLY on Etenders -
Timeline
19 Aug 2026 → 5 Nov 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published71 days ago19 Aug 2026, 14:02 BST
- Tender notice published69 days ago21 Aug 2026, 10:50 BST
- Submission deadline26 days ago2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by8 days ago20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent2 days ago27 Oct 2026
- Latest notice published2 days ago27 Oct 2026, 09:41 GMT
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 2 days1 Nov 2026
- Standstill endsin 7 days5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Aug 2026, 14:02 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published21 Aug 2026, 10:50 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £3,435,00021 Aug 2026, 10:50 BST
- Status changed to active21 Aug 2026, 10:50 BST
- Procurement method changed21 Aug 2026, 10:50 BST
- Deadline published: 2 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST21 Aug 2026, 10:50 BST
- Contract award notice published27 Oct 2026, 09:41 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Oct 2026, 09:41 GMT
- Contract signature expected6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £4,122,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 22 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinstry Skip Hire LtdSME6 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2029 · up to 31 Oct 2031Extensions: The option to extend by any period or periods up to a maximum of a further 48 months | £4,122,000 inc. VAT | 26 Oct 2026standstill to 5 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- MCKINSTRY SKIP HIRE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award 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