Official UK procurement notice
Waste Collection and Street Cleaning Contract 2026-2034
Authority: Dartford Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement of a new contractor to carry out waste collection and street cleaning services, including refuse, recycling, garden, bulky, medical, sweeping, flytipping and litter/dog bins, across the borough.
CPV: Refuse disposal and treatment · Street-cleaning and sweeping services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£56,000,000
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 (7)
- Previous Experience: 10%
- Contract Resources: 10%
- Contract Management: 5%
- Best Value: 5%
- price: 60%
- Social Value: 5%
- Environmental Impact: 5%
Published award criteria (7)
- Previous Experience: 10
- Contract Resources: 10
- Contract Management: 5
- Best Value: 5
- Social Value: 5
- Environmental Impact: 5
- Price: 60
- Suitability
Bidders are required to be a Registered Waste Carrier with the Environment Agency and provide evidence of their license number within their submission.
- 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 5 Feb 2025, 13:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2025, 13:10 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Apr 2025 – …
- Authority reference
DN761793- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003810- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dbd6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
5 Feb 2025 → 1 Jul 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published5 Feb 2025, 13:10 GMT
- Submission deadline28 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts119 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria