Waste Collection, Cleaning and Vehicle Maintenance Service Contract 2025

The London Borough of Croydon is seeking bids for the provision of efficient and effective waste collection and recycling services and street cleansing services from April 2025. The contract will include the following services; - household residual waste - household food waste - household dry recycling - household garden waste - household bulky waste - commercial waste - street cleansing services - winter maintenance - clinical waste collection - waste transfer station operation Given the current Government consultation on waste policy, it is our intention to discuss, during dialogue: - the current Government consultation on waste policy, and its potential impact on the services; - social value and opportunities for reducing the carbon footprint of the services; - options for reducing costs through available, vehicle financing models; - options for developing the Council depot facilities; -other topics required by the Council as required. The minimum turnover requirement for this contract is £40,000,000 (being two times the annual contract value). Applicants must also meet certain financial ratios, which are set out in more detail in the guidance for completion of the SelectionQuestionnaire. It is our intention to run the procurement using the Competitive Dialogue process in line with Regulation 30 Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Variants will not be accepted.(DETAILS FROM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SECTION) The Council is using the Croydon Tenders portal to conduct this exercise, which can be accessed using this link in-tendhost.co.uk/croydontenders/ ↗ The use of this system allows a full audit trail of communication with providers to ensure fair treatment as well as to maintain full confidentiality.If you require assistance in using the Croydon Tenders portal please contact their Support Helpdesk by email support@in-tend.co.uk for all support issues. This will auto-log a support ticket. On logging a ticket, if you have not already logged one before, you will be issued with a registration email that will give you instructions to allow you to log in, log, review and update your own tickets. In emergency situations you can contact their Support Service Desk on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065. Please note the Support Service Desk will not be able to answer any market test specific enquiries. In accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 the Council is permitted to use the competitive dialogue procedure as the needs of the contracting authority cannot be met without adaptation of readily available solutions and the contract cannot be awarded without competitive dialogue because of specific circumstances related to the nature, the complexity or the legal and financial makeup or because of risks attaching to them. Additional information: Please see additional information in II.2.4