Official UK procurement notice
Waste Management (sustainable) services
Authority: LUPC Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLondon Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), working with participating UK University Purchasing Consortia, is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the development and procurement of a new Waste Management Services Framework Agreement (EFM5095 LU). The future Framework is anticipated to cover a range of waste management and related services, including Total Waste Management; General & Recycling Waste Services; Hazardous, Chemical & Radioactive Waste; Clinical & Pharmaceutical Waste; Confidential Waste; and IT Asset Disposal / Reuse, Recycling & Disposal. As part of the new Framework, LUPC intends to incorporate IT Asset Disposal services currently provided through a separate IT Equipment Reuse, Recycling & Disposal Framework Agreement. The final scope, structure and number of Lots have not yet been determined. LUPC is therefore seeking feedback from suppliers and other interested market participants to help inform the procurement strategy, scope, structure, service requirements, pricing and commercial approach for the future Framework. A Supplier Engagement Questionnaire has been made available via Microsoft Forms, with a link provided in the Engagement Description section of this notice. Suppliers and other interested organisations are encouraged to participate and provide feedback on the proposed approach.
CPV: Archive destruction services · Clinical-waste collection services · Clinical-waste disposal services · Collection, transport and disposal of hospital waste · Computer-related professional services · Medical waste services · Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services · Radioactive waste treatment services · Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services · Refuse and waste related services · Refuse collection services · Refuse disposal and treatment · +3 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs 4 mo · up to 4 yrs 4 mo from 28 Jun 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Waste Management (sustainable) services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How LUPC Ltd buys Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050), and who usually turns up
LUPC Ltd’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 82 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 6%
2–314% / 41%
4–621% / 30%
7+64% / 23%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9052Published estimate£110m
This lot is listed as CPV 9052. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 18 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–361%
4–622%
7+6%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITEDEarlier contract | Waste Management Services (Sustainable)notice published Jun 2023 | Lot 1: Total waste management | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| J&B Recycling LtdEarlier contract | Waste Management Services (Sustainable)notice published Jun 2023 | Lot 2: General & recycling waste services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Biffa Waste Services LtdEarlier contract | Waste Management Services (Sustainable)notice published Jun 2023 | Lot 1: Total waste management | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| COUNTRYSTYLE RECYCLING LIMITEDEarlier contract | Waste Management Services (Sustainable)notice published Jun 2023 | Lot 1: Total waste management | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Oxford Direct Services Trading LimitedEarlier contract | Waste Management Services (Sustainable)notice published Jun 2023 | Lot 2: General & recycling waste services | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
100% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (100% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Waste Management Services (Sustainable), winner not published; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Oct 2026, 12:33 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 12:33 BST
- Authority reference
EFM5095 LU- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094231- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07819bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
6 Oct 2026 → 28 Jun 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published21 days ago6 Oct 2026, 12:33 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 3 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
As part of this preliminary market engagement, LUPC is seeking feedback from suppliers and other interested market participants to help inform the development of the future Waste Management Services Framework Agreement. Organisations are invited to complete the Waste Management Services EFM5095 LU – Supplier Engagement Questionnaire using the link below: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/YCERXwRJCM ↗ Suppliers are encouraged to respond to all sections relevant to the services they currently provide or would potentially be interested in providing under the future Framework. Suppliers are not expected to respond to questions relating to service areas outside their area of operation or expertise. Please complete and submit the questionnaire by 17:00 on Friday 30 October 2026. Any questions relating to this preliminary market engagement should be submitted through the messaging function on the procurement portal. uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗
- Tender notice expectedin 90 days25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 243 days28 Jun 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Oct 2026, 12:33 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender