Notice Information
Notice Title
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) Processing and Haulage Procurement
Notice Description
North and East Hertfordshire Councils operate a shared waste collection, recycling and street cleaning service. Hertsmere Borough Council operates in-house waste and recycling collection services. This procurement is for the bulk transfer/direct delivery, processing and sale of recyclable materials. This procurement is being conducted on behalf of all three Councils and is led by North Hertfordshire Council (the "Council"). The Councils will work closely together throughout the procurement.This procurement is being conducted under the Restricted procedure and is set out as two 'Lots'. Lot 1 is for the provision of services for North and East Hertfordshire Councils and Lot 2 is for the provision of services for Hertsmere Borough Council. The intention is to award two contracts, one for each 'Lot'.
Lot Information
To provide services for the bulk transfer, Processing and sale of mixed Dry Recycling from both East Hertfordshire District Council and North Hertfordshire District Council
Lot 1 - To provide services for the bulk transfer, Processing and sale of mixed Dry Recycling from both East Hertfordshire District Council and North Hertfordshire District Council, which will include Household Waste collections and a small proportion from Commercial Waste collections. Tonnage and processing requirements for the first three months are different for the remainder of the contract as a consequence of New Waste Collection Services being implemented in August 2025.
To provide services for the direct delivery or waste transfer, Processing and sale of mixed Dry Recycling from Hertsmere Borough CouncilTo provide either direct delivery or a Waste Transfer Station and bulk transfer, Processing and sale of mixed Dry Recycling from Hertsmere Borough Council which will include Household Waste collections and a small proportion from Commercial Waste collections.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-046e1e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066705-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90514000 - Refuse recycling services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £51,700,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £45,062,280 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Sep 2024Expired
- Award Date
- 30 Sep 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Chloe Hipwood
- Contact Email
- chloe.hipwood@north-herts.gov.uk, ian.kershaw@hertsmere.gov.uk, jeanette.lowden@north-herts.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01462474000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY
- Postcode
- SG6 3JF
- Post Town
- Stevenage
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH27 South West Hertfordshire
- Delivery Location
- TLH23 Hertfordshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Hertsmere
- Electoral Ward
- Borehamwood Cowley Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Hertsmere
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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