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Contract for Waste Collection and Street Cleaning

SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL

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AwardUpdate

13 Nov 2025 at 11:53

Award

29 Oct 2025 at 13:49

Tender

20 Feb 2025 at 12:19

Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement process for the "Contract for Waste Collection and Street Cleaning" was initiated by the South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council. This contract falls under the "services" procurement category, specifically focused on refuse and waste-related services. The procurement, conducted via a competitive procedure with negotiation, has transitioned through various stages, recently culminating in contract award and update phases by October 2025. The services are to be delivered in the UKJ14 region, and significant deadlines included the potential contract duration of up to 16 years, starting with the contract's signing on 22nd October 2025. Biffa Waste Services Limited, a large-scale supplier, emerged as the active contractor.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in waste management, street cleaning, and ancillary services like vehicle maintenance and customer service. Companies capable of delivering comprehensive waste collection services across a variety of categories, including clinical and electronic waste, are well-suited for future opportunities or subcontracting under this contract. The councils' provision of vehicle fleets and depots further reduces overhead constraints on smaller enterprises, fostering an environment for collaborative growth in service delivery capabilities. Such a setup not only encourages competitive pricing through scale efficiencies but also opens avenues for smaller and medium-sized enterprises to engage in a significant long-term governmental procurement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Contract for Waste Collection and Street Cleaning

Notice Description

South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council (the Councils) are seeking to appoint a contractor to provide refuse collection and waste related services (including, residual waste, dry recyclables, green waste, food waste, clinical waste and bulky waste services) along with a broad portfolio of street cleansing services in order to achieve cross-border efficiencies. The successful contractor will be required to deliver the services as set out in the Councils' specification. The Councils will make available their existing fleets of vehicles and containers to the successful contractor required to deliver the services. The appointed contractor will not be required to fund the purchase or secure the acquisition of any major plant necessary to deliver the services but nay have to arrange short term substitute vehicles whilst routine maintenance and servicing is undertaken. The intention is for the Councils to establish a new depot at OX44 where the fleet can be operated from. However, there is the possibility for the depot to be located elsewhere within the South Oxfordshire/Vale of White Horse area and further details on this is set out in the procurement documents. The Councils are not requiring the contractor to provide its own depot and/or fleet and/or containers in order to deliver the services.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Contract Waste Collection including Food Waste Dry Mixed Recycling Residual Waste Garden Waste Household Batteries Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Textiles Clinical Waste Street Cleansing and Ancillary Services including Cleansing of public highways and areas Removal of fly tipping, fly-posting and graffiti Emptying of litter, dog waste and on-street recycling bins Customer Services Vehicle Maintenance

Options: the duration stated in 112.7 of the original notice represents the maximum duration of the contract. the contract will be for an initial term of 8 years (with a break clause after 4 years) with the ability for the councils to extend the duration for a further period(s) of up to 8 years

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e4d6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073481-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

50 - Repair and maintenance services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

79342300 - Customer services

79512000 - Call centre

90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

90511100 - Urban solid-refuse collection services

90511200 - Household-refuse collection services

90511300 - Litter collection services

90511400 - Paper collecting services

90512000 - Refuse transport services

90514000 - Refuse recycling services

90524100 - Clinical-waste collection services

90610000 - Street-cleaning and sweeping services

90640000 - Gully cleaning and emptying services

90690000 - Graffiti removal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£160,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£160,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£275,876,000 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Nov 20253 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
24 Mar 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Oct 20251 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
SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

VALE OF WHITE HORSE DISTRICT COUNCIL

Contact Name
Angela Cox, Paul Fielding
Contact Email
angela.cox@southandvale.gov.uk, procurement@southandvale.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1235422422

Buyer Location

Locality
ABINGDON
Postcode
OX14 3JE
Post Town
Oxford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC

Local Authority
Vale of White Horse
Electoral Ward
Abingdon Abbey Northcourt
Westminster Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

BIFFA WASTE SERVICES

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