Notice Information
Notice Title
Primary Care healthcare waste collection and disposal service to General Practice and Community Pharmacy for NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Notice Description
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) sought a provider with the capability and capacity to deliver a Primary Care healthcare waste collection and disposal service to General Practice and Community Pharmacy. The services in the tender include: 1. Collection & transport of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 2. Storage of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 3. Treatment of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 4. Incineration of healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 5. Provision of reusable and single use containers for healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 6. Decontamination of reusable containers for healthcare waste and pharmaceutical waste 7. Promoting waste segregation and compliance 8. Healthcare and pharmaceutical waste tracking data including Duty of Care compliance The commissioner has a maximum financial envelope available of PS1,020,281 per annum, inclusive of VAT. The total maximum contract value for the 5-year Contract is PS5,101,404, inclusive VAT. At the end of the initial contract term the Commissioner will have extension options of up to 4 years in total, made of 2 x 24 month periods, which will be awarded at the Commissioner's discretion, giving a maximum possible contract value of PS9,182,529 inclusive of VAT over 9 years if the full contract term is fulfilled. The Commissioner is of the view that TUPE does not apply to this service The new contract will commence on the 1st of October 2026 with mobilisation planned from April 2026
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract may be extended for up to a further 4 years, made up of 2 x 24 month extension periods, which may be exercised at the commissioner's discretion.
Planning Information
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is to provide a summary of the services to be procured, share the service specification and to obtain feedback that will help support a safe, sustainable, environmentally effective and cost-efficient quality service. Please register your interest to access the supporting documentation and provide feedback by answering the Market Engagement Questionnaire against this project by 7th of April 2025. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. You will find the project titled; Healthcare Waste Services in General Practice and Community Pharmacy with the Atamis reference C342878. The Supplier Documents folder contains the draft service specification and supporting documentation. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest using the correspondence function within Atamis. This event is an information gathering exercise rather than initiating a competitive procurement process; and therefore publication or response does not commit the ICBs or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ef16
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031614-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
90524100 - Clinical-waste collection services
90524200 - Clinical-waste disposal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £11,100,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £11,100,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- £7,652,107 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Apr 20264 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 2 Apr 20264 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Additional Buyers
NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRIDGWATER
- Postcode
- BS1 6AG
- Postcode Area
- Bristol
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK51 Bristol, City of
- Delivery Location
- TLK11 Bristol, City of, TLK12 Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
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- Local Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Bristol Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031614-2026
7th April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073449-2025
13th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073160-2025
12th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010160-2025
19th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the bid documentation (including questionnaires), you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and be able to submit a bid.
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