Notice Information
Notice Title
Household Waste Collection, Transfer and Associated Services
Notice Description
Leicester City Council is conducting a Competitive Flexible Procedure for the collection of kerbside household waste in Leicester, management and operation of a waste transfer station, and associated services. This contract will replace the existing PFI arrangement on expiry in 2028. The Authority's key objectives are to: * Provide good quality, cost-efficient, value for money waste services. * Engage, educate and support residents to minimise their waste, maximise repair, reuse, recycling and composting, and to understand how to access, and make the most of, reuse services. * Minimise the carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases arising from the collection, treatment and disposal of waste. * Minimise the amount of waste sent to landfill. * Provide waste services that can evolve as necessary to support anticipated growth of household and population numbers in the City. This will include: * Household residual waste and dry mixed recycling (DMR) collections on an alternate weekly basis (fortnightly) instead of weekly. * The introduction of wheeled DMR bins to replace single use bags as standard. * Implementation of weekly food waste collections as early as possible. * Retention of bespoke and / or more frequent arrangements for communal collection points and others as appropriate, as well as exception processes for households with specific requirements for assistance. * Continuation of fortnightly garden waste collections from March to November. * Continuation of clinical waste collections from households on request. * Continuation of bulky waste collections from households on request. Scope The Contract shall include the following Services: * Household Waste and Recycling Collection including: - Residual Waste Collection Service - Dry Mixed Recycling Collection Service - Food Waste Collection Service - Garden Waste Collection Service - Bulky Waste Collection Service - Clinical Waste Collection Service - Other provisional items such as servicing bring banks and a commercial waste collection Service, should they become core items. * The Contractor will procure new vehicles suitable to deliver the services on behalf of the Authority. The Authority intends to provide the capital funding for the purchase of new vehicles in line with the processes set out in the Contract and associated Schedules. * Provision of Depot: The Authority shall provide the Contractor with a Depot and Waste Transfer Station (the Bursom site) for use on the basis of a peppercorn rent. * Provisional items are included under this procurement, which will be subject to the dialogue component of this CPF. These are listed in Schedule 3 Specification. This contract does not include disposal of waste arisings, which will be subject to separate procurements. Further details are available within the associated tender documents. Please note the value of the contract (Estimated) allows for indexation and includes vehicle replacement costs throughout the full 16 year term.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: * There are a number of services which the Authority may wish to implement during the term of the Contract, known as Provisional Items Changes. These potential services comprise: - Collection of Contract Waste from Bring Banks at a frequency to be approved by the Authority as being the most cost-efficient; - Collection of textiles from all Customers approved to receive the service; - Collection of household batteries from all Customers approved to receive the service; - Collection of small WEEE from all Customers approved to receive the service; - Collection of Household AHP Waste from all Customers approved in writing by the Authority; - Provision of Commercial Waste Collection Services to all Commercial Waste Customers approved in writing by the Authority ; * Due to the nature and duration of this Contract, there may be future unknown requirements whereby additional purchases may be required.
Renewal: 8-year initial term with the option to extend for a further 8-year period in accordance with the terms of the Contract (see associated tender documents for details).
Planning Information
The requirement is to collect kerbside household waste in Leicester and manage a waste transfer station, including works to convert the transfer site to replace the existing PFI arrangement on expiry in 2028. This is a PME only. It is not a call for competition. See IV.3. Engagement process description above. Thea deadline for questionnaire responses is Mon, 19 May 2025 at 12 noon (via e-tendering system linked below) To participate in this PME please follow this link https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/eN_hCmqG5U0ZQNztYfZcRYvwd?domain=procontract.due-north.com
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05034e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038870-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
90511200 - Household-refuse collection services
90512000 - Refuse transport services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £245,500,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £245,500,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Apr 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 May 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 5 May 2028 - 5 May 2036 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- 2034-05-06
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE1 1FZ
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, TLF21 Leicester, TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038870-2026
28th April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016643-2025
23rd April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015845-2025
17th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015279-2025
15th April 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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