Notice Information
Notice Title
Environmental Enforcement Services Contract
Notice Description
The London Borough of Harrow (the Authority) is seeking to appoint a supplier to undertake the provision of Environmental Enforcement across the borough for the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) in relation to littering and public spaces protection orders (covering dog fouling, street drinking, spitting, etc). The Supplier shall deploy Environmental Enforcement Officers to conduct proactive patrols, issue Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for environmental offences, and support prosecutions where required. Officers must operate to high professional standards, ensure proportionate enforcement, and provide the Council with secure data and regular reports on performance, demographics, payment rates and complaints. The service aims to improve the public realm, ensure compliance with environmental legislation and protect vulnerable residents by applying enforcement fairly and responsibly. The Council has clear requirements for how vulnerable adults would be treated and in particular fixed penalty notices should not be served on minors.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The initial term is for period of 2 years and may be extended at the sole discretion of the Council for a further period of 2 years where the Authority considers a further extension will offer best value to it's residents.
Planning Information
The London Borough of Harrow is seeking to engage with the Environmental Enforcement market to participate in preliminary market engagement to assist in developing the authority's requirements and approach to deliver best possible outcomes to the residents of Harrow. We therefore would like to invite suitably qualified service providers to participate in Market Engagement Sessions which will take place over Microsoft Teams on or around 15th September 2025 at a time to be agreed. The objective of discussion is to gain a better understanding of the following: • Provide initial information about the Service Requirements and related strategic objectives • Seek feedback from companies to inform development of the service model, specification and tender documentation to facilitate a tender exercise that will be well received by the marketplace maximising participation • Answer questions interested companies may have regarding the required work and the tender process • Provide practical advice to interested companies on local government tendering to support submission of tender • Breakdown barriers to entry for locally based SME companies If you would like to participate and submit an expression of interest or have any questions, please email David Hayes, Procurement Business Partner david.hayes@harrow.gov.uk
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0567b4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000184-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90720000 - Environmental protection
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 24 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-12-03
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW
- Contact Name
- David Hayes
- Contact Email
- procurement@harrow.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HARROW
- Postcode
- HA3 8FL
- Post Town
- Harrow
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
- Delivery Location
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
-
- Local Authority
- Harrow
- Electoral Ward
- Kenton West
- Westminster Constituency
- Harrow East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000184-2026
5th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065416-2025
15th October 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053736-2025
4th September 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050147-2025
20th August 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043718-2025
29th July 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
http://www.londontenders.org/
All tender documents comprising of those listed below are being provided at the same time that this tender notice is published at http://www.londontenders.org/ Opportunity Id: DN792143 PSQ Instructions and Assessment Methodology Financial Assessment Invitation to Tender (ITT) Contract Specification Pricing Schedule Enforcement Services Contract Enforcement Policy 2025 Social Value Action Plan Social Value Information for ITT TUPE Confidentiality of Undertaking Market Engagement Slides (x 2 documents)
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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