Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Services
Notice Description
Buckinghamshire Council is looking to procure a provider under a single contract to deliver Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Services across Buckinghamshire. These services are essential to the day-to-day operation of the county, supporting residents, businesses, and local communities. Across Buckinghamshire, an average of approximately 627,000 waste collections, serving 245,200 properties, are undertaken each week, highlighting the scale and criticality of the service. This project will seek to procure a suitably experienced provider capable of delivering consistent, high-quality services across the county, while supporting operational efficiency, resilience, and value for money. The Services include: 1) Waste Collection Services for a wide range of categories and frequency; 2) Provision of Street Cleansing Services; 3) Waste Transfer Services; 4) Materials Management Services; 5) Workshop Services; 6) Operation and maintenance of Depot Sites solely for the purpose of the Services; 7) Transportation of all Contract Waste to Nominated Delivery Points; 8) Provision and management of a Management Information System (MIS) including monitoring and reporting of Service performance information at intervals specified in the Contract; 9) Timely and accurate monitoring and reporting of Performance Standard Failures and Performance Deductions in accordance with the Performance Management Framework; 10) Provision of all other Services in the Specification, including any Changes agreed during the Services Period, in accordance with the Contract. The Council intends to award all services under a single integrated contract, rather than splitting up services across lots. The Council is currently working up the delivery timeline for this opportunity, using the Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP), as follows: * Initial Tenders - development time / submission = 18/09/26 - 15/01/27 * Negotiations covering Technical, Legal and Financial elements = 22/03/27 - 02/07/27 * Final tenders - development time / submission = 26/07/27 - 01/10/27 * Contract award and Contract completion - 01/08/28 - 30/09/28 * Contract mobilisation - 01/10/28 - 30/09/29 (for the North) and 01/11/29 - 06/09/30 (for the South) * Contract commencement = 01/10/29 (for the North) and 07/09/30 (for the South). The split nature of the contract mobilisation is due to existing Waste Collection and Street Cleansing services currently being delivered though an in-house arrangement in the north of the county and through and outsourced contract (until September 2030) in the south of the county. The Council is considering an initial period of nine years for the initial term of the Contract, with the ability to extend by a further eight years, and with the ability for the Council to exercise a limited 12-month extension at the end of the initial or extended contract period to allow for unforeseen circumstances. The proposed extended contract period is eight years.
Planning Information
Buckinghamshire Council is looking to procure a provider to deliver Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Services across Buckinghamshire. These services are essential to the day‑to‑day operation of the county, supporting residents, businesses, and local communities. Across Buckinghamshire, an average of approximately 627,000 waste, serving 245,200 properties. collections are undertaken each week, highlighting the scale and criticality of the service. This project will seek to procure a suitably experienced provider capable of delivering consistent, high‑quality services across the county, while supporting operational efficiency, resilience, and value for money. The purpose of this PME is to: • Test market interest and capacity. • Refine the requirement. • Explore potential delivery approaches. This engagement is not a call for competition. All suppliers wishing to participate will be required to be registered on our In-tend e-procurement portal. If you are not already registered, please ensure you: 1. Visit the portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-council/aspx/Home 2. Complete the supplier registration process. Once registered, the reference for this procurement is BC/0001439.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-069aeb
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045962-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
90511000 - Refuse collection services
90511200 - Household-refuse collection services
90512000 - Refuse transport services
90514000 - Refuse recycling services
90600000 - Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services
90611000 - Street-cleaning services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £776,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 May 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 18 Sep 20264 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2029 - 30 Sep 2038 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- AYLESBURY
- Postcode
- HP19 8FF
- Post Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ13 Buckinghamshire
- Delivery Location
- TLJ13 Buckinghamshire
-
- Local Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Electoral Ward
- Aylesbury North West
- Westminster Constituency
- Aylesbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045962-2026
20th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045937-2026
19th May 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045597-2026
19th May 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045329-2026
18th May 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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