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title: "Contract for Waste Collection and Street Cleaning"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04e4d6"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL"
published: "2025-11-13"
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# Contract for Waste Collection and Street Cleaning

Buyer: SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e4d6

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073481-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Mar 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Oct 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £160,000,000 |
| Lots value | £160,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £275,876,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | VALE OF WHITE HORSE DISTRICT COUNCIL |
| Locality | ABINGDON |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX14 3JE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | Vale of White Horse |
| Electoral ward | Abingdon Abbey Northcourt |
| Westminster constituency | Oxford West and Abingdon |
| Delivery location | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BIFFA WASTE SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### 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

## Release History

- 13 Nov 2025 at 11:53 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073481-2025
- 29 Oct 2025 at 13:49 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069390-2025
- 20 Feb 2025 at 12:19 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006154-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.southoxon.gov.uk
- http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk
- https://sebp.due-north.com/
- https://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/

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