Healthcare Waste Collection and Disposal Services for Primary Care Settings

Contract summary

Industry

• Clinical-waste collection services - 90524100

• Clinical-waste disposal services - 90524200

Location of contract

CO4 9QR

Value of contract

£0 to £168,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-2584300D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

11 September 2024

Closing date

11 October 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2034

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Ecovate Group on behalf of a number of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) across England is issuing this Invitation to Tender in connection with the competitive procurement for the Provision Healthcare Waste Collection and Disposal Services for Primary Care Settings via an Open Procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015.

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board is the portal host for this procurement on behalf of the below participating ICBs:

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB
NHS Cornwall and The Isles Of Scilly ICB
NHS Frimley ICB
NHS Greater Manchester ICB
NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB
NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB
NHS Kent and Medway ICB
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB
NHS Mid and South Essex ICB
NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB
NHS North Central London ICB
NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB
NHS North East London ICB
NHS North West London ICB
NHS South East London ICB
NHS South West London ICB
NHS South Yorkshire ICB
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB
NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB
NHS Sussex ICB
NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Each ICB represents to a individual Lot.

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB is not responsible or liable for any of the Lots or subsequent contracts awarded under this process, except for Lot 11 (NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB).

Service commencement for each lot is from 1st April 2025, with a mobilisation requirement from January 2025. The duration of each contract will be five (5) years, with the option to extend twice, each for up to an additional 24-month period. For each lot, a contract will be awarded to a single supplier. The form of contract used is the NHS Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Goods and the Provision of Services (Contract Version).

There is no restriction on the number of lots that can be bid for, however, suppliers must consider their financial and organisational capacity to deliver the contract requirements and specification. Bidders also need to consider the mobilisation requirements as any contract that is bid for will need to be mobilised from January 2025 onwards with service commencement date from 1st April 2025.

The evaluation weightings for this ITT are as follows:
Qualitative Weighting to a total of 70.00%:
- Technical Quality Questions: 40.00% (single submission per tender return)
- Environmental Benefits and Emissions Monitoring: 20.00% (1 submission per lot)
- Social Value: 10.00% (1 submission per lot)
Commercial Weighting: 30.00% (1 submission per lot)

Tender submissions are due at 12:00 noon on 11th October 2024

For more details, please refer to the FTS Notice at https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029037-2024

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More information

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

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About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Campbell

Address

Endeavour House, 8 Russell Rd
Ipswich
CO4 9QR
GB

Email

scampbell@ecovategroup.com