Household Waste Collection, Transfer and Associated Services
key details
| Value | £245,500,000 (£271,000,000 inc. VAT) |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Category (CPV) | 90511200 +1 more |
| Region | East Midlands, North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West |
| Procedure | selective |
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-05034e |
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.
documents
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038870-2026 , tenderNotice
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notice history
4 notices published against this procurement.
| Published | Type | Regime | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2025 | Pipeline notice (UK1) | Procurement Act 2023 | 015279-2025 |
| 17 Apr 2025 | Preliminary market engagement (UK2) | Procurement Act 2023 | 015845-2025 |
| 23 Apr 2025 | Preliminary market engagement (UK2) | Procurement Act 2023 | 016643-2025 |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Tender notice (UK4) | Procurement Act 2023 | 038870-2026 |
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