HBC 0926 Provision of Refuse Freighters
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Transport Equipment — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.
Hertsmere Borough Council has published 52 notices across all categories, and 18% of its awards go to a supplier it has used before.
Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →
Hertsmere Borough Council is seeking to enter into a contract for the provision of Refuse Freighters of various sizes as detailed in the specification.
It is the authority’s intention to place orders for five during the initial 12 months of the contract.
With at least a further three freighters to ordered in the second year of the contract.
The Contract Period for this Contract is an initial period of three years with the option to extend up to a further two years.
Therefore, the maximum duration of this Contract could be five years.
This procurement is an Open procedure.
Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to ‘express an interest’ and also ‘opt in’ which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.
To be considered as a Tenderer you must complete and submit a Tender by the deadline as stated on the e-tendering system Please allow sufficient time to make your return, as Tender submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline.
Please ensure that where possible documents are uploaded as a PDF and that file names are succinct.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.
The use of Lots has been considered for this procurement, but have not been used, because the council requires all vehicles to be provided by the same supplier.
Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.
Please ensure all your CDP information is up to date and you provide the most up to date CDP Share Code as part of your submission prior to the tender deadline.
Share Codes provided after the deadline will not be able to be used and the Council will base the evaluation on the information submitted.
To access this opportunity please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home
What the notice asks for
Share Codes provided after the deadline
Share Codes provided after the deadline will not be able to be used and the Council will base the evaluation on the information submitted.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
Make the case to bid
Reveal who to approach at Hertsmere Borough Council, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.
Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
Our agent reads Hertsmere Borough Council’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.
Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06f4e9
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 085044-2026
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.
Who wins this kind of work
The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.
Top suppliers & buyers in Transport Equipment
Hertsmere Borough Council’s tender network