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Scotland Excel

Treatment and Disposal of Recyclable and Residual Waste

AgricultureCPV 90514000
Value£200.0m
Deadline12 Feb 2029
Published10 Feb 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 10 Feb 2026933 days leftCloses 12 Feb 2029
Who to contact
Elena Martin
environment@scotland-excel.org.uk
+44 1414888662

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£200.0mtotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£216.0m

This is a large award for Environment & Waste — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

This Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is seeking treatment and/or disposal services for a host of material streams, in the main commonly arising from households, council commercial collections and household waste recycling centres.

Material streams anticipated to require such services include but are not limited to, Mixed Recyclate, Paper, Card, News and PAMs, Glass, Cans, Plastics.

Metals, Wood, Textiles, Plasterboard, Gas Bottles, Tyres, Inert Material, Bulky Waste, Street Sweepings, Gully Waste, Engine Oil, Cooking Oil, MRF offtakes, MRF outputs and Residual Waste.

The DPS is a two-stage process.

There is no intention to limit the minimum and maximum number of service providers.

All service providers that meet the selection criteria and are not excluded must be admitted to the DPS.

The DPS will be open to entrants throughout its life who meet the minimum criteria.

Further information on the selection process can be found within the procurement documents.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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All service providers that meet the selection

All service providers that meet the selection criteria and are not excluded must be admitted to the DPS.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £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

  • Hold at bidWaste carrier licence / environmental permits
  • Hold at bidISO 14001 (environmental)
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • 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.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
012103-2026
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