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Waste Collection Service

Environment & WasteCPV 39830000

Value£100k

Deadline30 Oct 2026

Published13 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 13 Aug 202673 days leftCloses 30 Oct 2026

Who to contact

procurement@tendringdc.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£100ktotal contract value

median £195k

this tender£0£5.0m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Environment & Waste band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Tendring District Council has published 5 Environment & Waste notices, about every 6 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around February 2027.

13% of Tendring District Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Tendring District Council (TDC) is looking to procure a service for the provision of Waste Collection & Disposal to 3 Leisure Centres in the district.

The locations are: - Clacton Leisure Centre, CO15 6DB - Dovercourt Bay Lifestyles, CO12 3TA - Walton-on-the-Naze Lifestyle, CO14 8PZ The service is a statutory under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and relates to the safe handling, collection, and disposal of hazardous, non-hazardous and washroom waste from centers.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m 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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