Healthcare Waste Collection and Disposal Services for Primary Care Settings

Descriptions

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

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)