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EPP0103 Integrated Recycling, Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Contract

Tendring District Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 19:09.

Opportunity overview

Tendring District Council (the ‘Authority’) has procured the provision of a waste and recycling collection and street cleansing contract.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Veolia Environmental Services

Match pending…
Contract value
£28.9m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
4 Dec 2025
Award ID
086189-2025-EPP0103-1
Status
active
Location
London, UKH3, N1 9JY, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV90610000 — Street-cleaning and sweeping services
  • CPV90511000 — Refuse collection services
  • CPV90612000 — Street-sweeping services

Lots

  • The Tendring District includes the tourist towns of Clacton, Frinton, Walton, Brightlingsea, Harwich and Manningtree. The district's main areas of population being seaside with the Centre of the district being rural. Residential property numbers for Tendring District of approximately 75,210 as of July 2024 with the Councils current local plan target of 550 new build properties per year and for 2022/23 had a recycling rate of 38.60%. With the seafront areas within Tendring attracting tourists and visitors there are very wide seasonal variations in the level of use of the seafront and Town Centre areas by members of the public and in the amount of litter and waste generated. Additionally, every year a number of major public events on parts of the contract area take place which all generate the need for cleaning during and immediately after the event. The successful bidder (the "Contractor") will provide the following services in the delivery of the Contract (the procurement documents provide further information about these elements of the services): Waste Collection and Recycling Services: • Household residual waste collection • Household dry recycling collection • Household food waste collection • Household garden waste collection • Household Bulky waste collection • Commercial Waste and recycling service • Assisted Collections • Dry Mixed Recycling treatment / Materials management Street cleansing service: • Mechanical and manual cleansing • Litter bin service. • Subways, footbridges and bridges. • Car park cleansing • Removal of fly-tipped materials and abandoned waste • Dead animals clearance • Seasonal leaf fall management. • Special events cleansing, summer season and night time economy • High speed road cleansing • Dog fouling removal • Seafront and beach area cleansing Other Services: • Provision caged vehicle and resources The Council owned depot, which is currently utilised by the incumbent contractor for the waste, recycling and street cleansing services will also be offered for use as part of this contract provision.£220m

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN711618
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
selective
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Competitive procedure with negotiation

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

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Unstructured Changes

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Label
Short Description
Section
II.1.4

New Value

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Essex County Council is issuing a PIN on behalf of Tendring District Council, a Waste Collection Authority, and is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services, and to alert the market to a potential opportunity in Tendring District Council.

Old Value

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Essex County Council is working with Tendring District Council, a Waste Collection Authority, and is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed services, and to alert the market to a future tender opportunity.
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Unstructured Changes

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Label
Description of the procurement
Section
11.2.4

New Value

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The Council wishes to invite interested providers to complete the market engagement questionnaire which can be found at the link below; the closing date for this questionnaire is 12pm (midday) on 2nd April 2024. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TzK0qFwVFUKg8X7YzJqZL1quwy3cwqRCpHE9mZybFrdUNFlTVTQ3TVoyVlVaNEc2NElMWTNaUTZJQi4u

Old Value

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The Council wishes to invite interested providers to complete the market engagement questionnaire which can be found at the link below; the closing date for this questionnaire is 28th March 2024. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TzK0qFwVFUKg8X7YzJqZL1quwy3cwqRCpHE9mZybFrdUNFlTVTQ3TVoyVlVaNEc2NElMWTNaUTZJQi4u
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Unstructured Changes

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Label
II.2.4
Section
II.2.4

New Value

Text
Tendring District Council currently has a seven plus seven year contract in place for the provision of kerbside household waste and recycling collection and street sweeping services contracts. The Street sweeping services contract, which includes the servicing of street litter and dog waste bins plus the cleaning of seafront and beach locations in the district is set to expire on the 31st December 2025. Whilst the kerbside household waste and recycling contract which currently collects waste and recycling from over 74,000 households in the district is set to expire on 31st January 2026, hence the Council are seeking to procure new arrangements. The Council’s primary concerns/objectives are price, compliance with the Environmental Act 2021, simpler recycling requirements and the impacts of the Extended Producer Responsibility and Deposit Return Scheme, and how we can minimise our exposure to these concerns. Following the responses received to the Council's market engagement questionnaire, the Council wishes to invite interested providers to attend 1-2-1 market engagement sessions – either in person within Essex (location to be confirmed upon booking) or online via a Teams meeting to further discuss their responses to the Council's market engagement questionnaire. A timetable of available sessions has been provided below for providers to select from. These will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. The Council intends for these 1-2-1 sessions to be up to two hours in length. To book a 1-2-1 session please email wasteservice.procurement@essex.gov.uk Providers can choose whether the below meetings are conducted face to face within Essex (location to be confirmed upon booking) or virtually via Teams. 8th May 2024 - 10am - 12pm 8th May 2024 - 2pm - 4pm 16th May 2024 - 10am - 12pm 16th May 2024 - 2pm - 4pm Timetable for Virtual Meetings via Teams Only: 7th May 2024 - 10am - 12pm 14th May 2024 - 2pm - 4pm 17th May 2024 - 1pm - 3pm It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder. It should also be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in any future tendering process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who participate.

Old Value

Text
Tendring District Council currently has a seven plus seven year contract in place for the provision of kerbside household waste and recycling collection and street sweeping services contracts. The Street sweeping services contract, which includes the servicing of street litter and dog waste bins plus the cleaning of seafront and beach locations in the district is set to expire on the 31st December 2025. Whilst the kerbside household waste and recycling contract which currently collects waste and recycling from over 74,000 households in the district is set to expire on 31st January 2026, hence the Council are seeking to procure new arrangements. The Council’s primary concerns/objectives are price, compliance with the Environmental Act 2021, simpler recycling requirements and the impacts of the Extended Producer Responsibility and Deposit Return Scheme, and how we can minimise our exposure to these concerns. The Council wishes to invite interested providers to complete the market engagement questionnaire which can be found at the link below; the closing date for this questionnaire is 28th March 2024 https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TzK0qFwVFUKg8X7YzJqZL1quwy3cwqRCpHE9mZybFrdUNFlTVTQ3TVoyVlVaNEc2NElMWTNaUTZJQi4u It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder. It should also be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in any future tendering process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who participate. No decision has been taken at this stage with regards to the type of procedure, contract length along with any potential extension periods or the use of lots.
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Description
Essex County Council is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) update on behalf of Tendring District Council as notice to engage with the market and offer a Bidders Event focused on using ProContract, the Authority's e-Sourcing portal. The aim of this session is to enable prospective bidders who are unfamiliar with the ProContract platform to learn how to register to use the platform, as well as to provide an overview on how to find and respond to the future tender opportunity, and how to ask any clarification questions during the tender period. The Authority shall be hosting this training as an anonymous a group session via Microsoft Teams. Participants will be able to ask questions via a Q&A function throughout the session. This training shall be held on Friday 18th October 2024 at 10am - 11am. To register your interest and book a group session, please email wasteservice.procurement@essex.gov.uk. It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder. It should also be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN is intended as an awareness, communication, and information sharing exercise.

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Section
DEFAULT

New Value

Old Value

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Second Stage

Invitation Date
25 Nov 2024, 00:00
Successive Reduction
Yes

Tender Period

Ends
15 Nov 2024, 12:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Oct 2024, 00:00

Contract terms

Performance Terms
Details are set out in the procurement documents

Classification

Id
90610000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Street-cleaning and sweeping services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days
450

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
The Contractor shall have all necessary waste carriers licence(s) and environmental permit(s) for the delivery of the Services.

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
The Tendring District includes the tourist towns of Clacton, Frinton, Walton, Brightlingsea, Harwich and Manningtree. The district's main areas of population being seaside with the Centre of the district being rural. Residential property numbers for Tendring District of approximately 75,210 as of July 2024 with the Councils current local plan target of 550 new build properties per year and for 2022/23 had a recycling rate of 38.60%. With the seafront areas within Tendring attracting tourists and visitors there are very wide seasonal variations in the level of use of the seafront and Town Centre areas by members of the public and in the amount of litter and waste generated. Additionally, every year a number of major public events on parts of the contract area take place which all generate the need for cleaning during and immediately after the event. The successful bidder (the "Contractor") will provide the following services in the delivery of the Contract (the procurement documents provide further information about these elements of the services): Waste Collection and Recycling Services: • Household residual waste collection • Household dry recycling collection • Household food waste collection • Household garden waste collection • Household Bulky waste collection • Commercial Waste and recycling service • Assisted Collections • Dry Mixed Recycling treatment / Materials management Street cleansing service: • Mechanical and manual cleansing • Litter bin service. • Subways, footbridges and bridges. • Car park cleansing • Removal of fly-tipped materials and abandoned waste • Dead animals clearance • Seasonal leaf fall management. • Special events cleansing, summer season and night time economy • High speed road cleansing • Dog fouling removal • Seafront and beach area cleansing Other Services: • Provision caged vehicle and resources The Council owned depot, which is currently utilised by the incumbent contractor for the waste, recycling and street cleansing services will also be offered for use as part of this contract provision.

Value

Amount
220,000,000
Currency
GBP

Renewal

Description
The Contract will be for an initial term of eight (8) years with the option to extend period or any number of periods not exceeding a total of a further eight (8) years.

Second Stage

Maximum Candidates
4
Minimum Candidates
3

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
5
Criterion 2
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
30
Criterion 3
Type
price
Description
65

Contract period

Duration In Days
2,880

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3
Entry 2
Region
UKH3
Entry 3
Region
UKH3

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
90511000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Refuse collection services
Entry 2
Id
90612000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Street-sweeping services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-4622
Name
Essex County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1QH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall, Market Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Essex County Council

Contact

Name
Miss Bethany Gray
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-127290
Name
Tendring District Council

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UKH
Locality
Clacton-on-Sea
Postal Code
CO16 1SE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Town Hall, Station Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Tendring District Council

Contact

Name
Jonathan Hamlet
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-33077
Name
High Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
The Strand
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
High Court
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-170180
Name
Tendring District Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Clacton-on-Sea
Postal Code
CO15 1SE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Town Hall, Station Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Tendring District Council

Contact

Name
Jonathan Hamlet
Organisation 5
Id
GB-FTS-170181
Name
Veolia Environmental Services

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
London
Postal Code
N1 9JY
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
8th Floor 210 Pentonville Road

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Veolia Environmental Services

Award information

Award 1
Id
086189-2025-EPP0103-1
Title
EPP0103 Integrated Recycling, Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Contract
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-170181
Name
Veolia Environmental Services

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
086189-2025-EPP0103-1
Title
EPP0103 Integrated Recycling, Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Contract
Status
active
Award ID
086189-2025-EPP0103-1
Date Signed
4 Dec 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
28,934,094
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Clacton-on-Sea · UKH3 · CO15 1SE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH3

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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