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Healthcare Waste Services in General Practice and Community Pharmacy

NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is placed to inform the market of the Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) for NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG), Somerset and Devon (the Authorities 's), intention to recommission Healthcare Waste Collection in Primary Care and Community Pharmacy. The Authorities would like to understand the level of provider interest in delivering these services and requests feedback from experienced organisations using a Market Engagement Questionnaire. This is the second round of market engagement for this requirement, following a previous market engagement (REF2025/S 000-010158) published 19th March 2025 . The specification and supporting documentation has been updated significantly since then and we would encourage all interested parties that have previously submitted market engagement responses to view our updated question set and respond accordingly. Equally we also welcome newly interested parties to engage with and respond to our question set. The service will provide a Primary Care and pharmacy medical waste collection and disposal/recycling for the 3 ICBs in the South West; •NHS Devon ICB •NHS Somerset ICB •NHS Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire ICB These 3 ICBs are looking to re-procure in the near future (anticipated to be tendered in Nov 2025), all of their current contracts for Primary Care Clinical Waste Collection and disposal/recycling predominantly and Community Pharmacy. The intended service for tender include: 1. Collection & transport of clinical waste and pharmaceutical waste. 2. Storage of clinical waste and pharmaceutical waste 3. Treatment of clinical waste and pharmaceutical waste 4. Incineration of clinical waste and pharmaceutical waste 5. Provision of reusable and single use containers for clinical waste and pharmaceutical waste 6. Decontamination of reusable containers for clinical waste and pharmaceutical waste 7. Promoting waste segregation and compliance 8.Clinical waste and pharmaceutical waste tracking and data The purpose of this notice is to provide a summary of the services to be procured, share the service specification and to obtain feedback that will help support a safe, sustainable, environmentally effective and cost-efficient quality service. TUPE may apply to this process. Please register your interest to access the supporting documentation and provide feedback by answering the Market Engagement Questionnaire against this project by 17:00 on 15/08/25 This exercise is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Authorities .

Classification

  • CPV90524100 — Clinical-waste collection services
  • CPV90524200 — Clinical-waste disposal services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
C377027
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
043231-2025
Description
Clarification of 2nd round of Market engagement.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Nov 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2031, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2035, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKK2
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKK4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKK1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKK2
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKK4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
90524100
Scheme
CPV
Description
Clinical-waste collection services
Entry 2
Id
90524200
Scheme
CPV
Description
Clinical-waste disposal services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
010158-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
19 Mar 2025, 14:02
Entry 2
Id
043139-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
25 Jul 2025, 13:48
Entry 3
Id
043231-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
25 Jul 2025, 15:26

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
15 Aug 2025, 23:59
Description
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is to provide a summary of the services to be procured, share the service specification and to obtain feedback that will help support a safe, sustainable, environmentally effective and cost-efficient quality service. Please register your interest to access the supporting documentation and provide feedback by answering the Market Engagement Questionnaire against this project by 15th of August 2025. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://healthfamily.force.com/s/Welcome Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. You will find the project titled; W151059 - Market Engagement 2, Healthcare Waste BNSSG, Devon and Somerset with the Atamis reference C377027. The Supplier Documents folder contains the draft service specification and supporting documentation. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest using the correspondence function within Atamis. This event is an information gathering exercise rather than initiating a competitive procurement process; and therefore publication or response does not commit the ICBs or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PPCD-6597-HCDW
Name
NHS Bristol North Somerset & South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK11
Country
GB
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS1 6AG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PPCD-6597-HCDW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PRDC-6266-CBRR
Name
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK43
Country
GB
Locality
Exeter
Postal Code
EX2 4QD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall Topsham Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PRDC-6266-CBRR
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 3
Id
GB-PPON-PWYW-4754-LMYV
Name
NHS SOMERSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK23
Country
GB
Locality
Bridgwater
Postal Code
TA6 4RN
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
2nd Floor Mallard Court Express Park Bristol Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PWYW-4754-LMYV
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 4
Id
GB-PPON-PXTZ-5316-XWPW
Name
NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)
Role Details
This Preliminary Market Engagement exercise is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Roles

procuringEntity

Address

Region
UKJ35
Country
GB
Locality
Eastleigh
Postal Code
SO50 5PB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Omega House, 112 Southampton Road

Details

Identifier

Id
PXTZ-5316-XWPW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 5
Id
GB-NHS-QUY
Name
NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK11
Country
GB
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS1 6AG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
QUY
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PPCD-6597-HCDW
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 6
Id
GB-NHS-QJK
Name
NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK43
Country
GB
Locality
Exeter
Postal Code
EX2 5AZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Aperture House, Pynes Hill, Rydon Lane,

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
QJK
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PRDC-6266-CBRR
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 7
Id
GB-NHS-0DF
Name
NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)
Role Details
Procurement Advisor

Roles

procuringEntity
processContactPoint

Address

Region
UKJ35
Country
GB
Locality
Eastleigh
Postal Code
SO50 5PB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Omega House, 112 Southampton Road

Details

Identifier

Id
0DF
Scheme
GB-NHS

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PXTZ-5316-XWPW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK11 · BS1 6AG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK1 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK2 · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKK4 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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