Contract for Waste Collection and Street Cleaning
A Contract Award Notice
by SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 16 year (est.)
- Value
- £16M
- Sector
- ENVIRONMENT
- Published
- 29 Oct 2025
- Delivery
- To 21 Aug 2041 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Abingdon
3 buyers
- South Oxfordshire District Council Abingdon
- Vale of White Horse District Council Abingdon
1 supplier
- Biffa Waste Services High Wycombe
Description
South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council (the Councils) are seeking to appoint a contractor to provide refuse collection and waste related services (including, residual waste, dry recyclables, green waste, food waste, clinical waste and bulky waste services) along with a broad portfolio of street cleansing services in order to achieve cross-border efficiencies. The successful contractor will be required to deliver the services as set out in the Councils' specification. The Councils will make available their existing fleets of vehicles and containers to the successful contractor required to deliver the services. The appointed contractor will not be required to fund the purchase or secure the acquisition of any major plant necessary to deliver the services but nay have to arrange short term substitute vehicles whilst routine maintenance and servicing is undertaken. The intention is for the Councils to establish a new depot at OX44 where the fleet can be operated from. However, there is the possibility for the depot to be located elsewhere within the South Oxfordshire/Vale of White Horse area and further details on this is set out in the procurement documents. The Councils are not requiring the contractor to provide its own depot and/or fleet and/or containers in order to deliver the services.
Total Quantity or Scope
Contract Waste Collection including Food Waste Dry Mixed Recycling Residual Waste Garden Waste Household Batteries Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Textiles Clinical Waste Street Cleansing and Ancillary Services including Cleansing of public highways and areas Removal of fly tipping, fly-posting and graffiti Emptying of litter, dog waste and on-street recycling bins Customer Services Vehicle Maintenance
Award Detail
| 1 | Biffa Waste Services (High Wycombe)
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Renewal Options
the duration stated in 112.7 of the original notice represents the maximum duration of the contract. the contract will be for an initial term of 8 years (with a break clause after 4 years) with the ability for the councils to extend the duration for a further period(s) of up to 8 years
Award Criteria
| quality | 40.0 |
| cost | 60.0 |
CPV Codes
- 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
- 79342300 - Customer services
- 79512000 - Call centre
- 90511100 - Urban solid-refuse collection services
- 90511200 - Household-refuse collection services
- 90511300 - Litter collection services
- 90511400 - Paper collecting services
- 90512000 - Refuse transport services
- 90514000 - Refuse recycling services
- 90524100 - Clinical-waste collection services
- 90610000 - Street-cleaning and sweeping services
- 90640000 - Gully cleaning and emptying services
- 90690000 - Graffiti removal services
Indicators
- Options are available.
- Award on basis of price and quality.
Legal Justification
It is thought that the contract cannot be awarded without prior negotiation because of specific circumstances related to the nature, the complexity or the legal and financial makeup or because of the risks attaching to them. However, the Councils reserve the right in their absolute discretion to award the contract on the basis of the evaluation of initial tenders should this prove to be feasible.
Reference
- FTS 069390-2025