Environmental Services Contract

Delivery of integrated municipal waste and recycling collection, street and town centre cleansing, grounds maintenance, and tree management services.

• Waste and recycling collection; this is a boroughwide statutory service and plays an important role in meeting landfill reduction and recycling targets.
• Street and public realm cleansing and grounds maintenance support the duty of the Highway Authority to maintain a safe highway network and the duty to maintain a clean environment under the Environmental Protection Act 1990
• Manage tree-related risks associated with trees under its ownership and responsibility to ensure public safety, protect and enhance the borough's tree canopy, and support biodiversity, environmental and climate change objectives
• Improving biodiversity on grassed areas such as roadside nature reserves and in managed meadow grass areas
• Cleansing of the town centre at a higher frequency and standard than the wider borough in a high profile busy area.

Terms and requirements

Contract type

Services contract

Procedure

Open procedure

Initial term

96 months

Extensions

96 months

Longest it can run

192 months

Contract dates

1 October 2028 to 30 September 2036

Certifications asked for

None stated

Lots

3

Suitable for SMEs

Yes

Category

Services

CPV codes

77314000, 90511000, 90512000, 90611000

Services in this tender

• Household waste and recycling collection and integrated environmental servicesMain service£39.5m typicalBoroughwide waste and recycling collection lot
• Grounds maintenance contract£137k typicalGrounds maintenance with tree management lot
• Street cleansing£106k typicalStreet and town centre cleansing lots

Lifecycle

1. Published
   16 April 2025
2. Deadline for bids71 days left
   15 January 2027
3. Contract awardedUsually published within a few months
4. Contract starts
   1 October 2028