Environmental Enforcement Agency

What the buyer is asking for

The Council’s detailed requirements for the Supplies, Services, and/or Works are set out in the suite of Specification documents, which can be accessed on the Council’s eProcurement Portal, and applicable details across all other documents which form the Procurement Document Suite. The Council is conducting this procurement process under the Procurement Act 2023 (UKPGA 2023/54), using the Open Procedure to identify the Supplier for the Supplies, Services, and/or Works. No information in this document is, or should be relied upon as, an undertaking or representation as to the Council's ultimate decision as to whether it will award the proposed Contract in relation to the Supplies, Services, and/or Works. Potential Suppliers participate in this procurement process at their own risk. The Council shall not accept liability nor provide any reimbursement for any costs or losses incurred by a Potential Supplier in relation to their participation in this procurement process, nor for any cancellation or amendment to this procurement process. The anticipated Contract Start Date for the Contract is set out in the Procurement Timetable. The anticipated initial duration for the Contract is 24 (twenty-four) Months with an ability for the Council to extend the Contract on 2 (two) further occasions of 12 (twelve) months each, up to a maximum total contract period of 48 (forty-eight) Months. Whether, on what basis, and for what period or periods the Contract is extended, is wholly at the discretion of the Council. The anticipated value of the Contract is included later in this notice. Potential Suppliers should note that the values are indicative only and that the Indicative Total Contract Values include the value of the Contract(s) should they be extended by the Council for the maximum period of 48 months. For the avoidance of doubt, Potential Suppliers should be aware that following award of the Contract should the successful Supplier subsequently find that their submitted solution and/or price is not accurate and/or sustainable then the successful Supplier will not be permitted to amend their price offer to require any further monies associated with the full provision of the Supplies, Services, and/or Works.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 40%qualityTechnical (Quality) Envelope - Method Statements and Added ValuePlease refer to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document for dedicated criterion weightings. System Weighting Display Limitation - Potential Suppliers are advised that the Council's eProcurement Portal is technically limited to displaying question weightings to 1 (one) decimal place. As a result, the weightings displayed within the eProcurement Portal do not accurately reflect the intended weightings. For the avoidance of doubt, the definitive Assessment Criteria Weighting Scheme is that set out in Table G of the published Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, which shall apply for the purposes of assessment.
• 60%priceCommercial (Price) EnvelopePlease refer to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document for dedicated criterion weightings. System Weighting Display Limitation - Potential Suppliers are advised that the Council's eProcurement Portal is technically limited to displaying question weightings to 1 (one) decimal place. As a result, the weightings displayed within the eProcurement Portal do not accurately reflect the intended weightings. For the avoidance of doubt, the definitive Assessment Criteria Weighting Scheme is that set out in Table G of the published Invitation to Tender (ITT) document, which shall apply for the purposes of assessment.

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• The Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) identified in Table F of the Council's ITT and published on its eProcurement portal consists of 3 (three) parts, where Part 3: Questions Relating to Conditions of Participation (CoP) includes where the Council has set CoP which a Potential Supplier must satisfy in order to be awarded a public contract, these relate to the Potential Supplier's legal and financial capacity and/or their technical ability to perform the Contract(s). As part of the Council’s financial capacity assessment, the Council will assess the financial standing of all Potential Suppliers/Lead Potential Suppliers, all members of a Group and/or all Significant Subcontractors (as applicable), who must certify that their annual turnover is at least double the published annual Contract value for which the Potential Supplier is submitting a Procurement Response (the “Turnover Test”). The Turnover Test in this procurement is a minimum financial threshold as referenced by PSQ question 0.13.c. and Potential Suppliers should provide the required certification in answer to that question. In addition, third party credit checks (if available) will be undertaken on the preferred Supplier/Lead Supplier, all members of a Group, and/or all Significant Subcontractors (as applicable) prior to Contract award and the Council reserves the right to undertake such checks should it wish to do so.

How contested is this?

Buyers publish how many bids they received. Across 77 comparable procurements we can tell you the typical field size, how often one of these goes uncontested, and whether the buyer awards on price or on quality.

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   7 Oct 2026, 14:50 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 385 days

   28 Oct 2027, 17:00 BST
3. Submission deadlinein 392 days

   4 Nov 2027, 12:00 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender

1. Pipeline or early engagement notice2 Sept 2026, 17:16 BST083232-2026
2. Tender notice7 Oct 2026, 14:50 BST094832-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender