Provision of Treated Residual Waste Recovery Services - Thornton Waste Recovery Park

What the buyer is asking for

Lancashire County Council is seeking tenders for the provision of services for the Collection, transportation, acceptance, and Recovery of Treated Residual Waste from Thornton Waste Recovery Park. In summary, the services will comprise the collection, direct transportation, weighing and recovery of up to 75,000 Tonnes per annum of Treated Residual Waste from Thornton Waste Recovery Park. The Services are being procured on the basis of two (2) lots comprising of up to 37,500 Tonnes per annum of Treated Residual Waste. The Authority is seeking to appoint a single Provider for each Lot. The Authority will pay the Provider for a guaranteed minimum tonnage of Treated Residual Waste each Contract Year as detailed in Annex B of the Specification and the Contract. At least three months prior to the commencement of each Contract Year the Authority will notify the successful Tenderer(s) of a Reserve Tonnage for that Contract Year; and the Tenderer will be obliged to make capacity at the relevant Provider Facilities available to accept the Reserve Tonnage of Treated Residual Waste Collected and transported to the Provider Facility. The Reserve Tonnage will be a tonnage falling between the Guaranteed Tonnage and the Capacity Tonnage. It is expected that the majority of Treated Residual Waste will be Collected in articulated vehicles with target payloads of between 21 (twenty one) and 23 (twenty three) Tonnes. Collections will typically be required to take place on a Monday to Friday basis, excluding Bank Holidays. However, there may be occasion when Collections are required on a Saturday (for example due to Bank Holidays, scheduled site maintenance, or higher than expected Treated Residual Waste stocks due to increased processing) so Providers must be able to accommodate Collections on a Saturday morning up to 12noon. Please see tender documents for more information about the scope and requirements.

How this is scored

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

• qualityAward Stage QuestionnaireA series of pass/fail questions relating to: - Provider Facility Details and Transportation - Recovery Facility Details (if applicable) - Method Statements - Process Overview
• pricePriceWeighting 90%
• qualitySocial ValueWeighting 10%

What you must already have

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

• economic

  Financial capacity. Insurances. Please see the tender documents for further information relating to conditions of participation.

• technical

  Relevant experience and contract examples. Experience of sub-contractor management. Health and safety. Please see the tender documents for further information relating to conditions of participation.

2 lots

You can usually bid for one lot without bidding for all of them.

• 1£20m

  Lot 1. The collection, direct transportation, weighing and recovery of up to 37,500 tonnes of Treated Residual Waste from Thornton Waste Recovery Park.

• 2£20m

  Lot 2. The collection, direct transportation, weighing and recovery of up to 37,500 tonnes of Treated Residual Waste from Thornton Waste Recovery Park.

How contested is this?

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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published28 days ago

   9 Oct 2026, 09:29 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 7 days

   13 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 18 days

   24 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 73 days

   18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender

1. Pipeline or early engagement notice7 May 2026, 14:07 BST041955-2026
2. Pipeline or early engagement notice8 Jul 2026, 10:15 BST063991-2026
3. Tender notice9 Oct 2026, 09:29 BST095470-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender