Awarded to
- Awarded value
- €394,084 30% over the estimate of €302,685
- Record with this buyer
- 2 contracts from this buyer in the register, €394,084 in total
Summary
Machine-generated summaryUCS College Group contracted waste management services covering waste collection, disposal and recycling across all of its sites, requiring a reliable, efficient, auditable and cost-effective service compliant with current legislation and legislation published but not yet in force. The contract was awarded to Biffa Waste Services Ltd for EUR 394,083.68, which is 30% above the estimated value of EUR 302,684.58. The contract runs for a 4-year period from 1st August 2026 to 31st July 2030 with no extensions. The award date was 2026-09-10 and the deadline for bids was 2026-09-02. The contract returns to market at the end of the fixed term on 31st July 2030.
Timing
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- Published Awarded decided in 8 days
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To: University Centre Somerset College Group Subject: Request for the reasons for the award decision. Waste Management Services ([Reference number]) Dear Sir or Madam, We submitted a tender in the procedure named above and have been informed that the contract was awarded to another tenderer. So that we can understand the decision, we kindly ask you to send us: 1. the reasons why our tender was not selected; 2. the name of the successful tenderer, and the characteristics and relative advantages of its tender; 3. the scores that our tender and the successful tender received on each award criterion, with the reasons for each score; 4. the date on which the standstill period ends, if one applies. Please confirm that you have received this request. Yours faithfully, [Name and position] [Company] [Address] [Email and telephone] [Place and date]
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Market
Environment, sewage & cleaning in United Kingdom
- median award in this market
- €173,702
More figures
What this market pays
The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 222 awards for Environment, sewage & cleaning in United Kingdom.
- This award
- €394,084
- Estimated value
- €302,685
- Median award
- €173,702
- Middle half of past awards
- €68,766 to €668,969
The award sits inside the usual range.
Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.
Market context
- open now in Environment, sewage & cleaning
- 4,941
- median open notice
- €439,625
Who wins in this market
Many suppliersUnited Kingdom · Environment, sewage & cleaning
- different companies won awards here
- 257
- of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
- 7%
- buyers awarded contracts here
- 217
Based on 336 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.
The buyer in figures
University Centre Somerset College Group
The buyer
Full buyer profileUniversity Centre Somerset College Group
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