Treatment & Disposal of Residual Waste, Bulky Waste, Commercial & Demolition Waste & Street Cleansing Waste
Scottish Borders Council
- Estimated value
- £25,000,000
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- Scotland
- Buyer in Scotland
- Trade
- Waste and environment
- Refuse and waste related services
- Documents
- On Public Contracts Scotland
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 3 Nov 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 32 full UK working days before the closing day, Mon 21 Dec 2026 (Scotland bank holidays left out).
- Time allowed
- The buyer allowed 48 days from publication to the closing day: longer than the median for open waste and environment tenders (31 days).
- Value
- £25m is above the median (£1.86m) of the 41 open waste and environment tenders that state a value.
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About this tender
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Scottish Borders Council (the Council) is seeking Bidder responses to this Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the treatment of its Residual Waste Municipal Residual Waste – approximately 26,000 tonnes per annum Bulky Residual Waste – approximately 7,400 tonnes per annum
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 104096-2026
- Buyer
- Scottish Borders Council
- Buyer’s region
- Scotland
- Where the work is
- Scotland
- Listed on Evendraft under
- Scotland
- Published
- 3 Nov 2026
- Tender deadline
- 21 Dec 2026, 12:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £25,000,000 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- Waste and environment
- CPV codes
- 90500000 Refuse and waste related services
- 90513000 Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
- 90514000 Refuse recycling services
- 90512000 Refuse transport services
- 90510000 Refuse disposal and treatment
- Procedure
- Open procedureOne stage: any supplier can send a full tender.
- Framework
- Not stated on the notice
- Lots
- Not divided into lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (not marked suitable for small businesses by the buyer; estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
- Documents
- On Public Contracts Scotland
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