Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bd1-38a3-70f3-8e71-b1142d66054d/healthcare-clinical-waste-services-for-primary-care-11-midlands-region-nhs-icbs

awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs

# Healthcare Clinical Waste Services for Primary Care: 11 Midlands Region NHS ICBs

[NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nhs-black-country-integrated-care-board)

Estimated value

£37,200,000

Published

2 Apr 2026

Deadline

Closed

30 Jan 2026

## Who can bid

- Buyer says suitable for SMEs

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- Split into 11 lots

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- Open procedure

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## About this tender

The 11 Midlands Region NHS Integrated Care Boards are inviting suitably qualified suppliers to provide Clinical Waste Collection and Disposal Services from Primary Care waste producing sites, these being General Practice (GPs) and Community Pharmacy (CP) settings across the geographical footprint of each of the 11 Midlands Region NHS Integrated Care Boards as set out in table 1.1 of Document 1 to this opportunity. These 11 ICB Commissioning organisations are separate Contracting Authorities, as listed below:

- Lot 1 = NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB
- Lot 2 = NHS Black Country ICB
- Lot 3 = NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB
- Lot 4 = NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB
- Lot 5 = NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB
- Lot 6 = NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB
- Lot 7 = NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
- Lot 8 = NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB
- Lot 9 = NHS Lincolnshire ICB
- Lot 10 = NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB
- Lot 11 = NHS Northamptonshire ICB

Each of the individual 11 ICBs are looking for a Supplier to deliver a Clinical Waste Collection and Disposal Service within their geographical area that:

- Understands the importance of this collection service for our Waste Producer who deliver key services to the local population
- Ensures collections are as scheduled and communicated to the GPs and Community Pharmacies with replacement consumables provided as required to Tier 1 Defined Active Waste Producers, Tier 2 Defined Pending Waste Producers and Tier 3 Undefined Pending Waste Procedures. Definitions of the Waste Provider Tiers are located in Document 5 Specification, section 5 Waste Producer Tiers.
- Complies with regulatory requirements for safe and sustainable management of healthcare waste
- Supports a circular economy concept of reducing, recycling and reusing waste
- Supports the Greener NHS and the carbon reduction target
- Supports each ICB’s cost reduction target of 50% set out by NHS England

The Supplier will be required to demonstrate appropriate capability and infrastructure to enable the delivery of the service.

For specific note, the Document 1 sets out the following:

Please refer to Document 5 - Schedule 5 Service Specification, paragraph 5.5, which states that each Waste Producer is assigned a tier:

### Tier 1: Defined/Active Waste Producers

Active Waste Producers are defined as Waste Producers which form the majority of the Service Requirements, and the core group of Waste Producers receiving Services.

The Supplier will be required to provide Services to all Active Waste Producers from the Services Commencement Date.

### Tier 2: Defined/Pending Waste Producers

“Pending Waste Producers” are defined as Waste Producers which can be defined/detailed but are not Active Waste Producers on the Services Commencement Date because they have other existing arrangements in place. It is intended that these Waste Producers will become Active Waste Producers following during the Term in accordance with Document 5 – Specification and or Document 6 – the Contract.

The Service Requirements of Tier 2 Waste Producers will not form part of the Services until such time as the Authority notifies the Supplier that a Tier 2 Waste Producer is Active. Once a Tier 2 is designated by the Authority an Active Waste Producer, their Service Requirements shall form part of the Services. For the avoidance of doubt, no Change Control Process is required where a Tier 2 Waste Producer becomes Active and such change is solely at the discretion of the Authority.

### Tier 3: Undefined/Pending Waste Producer(s)

These are other Waste Producers who have similar Service Requirements to Tier 1 and 2 Waste Producers who are unknown / undefined at the Services Commencement Date and may be added during the Term following completion of the Change Control Process (Schedule 13 of Document 6 - Contract).

Examples of Waste Producers covered within Tier 3 include, but are not limited to:

Other GP sites not included within Tier 1 and Tier 2 (as set out in Clauses 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 in Document 5 Specification) due to other existing arrangements or insufficient data available to include within the Service Requirements. This is estimated to be

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## CPV classification

Clinical-waste collection services Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services Clinical-waste disposal services

Source

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