Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bdb-d13e-7301-bb5f-819b2f4c2b00/715850502-uk1-pipeline-notice pending GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # 715850502-UK1 - Pipeline Notice [Defence Equipment and Support](https://tendernation.io/buyers/defence-equipment-and-support) Estimated value £4,666,667 Published 20 Apr 2026 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender To provide a fully managed service for the collection and disposal or destruction of Specialist Waste, including Radioactive Waste for the National Armaments Directorate within the Ministry of Defence as well as for certain Declarers at other UK locations. The service will primarily cover Great Britain, with occasional collections in Northern Ireland. This will be a fully managed service. It will include administration and a customer interface delivering a compliant and cost-effective solution. The service scope includes transportation, storage prior to disposal and final disposal of waste. Types of waste to be managed include, but are not limited to: Specialist Waste: Body Armour, Visors, Stab Vests, Surveillance System components, cryptographic equipment, classified paper waste, discarded equipment. Radioactive Waste: broken dials, dials painted with radioactive materials, thorium coated lenses, tritium light sources or beta lights. Dials, watches and compasses. Valves and cockpit gauges. ## CPV classification Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-068635-2026-04-20T12:23:01+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-068635-2026-04-20T12:23:01+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Defence Equipment and Support: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/defence-equipment-and-support) [Sector More Sewage, refuse, cleaning & environmental tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/sewage-refuse-cleaning-environmental) ## More tenders like this [Invitation to Tender Window Cleaning Services - Wirral · Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust · 33 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1539a-cf1d-702b-9ffd-93cfa91d3c7c/invitation-to-tender-window-cleaning-services-wirral) [Cleaning services – Úklidové služby pro budovy JP · České vysoké učení technické v Praze · 15 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4b75-72e0-8073-c7b65b5d95d9/czechia-cleaning-services-uklidove-sluzby-pro-budovy-jp) [Refuse and waste related services – Keräyspaperin, tietoturvamateriaalin sekä SER-jätteen poistopalvelun hankinta · Espoon kaupunki · 10 days left · 29 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-11dc-7260-9add-88811d0139f2/finland-refuse-and-waste-related-services-kerayspaperin-tietoturvamateriaal) [Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services – Vaarajätepalvelu · Helsingin yliopiston kiinteistöpalvelut Oy · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-2d87-7301-b79a-03b45cbf514a/finland-radioactive-toxic-medical-and-hazardous-waste-services-vaarajat) [Refuse transport services – Odbiór odpadów komunalnych z terenu miasta Maków Mazowiecki · Miasto Maków Mazowiecki · 35 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-3f12-7325-9c2f-18eb44993615/poland-refuse-transport-services-odbior-odpadow-komunalnych-z-terenu-miasta) [Waste-tip management services – Odbiór i zagospodarowanie niesegregowanych (zmieszanych) odpadów komunalnych wraz z selektywną ich zbiórką z terenu Gminy Łowicz w 2027 roku · Gmina Łowicz · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4a21-72a8-8b90-2d7f33a3108f/poland-waste-tip-management-services-odbior-i-zagospodarowanie-niesegregowan)