The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust ("ENHT", "the Authority") sought to procure Waste Management Services across its multiple sites. The initial 3 year contract(s) will have a commencement date of 1 June 2023.

Bidders were invited to submit SQs for any combination of the eight Waste Management lots.

Shortlisted bidders meeting the selection criteria were invited to tender. Following evaluation, the Authority has awarded a contract to a single Bidder via Lot 8 (Total Waste Management).

This Lot 1 covers Clinical Healthcare Waste: to include (but not be exclusive to) clinical waste, offensive (hygiene) waste, pharmaceutical waste (including cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines), anatomical waste, sharps and laboratory wastes (cultures and chemicals used in the diagnosis, provision and treatment of human healthcare) and wastes that are dangerous for carriage. All such waste streams may cause infection or prove hazardous to any person coming into contact with them.

This Lot 4 covers the handling of all confidential waste, allowing the Authority to comply with legislation and best practices surrounding the handling of confidential waste and ensuring that the client, employee and confidential business information is kept secure at all times for destruction or destroyed as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998.

This Lot 3 covers domestic/general and dry mixed recycling waste. Categories included within this contract are not limited to: aerosols, aluminium products, cardboard, flowers, furniture, garden waste, general non confidential office waste, glass, newspapers, packaging, paper towels, pallets, textiles, tissues and plastic bottles.

This Lot 5 covers the transportation of food wastes to an agreed location or locations for the disposal of such wastes and procuring the disposal of such food wastes by an agreed process of disposal which has been authorised for that express purpose.

This Lot 7 covers the disposal of chemicals, mercury, pesticides, oils / paints, products containing CFCs and solvents.

This Lot 2 covers the managed solution for the implementation, supply, collection and cleaning of reusable sharps containers.

This Lot 8 is for the provision of a Total Waste Management (TWM) service to cover all waste streams.

This Lot 6 covers hazardous non healthcare waste including lead acid batteries, Ni-Cd batteries, lithium batteries, electronic/electrical equipment (WEEE), fluorescent tubes, fridges and refrigeration equipment, IT equipment and television sets.