The Collection, Transportation and Recycling of Gypsum Containing Waste

Buyer
Lancashire County Council
Value
£2,394,000
Closes
20 November 2026
Where
Preston, the North West
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Lancashire County Council wants to appoint one contractor for each of four areas of the county to collect gypsum-based waste (mainly plasterboard) from its Household Waste Recycling Centres, carry it to a recycling facility, and weigh it. The total estimated value is about £2.4 million, and the notice says the resulting agreement can also be used by any successor council that takes over the Authority's functions.

What the buyer wants

• Collect gypsum-containing waste from the HWRCs in your assigned lot (East, North, South or West Lancashire), with a combined maximum of 4,450 tonnes per year across all lots and 650 to 1,500 tonnes per year per lot • Transport the waste directly to a recycling facility and weigh each load so the Council can account for the tonnage • Recycle the gypsum waste in line with waste regulations, and provide records of the tonnage handled

Lots

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

The most likely barriers for a small business are the need for the relevant waste carrier and operator licences, access to a permitted recycling facility, and the ability to guarantee regular collections across a lot of up to 1,500 tonnes a year with dedicated vehicles.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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