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260024 Provision of Waste Management Services Lot 1: Commercial Waste and Recycling Services, Lot 2: Confidential Waste and Non-Confidential Paper Waste, Lot 3: Chemical/Hazardous, Waste Lot 4: Clinical Waste

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Published
27 January 2026

Tender description

Queen’s has a requirement for an experienced Economic Operator or Economic Operators to provide a comprehensive waste management services to various locations across the University campus. <br /><br />The services to be delivered under this Contract shall be provided under four separate lots as follows:<br /> <br />• Lot 1: Commercial Waste and Recycling Services<br />• Lot 2: Confidential Waste and Non-Confidential Paper Waste<br />• Lot 3: Chemical/Hazardous Waste<br />• Lot 4: Clinical Waste<br /><br />Applicants are invited to tender for Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3 and Lot 4 or any combination of lots. Lots will be evaluated independently and Queen’s reserves the right to award each Lot separately.<br /><br />The key objectives of the Contract (Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3 and Lot 4) are as follows: <br /><br />• Effectively manage waste according to the principles of the Waste Hierarchy, supporting and aligning with the development of a circular approach to resource management.<br />• Provide optimum, consistent service levels and ongoing value for money throughout the contract.<br />• Provision of external bins/skips (with Queen’s specific signage, as required).<br />• Provision of regular management information, consolidated invoices and transfer notes. <br />• Ongoing prevention of waste, increase in recycling rates and working towards zero waste to landfill.<br />• Ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and best practice.<br />

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published27 January 2026
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About the buyer

Queen's University Belfast is a higher education institution that runs its procurement through the Finance Directorate's procurement team. Suppliers register on the university's own e-tendering site to view and respond to current tenders. An accepted expression of interest opens the "my tenders" area, where full tender documents sit for registered suppliers. A Supply Chain Code of Conduct, tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, applies to every supplier. Contracts above the advertising threshold follow the Procurement Act 2023 and its regulations, in force since February 2025. The procurement team takes supplier and contract queries directly by email.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of Queen's University Belfast's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, industrial machinery and business services.

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