Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Sharpsmart Limited
- Value
- £250,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Clinical-waste disposal services (CPV 90524200)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 053263-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Dec 2025
- Published5 Jun 2026Published 186 days after the contract date
Description
Provision of a weekly collection and disposal service for healthcare waste streams, including yellow, orange, purple and green lid containers in accordance with relevant EWC codes (18 01 03, 18 01 08 and 18 01 09). The contract covers a range of container types (S14, S22, S32, S32+, C64 and MR64) with one scheduled lift per week per container, equating to 52 lifts annually per unit. The service involves multiple container volumes and waste types, with total annual collections reflecting the aggregated container inventory and an estimated combined waste tonnage across streams.
About the supplier
Sharpsmart Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04261387).