Provision of Clinical Waste Services for Primary Care Health Settings

NHSEI Primary Care Commissioning Central Team are leading the procurement for Clinical Waste in Primary Care for the seven NHS regions across England. As a result of the pressure on Providers and Commissioners in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic this notice is to inform the market of the Commissioners intention to Direct Award new contracts to incumbent service providers for a 12 month period with the option to extend for a further 6 months. We are also informing the market of our future procurement intentions. All existing Primary Care Clinical Waste contracts will become co-terminus with the revised end date. This approach will allow both the Commissioner and the market to focus their resource on managing capacity and allow sufficient time for Commissioners to procure and Providers to mobilise an England wide approach across all regions. The future procurement will be designed to be market focused and longer term and allow for more sustainable outcomes.