How to win: Bin Permits

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Garden Waste Bin Permit Printing and Delivery West Northamptonshire Council wishes to invite bidders for provision of supply a fully integrated Garden Waste Permit System for the production and management of garden waste permits for the area of West Northamptonshire, to include: • Print permits • Send permits to eligible residents within West Northamptonshire with bins • Send Permits to eligible residents within West Northamptonshire with Sacks • Be able to integrate with Council systems • Supply an online portal to the Council • Provide Training for staff on the portal • Provide updates on level of subscriptions • Dispatch deadlines Please read and follow the information and guidance supplied below and within the Tender documents, this will help with your tender submission. Word count limits apply, any information going over will not be considered. Respond to ALL questions. Additional documents or information not required will be disregarded. Please note timeline with regards to questions and submission dates. All communications, correspondences and clarifications must be sent via the In-tend portal. Do not contact the Service area for information, please use the correspondence

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — West Northamptonshire Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £440,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 18 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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