# National Contingency Waste Coordinator

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by NHS ENGLAND.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS ENGLAND](/buyers/nhs-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Mitie Waste & Environmental Services Ltd](/contract-winners/mitie-waste-environmental-services/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £150,000
- Tender value: £150,000
- Award date: 4 November 2021
- Published: 1 December 2022
- Contract start: 31 August 2021
- Contract end: 30 August 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 70a555f3-9280-47d2-ab55-1f60b1341bfe-595407
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-873bdf55-fd75-4183-953c-cdb314d04b25

## Description

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and increasing volumes of healthcare waste across England, NHSE/I needs to ensure the stability of the healthcare waste disposal market\. It also needs to ensure that clinical services across England remain resilient during the winter months and that healthcare waste does not affect healthcare operations\. 1\.2\. Therefore, NHSE/I wishes to appoint a National Contingency Healthcare Waste Coordinator \(NCHWC\) to support the NHS's management of the Healthcare Waste market's capacity\. 1\.3\. The NCHWC's role will be to facilitate the mitigation of the build-up of healthcare waste on NHS sites across England \(Trusts, Health Boards and Primary Care Locations\) and to facilitate the optimum use of waste facilities by Contractors to ensure that clinical services are not interrupted while providing critical data, reports and market insight for both NHSE/I and the NHS in England\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/70a555f3-9280-47d2-ab55-1f60b1341bfe-595407)