Food Waste Treatment Services Contract
Key Details
Estimated Value
£8,000,000
Deadline
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not specified
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Key requirements
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- Estimated value
- £8m£9.6m including VAT
- Contract period
- 1 Apr 2028 to 31 Mar 2036 (8 years)
- Legal basis
- Procurement Act 2023
- Type
- Framework agreement
- Delivery location (NUTS/ITL)
- UKC (North East), UKD (North West), UKE (Yorkshire and the Humber), UKF (East Midlands), UKG (West Midlands), UKH (East of England) and 3 more
- CPV code
- 90500000 Refuse and waste related services
- Suitability (buyer's flag)
- SME-suitable
Description
Essex County Council (ECC) is planning to issue a tender in early January 2027 for a contract(s) relating to the anaerobic digestion treatment and disposal of food waste collected from households in the Essex area. The required treatment services must start on 1 April 2028. ECC currently manages approximately 55,000 tonnes per annum of separately collected household food waste. The contracting authority is Essex County Council and any Successor Body meaning one or more entities which assumes any of the Council's functions (as applicable) as a result of Local Government Reform (LGR). Such successor body or bodies may be, without limitation, a local authority, a combined authority, a combined county authority, a strategic authority or any other status determined pursuant to the Devolution and LGR Legislation.
Suitability
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No award has been published for this tender. These are the latest award notices from Essex County Council for sewage, refuse, cleaning & environmental services.
Persistent Organic Pollutants Waste Treatment Contract · published 10 Jul 2026
COUNTRYSTYLE RECYCLING LIMITEDLarge
£28.4m · Awarded 10 Jun 2026 · Contract ends 9 Jun 2027 · Award notice ↗
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