Official UK procurement notice
Food Waste Collection and Treatment
Authority: Darlington Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: North East (UKC13)
Awarded value£320,000published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 4 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to WARRENS EMERALD BIOGAS LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFood Waste Collection and Treatment. Collection is required from the Councils contracted supplier for waste services and the need for an anaerobic digestion facility close to the waste disposal facility in Newton Aycliffe.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Dec 2025, 14:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jan 2026, 12:45 GMT
- Authority reference
P2025-00241- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-003472- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05eee6Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The supplier is local to the Council and best placed to provide the service, reducing the miles travelled from collection to treatment centre, providing a reduction in carbon. They are the only supplier within a reasonable distance from the waste disposal facility.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
15 Dec 2025 → 15 Jan 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends315 days ago15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published285 days ago15 Jan 2026, 12:45 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published4 Dec 2025, 14:59 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published4 Dec 2025, 15:06 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Jan 2026, 12:45 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £320,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARRENS EMERALD BIOGAS LTD1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: The Council may extend the Contract for a period of 2 x 12 months by providing the Contractor with notice in writing. If no contract issues | £320,000 inc. VAT | 4 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · WARRENS EMERALD BIOGAS LTD
- Signed
- 15 Jan 2026
- Value
- £320,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Contract may be extended for a period of 2 x 12 months by mutual agreement in writing.
No agreed KPIs: Contract is less than 5 million
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- WARRENS EMERALD BIOGAS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender