Official UK procurement notice
Food Waste (Anaerobic Digestion)
Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFollowing the Simpler Recycling announcement in October 2023, the council is developing a new food waste service for implementation in line with statutory requirements from 31 March 2026.
The council anticipates that its weekly food waste collection service will service all 114,000 properties via a mix of kerbside collections requiring both an internal food waste caddy, and a communal type collection service where internal caddies will be required for all properties, along with a communal type of external container.
The City of Wolverhampton Council anticipate the requirement to dispose of between 5000 and 10000 tonnes of food waste (residents who recycle their food waste are unlikely to be able to capture it all). Further compositional analysis work will be undertaken by the council in the coming months to confirm this.
No food waste delivered and received by the Provider shall be directly for disposal other than by anaerobic digestion.
Once collected or delivered, the contracts will ensure that the waste is disposed of, or recycled, in a manner that is compliant with current waste legislation and aims to increase the Council's recycling rate.
CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
- Economic & financial standing
As contained within the ITT.
- Technical & professional ability
As contained within the ITT.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Quality: 45%
- EDI: 5%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality: As set out in the ITT.
- Price: As set out in the ITT.
- Social Value: As set out in the ITT.
- EDI: As set out in the tender portal.
- Economic & financial standing
As contained within the ITT.
- Technical & professional ability
As contained within the ITT.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2025, 15:17 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 13:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
CWC25077- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054486- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059600Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Sept 2025 → 26 Oct 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published8 Sept 2025, 15:17 BST
- Market engagement389 days ago29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
If you would like to participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement please complete and submit the questionnaire available on the Council's website Opportunities -
www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗. The engagement period ends on midday on Monday 29th September 2025 at 12:00 (noon).
- Tender notice published136 days ago9 Jun 2026, 17:54 BST
- Clarification questions by116 days ago30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline107 days ago9 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by85 days ago30 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent26 days ago28 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published26 days ago28 Sept 2026, 13:33 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 2 days26 Oct 2026
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Sept 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Sept 2025, 15:17 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Sept 2025, 15:27 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Sept 2025, 16:52 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published9 Jun 2026, 17:54 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £500,0009 Jun 2026, 17:54 BSTwas £1
- Status changed to active9 Jun 2026, 17:54 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Jun 2026, 17:54 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST9 Jun 2026, 17:54 BST
- Contract award notice published28 Sept 2026, 13:33 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Sept 2026, 13:33 BST
- Contract signature expected20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Change to Contract location
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-09: 2 releases · 8 Sept 2025, 8 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biffa Waste Services Ltd26 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2029 · up to 25 Oct 2031Extensions: This contract can be extended by a further 1 year + 1 year. The total term of the contract is 5 years with extension periods. | £500,000 | 28 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender