Official UK procurement notice
Food Waste Disposal Contract
Authority: Middlesbrough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 5 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionMiddlesbrough Council, Hartlepool Borough Council and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council are looking for a list of contractors to be added to a framework to supply a food waste disposal service for the 3 Local Authorities across the Tees Valley due to the new food waste legislation which came into effect on 31.03.2025
CPV: Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Bids received
- 5 bids on the busiest of 3 lots · 5 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 5 yrs · up to 7 yrs from 31 Mar 2026
- Scheme runs until
- 30 Mar 2033
- Buyer regions
- UKC11, UKC12
Who may buy through it
Middlesbrough Council
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council
Hartlepool Borough Council
Published description of the framework
Framework Appointment
1 In order to be appointed to this framework, your organisation must pass the Procurement Specific Questionnaire - appendix B
2 Suppliers must achieve a scoring of at least 1 on all of the quality questions.
Award of individual Call-off contracts under the Framework Agreement
3 The successful suppliers will enter into a framework agreement. The framework will commence on 31st March 2026 and will be for 7 years.
4 The Contracting Authority does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of the services (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any client using the framework pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
5 The basis for award of specific streams of work(s) will be operated by the Councils deciding operationally how best to utilise the service considering a TEEP (Technically, Environmentally and Economically Practicable) Assessment and also the most advantageous bid.
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £420,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1MiddlesbroughAwardedRenewalceiling above
LOT 1 is for Middlesbrough Requirements for a Food Waste Disposal Contract.
Lot #2Redcar and ClevelandAwardedRenewalceiling above
Lot 2 is for Redcar and Cleveland requirements for a food waste disposal contract
Lot #3HartlepoolAwardedRenewalceiling above
Lot 3 is for Hartlepool requirements for a food waste disposal contract
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 award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Food Waste Disposal Contract” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
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
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Middlesbrough Council Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Hartlepool Borough Council · open scheme: new suppliers can join during the term
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Jul 2025, 10:42 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2026, 20:45 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
TVMBC-ESC061-2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062496- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0569deFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 Jul 2025 → 31 Mar 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published31 Jul 2025, 10:42 BST
- Market engagement14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Middlesbrough Council is procuring on behalf of all 5 Tees Valley Authorities the provision of service to provide a waste processor for food waste collected by the 5 Local Authorities which are Middlesbrough, Stockton, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool and Darlington. The Council's trade waste service currently collects waste and recycling from all over the Tees Valley Areas. New government legislation (the Environment Act 2021) requires for the Council's to offer a separate food recycling collection and to meet this requirement we will be introducing a new food waste collection service for all its new and existing customers.
We have the pleasure in inviting you to a Market Engagement Event to be held
at: Mandela Room, Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2QJ
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00pm
Date: Thursday 14th August 2025
The purpose of this Market Engagement Event is to advise of our intention to implement a co-
ordinated approach to a Tees Valley Combined Food Waste Disposal Service with all five Local Authorities, Middlesbrough Council, Stockton Borough Council, Hartlepool Borough Council, Darlington Borough Council and Redcar and Cleveland Council.
If you would like to book a place, please email [email protected] . We look forward to meeting you.
- Next notice expected8 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published386 days ago6 Oct 2025, 13:18 BST
- Clarification questions by368 days ago24 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends340 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by295 days ago5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent266 days ago4 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published264 days ago5 Feb 2026, 20:45 GMT
- Standstill ends253 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts211 days ago31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Jul 2025- Pipeline notice published31 Jul 2025, 10:42 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2025, 14:42 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Aug 2025, 11:29 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Oct 2025, 13:18 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,260,0006 Oct 2025, 13:18 BSTwas £2,100,000
- Status changed to active6 Oct 2025, 13:18 BST
- Deadline published: 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT6 Oct 2025, 13:18 BST
- Contract award notice published5 Feb 2026, 20:45 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete5 Feb 2026, 20:45 GMT
- Contract signature expected30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 6 Aug 2025
- 2025-07: 1 release · 31 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast£420,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 3 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 3 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Middlesbrough | 5final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2 · Redcar and Cleveland | 5final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
| 3 · Hartlepool | 5final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
5 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Darlington Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Hartlepool Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Redcar and Cleveland Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Stockton on Tees Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Framework contractors & participating bidders
5 commercial parties on the notice- CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LIMITEDFramework contractor
- DURANTA TEESSIDE LIMITEDFramework contractor
- HARGREAVES (UK) SERVICES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Northern Organic Solutions Limited trading as Gap OrganicsFramework contractor
- SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- 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
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender