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Food Waste Treatment Services contract

BuyerEssex County Council

Statusplanning

DeadlineNot published

Value£7,000,000

Published20 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Essex County Council (ECC) is planning to issue a tender as early as 2026 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 manages approximately 40,000 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. The estimated value provided includes the extension period.

Delivery location

UKC, GB · UKD, GB · UKE, GB · UKF, GB · UKG, GB · UKH, GB · UKI, GB · UKJ, GB · UKK, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning

Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2028 to 31 Mar 2031

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Refuse and waste related services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 90. The category anchor is Refuse and waste related services (90500000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 90	3,322	4 median · 20.7 average (1,098 of 3,322 with a bid count)	3 average (1,172 of 3,322 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Same buyer	2	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKC	168	4 median · 19.3 average (45 of 168 with a bid count)	3.8 average (50 of 168 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	286	22 median · 22 average (1 of 286 with a bid count)	6 average (1 of 286 with named award suppliers)	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimeNot published

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones1

Milestone	Type	Due	Status
As part of the drafting of tender documents ECC is considering the best way to divide its food waste treatment requirements so that it obtains the best value solution(s) from the market. ECC is considering the division of the treatment requirement into lots to make the offering as attractive as possible to both bidders with small amounts of capacity and those with larger capacity that can offer discount for volume. To this end, please read the Proposed Lotting Approach description below along with the worked examples and give us your feedback and comments in the questions at the end of the document. Thank you. Potential Bidders are invited to request a copy of the questionnaire from: Waste.Procurement@essex.gov.uk	engagement	30 Jul 2026	scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender planning · marketEngagementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-055798
Latest release ID	068145-2026
Latest release timestamp	Mon Jul 20 2026 10:36:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planning
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£7,000,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
20 Jul 2026	planningUpdate	068145-2026
20 Jul 2026	planningUpdate	068036-2026
5 Feb 2026	planningUpdate	010729-2026
2 Jul 2025	planning	036807-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (4 releases)

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5 Feb 2026 · 010729-2026 · planningUpdate

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        "description": "Food Waste Market Engagement Questions 2026\nIntroduction to market engagement:\nEssex County Council (ECC) is planning to issue a tender in late 2026 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 manages approximately 50,000 tonnes per annum of separately collected household food waste.\nECC's current food waste treatment contracts are due to expire on 31st March 2028 and therefore a treatment solution for this service is needed to replace it. \nECC is considering letting a contract(s) for an initial 3 year term or longer (commencing on 1 April 2028) with the option to extend by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of an additional 10 years.\nPurpose of market engagement:\nThe purpose of this market engagement is to better understand the market's appetite and capability in respect of a number of commercial topics.  The information gathered will assist the authority in preparing a tender pack that encourages and enables the market to propose its best value solutions for the residents of Essex.\nFormat of market engagement:\nECC has prepared a questionnaire, of which a copy can be requested via email from Waste.Procurement@essex.gov.uk; and which invites interested providers to complete and return to Waste.Procurement@essex.gov.uk.  All information submitted will be treated in confidence and any references to the findings will be reported on a summary level on an anonymous basis. \nECC will be running a series of 1-2-1 market engagement sessions online via a Teams meeting - to enable further exploration of the topics and to clarify any of the responses received. ECC intends for these 1-2-1 sessions to be up to two hours in length. ECC is keen to meet you so please express your interest in one of the sessions shown in the table within the document by emailing us at Waste.Procurement@essex.gov.uk."
      }
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
      "scheme": "UKPGA"
    },
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        "locality": "Chelmsford",
        "postalCode": "CM1 1QH",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "County Hall, Market Road"
      },
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      "contactPoint": {
        "name": "Emma Whitten",
        "email": "emma.whitten@essex.gov.uk"
      }
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  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "010729-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010729-2026",
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        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "datePublished": "2026-02-05T18:39:22Z"
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        "dueDate": "2026-03-05T23:59:59Z",
        "description": "Potential Bidders are invited to request a copy of the questionnaire from:\nWaste.Procurement@essex.gov.uk \nResponses are required no later than 5th March 2026 please."
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    ]
  },
  "initiationType": "tender"
}

2 Jul 2025 · 036807-2025 · planning

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      "roles": [
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Chelmsford",
        "postalCode": "CM1 1QH",
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      "identifier": {
        "id": "PWVM-4844-NRQH",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "name": "Emma Whitten",
        "email": "emma.whitten@essex.gov.uk"
      }
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "036807-2025",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036807-2025",
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        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
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        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2025-07-15T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "Potential Bidders are invited to complete the questionnaire provided in the Microsoft Form below:\nhttps://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=TzK0qFwVFUKg8X7YzJqZL3LrQJj4rUJElO4Te6Opzz1UMkwxT1QyNE43UU8yWUI0NEIyNExPSVFJMC4u&route=shorturl\nResponses are required no later than 15th July 2025 please."
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