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title: "Food Waste Treatment Services - Soft Market Engagement"
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# Food Waste Treatment Services - Soft Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/food-waste-treatment-services-soft-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04c214). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Plymouth City Council: "Food Waste Treatment Services - Soft Market Engagement". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Plymouth City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/plymouth-city-council-ons-e06000026)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Operation of a refuse site, Refuse and waste related services, Refuse disposal and treatment, Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK41
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c214`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/food-waste-treatment-services-soft-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04c214#tl-md)

## Description
Plymouth City Council (“The Council”) is currently working on a major project for the implementation of a mandatory weekly food waste service to all Plymouth households by 1 April 2026. The project is a legislatively driven initiative in accordance with section S45A of the Environment Act 1990, brought into legislation by the Environment Act 2021.
As part of this requirement, there will be a need for Transportation, and Treatment of Municipal Food Waste by Anaerobic Digestion (AD).
For that reason, the Council is seeking to engage with the market place, and understand the solutions that may be currently available in the market for these services. The Council is therefore conducting a soft market assessment to explore these elements and better understand business, technological and innovative solutions that are available. In addition, this will allow The Council to gauge the level of market interest, and on what terms solutions can be delivered.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 90500000, 90510000, 90530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** If your organisation is interested in assisting with the Council’s market assessment, then please register your interest to access the soft market test questionnaire via https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Project reference DN752882.
Please com...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039020-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-04T11:04:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T09:13:42.714Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c214