Official UK procurement notice
Garden Waste Receipt and Treatment
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSuffolk County Council is seeking to appoint a Contractor to receive and process Garden Waste.
The waste is expected to be delivered directly to the processing site by Ipswich Borough Council, Babergh District Council, Mid Suffolk District Council and West Suffolk Council. The Authority is interested in solutions which minimise the overall cost and environmental impact of the service. Consequently, the future procurement will consider the transport distance between collection areas and treatment facilities, together with associated haulage impacts and treatment costs, as part of the evaluation methodology.
Processing should create a composted material, to PAS100 standards, suitable to be sold as soil improver or to be spread on agricultural land as a composted material.
The contract/s will be between the successful Contractor/s and Suffolk County Council, who are acting on behalf of the District and Borough Councils.
Interested providers will be expected to work flexibly with Suffolk County Council throughout the Local Government re-organisation (LGR) period. The revised Suffolk structure is expected to commence April 2028 and is likely to result in changes to boundaries which may have impacts on tonnages delivered under each contract awarded, however we cannot provide clarity on this at the current point in time.
Estimated annual tonnages including trade waste expected (but not guaranteed) below:
Lot 1 - Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils - Tonnage - 14,400
Lot 2 - Ipswich Borough Council - Tonnage - 5,700
Lot 3 - West Suffolk Council - Tonnage - 11,900
Estimated contract values including optional extension periods:
Lot 1 - Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils - £ 2,950,000
Lot 2 - Ipswich Borough Council - £1,150,000
Lot 3 - West Suffolk Council - £2,400,000
Please note all estimated values are ex. Vat. These figures are based on estimated tonnages and the Council does not guarantee any volumes or spend.
CPV: Composting services · Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Suffolk County Council buys Refuse disposal and treatment (CPV 9051), and who usually turns up
Suffolk County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Refuse disposal and treatment (CPV 9051) →
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 45 days of the bid deadline.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid6% / 48%
2–326% / 26%
4–639% / 17%
7+29% / 9%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate23% / 43%
Within ±2%68% / 43%
Above estimate9% / 14%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 9051Published estimate£6.5m
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid48%
2–326%
4–617%
7+9%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Biogen UK LimitedLive contract | Food Waste Receipt and Treatmentruns to Sept 2028 | — | £1.1m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| LOCAL GENERATION LIMITEDLive contract | Food Waste Receipt and Treatmentruns to Sept 2028 | — | £400k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
70% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
70% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (70% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Food Waste Receipt and Treatment — held by Biogen UK Limited and LOCAL GENERATION LIMITED; the published contract ends 30 Sept 2028.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 2 Sept 2026, 14:39 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 14:39 BST
- Authority reference
ITS 448- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083107- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f074Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published53 days ago2 Sept 2026, 14:39 BST
- Market engagement31 days ago24 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
We are seeking input from providers with knowledge, experience and capacity to deliver services.
We would be interested to understand how providers will accommodate potential changing tonnages throughout the LGR implementation period.
We will use input from interested providers to help gauge market interest and plan the procurement process accordingly.
Suffolk County Council are requesting that interested organisations take part in a market engagement questionnaire by the deadline of 5pm 24/09/2026
The online questionnaire can be accessed using the following URL:
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/xDZfLTLfRi ↗
We would also encourage providers who are interested in this opportunity and not already registered to register on the Central Digital Platform, following the guidance at this URL:
Contact details:
Clare Leftley
01473 341421
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 71 days4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 157 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Sept 2026, 14:39 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender