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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Food Waste Solution"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement - Food Waste Solution

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-food-waste-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-068221). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC: "Preliminary Market Engagement - Food Waste Solution". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £6,100,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rhondda-cynon-taf-cbc-ons-w06000016)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £6,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Refuse and waste related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL15, UKL21
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/preliminary-market-engagement-food-waste-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-068221#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068221`

## 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/preliminary-market-engagement-food-waste-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-068221#tl-md)

## Description
Note this is a market testing exercise and not a full contract notice - procurement exercise and will help inform the council strategy for future procurement of this service.
Background
In 2013 the Local Authorities of Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT), Merthyr Tydfil, and Newport City Councils came together to form the Tomorrows Valley hub (the hub). RCT as a lead authority for the hub procured the food waste treatment contract, awarded in November 2013 to Biogen UK Ltd with a duration of 15 years. 
A 1MW AD facility was constructed under a Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) contract on a land owned by RCT at Bryn Pica.  The facility has a capacity of 22,500 tonnes per annum and attracts Feed-in-Tarriff (Fit) that will continue until November 2033 (20 years from contract start date). 
The facility benefits from an Environmental Permit issued by NRW (Natural Resources Wales) and planning permission for access, tipping, digestion and digestate output to PAS110 QP (Quality Protocol) standard.
Whilst the hub has an option to extend the contract for a further 10-year period in two 5-year extension periods, it would also like to consider alternative options for the treatment of its food waste from 15th November 2028 that may offer better overall value for money. These options include procuring a new Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contract for its existing facility or procuring a new merchant contract for the treatment of its food waste elsewhere.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 90500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 16/11/2028 to 15/11/2033

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033828-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-14T13:50:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T09:34:42.926Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-068221