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Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Food Waste Haulage Services
Authority: Highland Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHaulage of Food Waste from Longman Waste Transfer Station to Treatment facility.
CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of food waste haulage services from Longman Waste Transfer Station to treatment facilityRenewal
- Extensions
- 24 months in total
- Variant bids
- not allowed
What it takes to win
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morePublished sub-criteria (4)
- Quality — 40
- Quality — 40
- price — 60
- price — 60
Published award criteria (4)
- Quality — 40
- price — 60
- Quality — 40
- price — 60
- Economic & financial standing
The Bidder is required to specify the “general” yearly turnover for the last financial three (3) years. The Bidder is required to show their " specific” turnover for the last financial three (3) years in the business area covered by the Contract. Authority more…
will check the credit rating of bidders and will where required ask for additional information where risk score is High or Very high. This will be used during the evaluation process. The authority may reject bids where the risk is high or very high.Minimum:Minimum level(s) of standards required: The Contractor must hold (or be willing to arrange) the following insurances throughout the duration of any contract with the Authority: - Employers Liability more…
Insurance of not less than 5 MILLION POUNDS (GBP 5,000,000) STERLING in respect o… - Technical & professional abilityThe Bidder is required to specify and attach a copy of the under-noted; - two (2) relevant examples of services carried out in the past three years;Minimum: The Contractor shall ensure by inspection that any driver employed in undertaking the required Service is in possession of a full and valid driving license and driver qualification (CPC) - in compliance with all statutory requirements in force.
- Economic & financial standing
The Bidder is required to specify the “general” yearly turnover for the last financial three (3) years. The Bidder is required to show their " specific” turnover for the last financial three (3) years in the business area covered by the Contract. Authority more…
will check the credit rating of bidders and will where required ask for additional information where risk score is High or Very high. This will be used during the evaluation process. The authority may reject bids where the risk is high or very high.Minimum:Minimum level(s) of standards required: The Contractor must hold (or be willing to arrange) the following insurances throughout the duration of any contract with the Authority: - Employers Liability more…
Insurance of not less than 5 MILLION POUNDS (GBP 5,000,000) STERLING in respect o… - Technical & professional abilityThe Bidder is required to specify and attach a copy of the under-noted; - two (2) relevant examples of services carried out in the past three years;Minimum: The Contractor shall ensure by inspection that any driver employed in undertaking the required Service is in possession of a full and valid driving license and driver qualification (CPC) - in compliance with all statutory requirements in force.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Highland Council buys Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050) — and who usually turns up
Highland Council’s own published record, next to the Scotland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Highland Council
contract notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 9050 · 2 in division 90 (1 direct) · 9 in all categories (3 direct)
Scotland · Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050)
contract notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 68 in CPV 9050 (58 contested) · 335 in division 90 (309 contested)
moderate · n=4 Awards in Highland Council (all categories, n=4 pairs) land a median 3% below. Too few pairs to turn into a pound figure with any confidence — read the percentage as a rough direction, not this notice’s estimate converted.
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 18 Sept 2026, 12:51 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2026, 12:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST — …
- Authority reference
THC/OM/FWH/2026- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077568
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=843425. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The Council is committed to securing community benefits through this contract. Bidders will be required to complete a Community Benefits Matrix, setting out proposals in areas such as targeted recruitment and training opportunities (including apprenticeships), engagement with local schools and communities, and support for SMEs, the third sector and local supply chains. Proposals should also contribute to environmental sustainability objectives and align with the Contractor’s commitments on fair work practices. Community benefits will form part of the quality evaluation and will be monitored throughout the contract period. (SC Ref:843425) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=843425
How to participate & submission route
Submit via Public Contracts ScotlandTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Expression of interest (EOI)
- —
- Tender submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Notice publishedearlier today18 Sept 2026, 12:51 BST
- Submission deadlinein 31 days19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids openedin 31 days19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract startsin 73 days1 Dec 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Inverness Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.