Official UK procurement notice
Provision of food waste reprocessing
Authority: East Lothian Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Lothian Council is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Service Provider to provide capacity at a facility for the receipt and treatment to a standard which is deemed BSI PAS 100/110 compliant of separately collected food waste.
Please note that the organic waste will be delivered by the Council to the Service Provider’s nominated Treatment Facility or Reception Point using Council‑operated vehicles.
CPV: Composting services · Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1East Lothian Council has a requirement to transfer for the treatment and recovery of…Awarded
East Lothian Council has a requirement to transfer for the treatment and recovery of approximately 70 tonnes of Organic Waste per week. This tonnage is indicative only and may vary over the duration of the Contract. No guarantee is given or implied as to the actual quantities of Organic Waste that may be delivered.
Organic Waste will be delivered by the Council to the Service Provider’s nominated Treatment Facility or Reception Point using Council‑operated vehicles. Additional information: The stated value includes the estimated value of any potential contract extension periods available under the contract.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 30
- Price: 70
- Suitability
-Valid SEPA permit/licence
-APHA approval
-Details (copies of) any other licences the supplier believes are relevant to the Contract
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Standing
A copy of your audited accounts or equivalent for the most recent 2 years (2 sets of signed, audited accounts), along with details of any significant changes since the last year end.
Minimum: Employers Liability insurance to the value of at least ten million pounds Sterling (GBP10,000,000) in respect of any one event. -Public Liability insurance to the value of at least ten million pounds Sterling (GBP5,000,000) in respect of any one event. - Technical & professional ability
The bidder should confirm that it will be able to provide 2 examples of contracts of a similar scale and scope to this requirement in question 4C1.2.
Part 4C: Technical and Professional Ability – Prompt Payment
It is a mandatory requirement of this Contract that a prompt payment clause is present in all Contracts used in the delivery of the requirements. This ensures payment of sub-contractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and includes an obligation to provide a point of contact for sub-contractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require active monitoring of payment performance as well as the provision of evidence and reports to the Council on request or as contractually scheduled. Bidders should confirm that this condition will be met within the response to this question.
Part 4C: Environmental Management Measures
Bidders will be required to provide evidence that their organisation has taken steps to build their awareness of the climate change emergency and how they will respond. Accepted evidence includes but is not limited to:
A completed copy of “Schedule 7- Climate Change Plan” including planned projects and actions to reduce the bidder’s carbon emissions. This does not need to contain calculated carbon emissions. Please note this document is supplied as an individual document for completion. Where a Tenderer’s response is of a less than the acceptable standard, the Council may exclude the Tenderer from the competition or may…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 1 Jun 2026, 09:27 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2026, 14:22 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Jul 2026 – …
- Authority reference
ELC-26-0769- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-077292- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a9d7Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
East Lothian Council Terms and Conditions.
Publisher note: Please note that the initial contract term is one year. The stated contract value is dependent on the actual waste tonnage arising during the contract period and includes the estimated value of any potential contract extension periods. (SC Ref:840090)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
1 Jul 2026 → 13 Aug 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline113 days ago1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened113 days ago1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Notice published70 days ago13 Aug 2026, 14:22 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Aug 2026, 14:22 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biogen UK Limited | £400,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 077292-2026-ELC-26-0769-1 · Biogen UK Limited
- Signed
- 27 Jul 2026
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Biogen UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.