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Published 1 Jun 2026, 09:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of food waste reprocessing

Official notice

Authority: East Lothian Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£400,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 1 Jul 2026awarded 27 Jul 2026
Awarded to Biogen UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East 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 published
Lot #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.

Delivery: Scotland
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 30
  • Price: 70
Conditions of participation3
  • 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
What this means for your bid
  • 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)
Composting servicesRefuse and waste related services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM73)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a9d7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
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
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Jul 2026 → 13 Aug 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline113 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened113 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published70 days ago
    13 Aug 2026, 14:22 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Aug 2026, 14:22 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £400,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jul 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Lothian Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services John Muir House, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, EH41 3HAContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.