Official UK procurement notice
Waste Transfer Station and Haulage Operations
Authority: East Lothian Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Lothian Council is looking for a suitable qualified operator to provide a flexible and continuously improving waste management Service with the principal aims of facilitating the bulking, haulage and transfer of approximately 70,000 tonnes per annum of mixed municipal waste and a range of separately collected waste materials from Kinwegar Depot & Transfer Station, A199 Haddington Road, Wallyford, East Lothian, EH21 8JU (“Transfer Station”) to a Licensed Waste Management Facility or other destination as directed by the Council.
CPV: Refuse and waste related services · Refuse transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
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: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
-Specimen copies of the paperwork used to satisfy the ‘O’ Licence requirements.
-Copies of Waste Carriers Registration
-Details (copies of) any other licences the supplier believes are relevant to the Contract
-Evidence where applicable of your VOSA score on the traffic light system as an OCRS Score dating back 5 years.
- 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 (GBP10,000,000) in respect of any one event. -Motor Liability insuranc… - Technical & professional ability
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: Technical and Professional Ability – Living Wage Payment
Tenderers are asked to confirm that they will pay staff that are involved in the delivery of the Contract, (including any agency or sub-contractor staff) directly involved in the delivery of the Contract, at least the real Living Wage.
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 8- 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…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- 5 Mar 2025, 16:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Aug 2025, 13:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Apr 2025 – …
- Authority reference
ELC-25-0448- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045231- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e9e9Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
East Lothian Council Terms and Conditions.
Publisher note: Community Benefits This Contract includes an obligation for the delivery of Community Benefits once the aggregate spend with the Council reaches GBP 50,000 in any financial year. The Community Benefits information included in the Tender documentation outlines the Community Benefits that the Council is seeking as part of this Contract. (SC Ref:806085)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
7 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline7 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened7 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published1 Aug 2025, 13:33 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Aug 2025, 13:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FCC Environment (UK) Limited | £4,172,200 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 045231-2025-ELC-25-0448-1 · FCC Environment (UK) Limited
- Signed
- 30 Jun 2025
- Value
- £4,172,200
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FCC Environment (UK) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.