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Published 18 Mar 2025, 10:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

1081 Mixed Food and Garden Waste Treatment Contract

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£18,750,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 7 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 30 Nov 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Authority has a requirement for the treatment of Mixed Food and Garden Waste arising in the county of Essex. The services are likely to relate to the treatment of approximately 28,000 tonnes per annum of Mixed Food and Garden Waste for an initial period of 12 months and possible extensions thereafter. The Council are seeking to procure these treatment arrangements to commence on 01 December 2025.

CPV: Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSME
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026 (1 yr) · up to 31 Mar 2033 with extensions
Delivery: East of England, London, South EastEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Mar 2025, 10:56 GMT
Last source update
18 Mar 2025, 10:56 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009846
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ee57 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Mar 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    18 Mar 2025, 10:56 GMT
  2. Market engagement
    4 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    This market engagement being issued is in the form of a Microsoft Forms questionnaire containing four questions.

    Responses are to be submitted through the Microsoft Form using the link below. The deadline for responses is 04.04.2025.

    forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗

  3. Tender notice expected
    7 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts333 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Mar 2025, 10:56 GMT
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWVM-4844-NRQH County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure