Official UK procurement notice
AT1377 Food Waste Contract
Authority: Luton Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLuton Council is looking to procure a food waste treatment contract. The contract will handled all food waste arising from kerbside collections as well as food waste collected from the Council's trade customers. The Contract will provide a solution for treatment of the waste and costed on a per tonne basis. The Council expects to collected between 3,500 - 5,000 tonnes of food waste per annum.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Apr 2030, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Construction work · Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,280,000
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Conditions of Participation apply
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 (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Conditions of Participation apply
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Apr 2030
- First published
- 20 Oct 2025, 12:11 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
AT1377- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085239- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cfa5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
20 Oct 2025 → 31 Mar 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published372 days ago20 Oct 2025, 12:11 BST
- Market engagement363 days ago28 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
Luton Borough Council Will be holding a Market Engagement Session on 28.10.2025 at 11am on Teams with Suppliers as Luton Council is looking to procure a food waste treatment
contract.
The contract will handled all food waste arising from kerbside collections as well as food
waste collected from the Council's trade customers. The Contract will provide a solution for
treatment of the waste and costed on a per tonne basis. The Council expects to collected between
3,500 - 5,000 tonnes of food waste per annum.
To Participate you would need to be registered on Proactis. You can use the link below to register: procontract.due-north.com/Register ↗
- Next notice expected332 days ago28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published309 days ago22 Dec 2025, 09:40 GMT
- Clarification questions by284 days ago16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline274 days ago26 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by252 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent224 days ago17 Mar 2026
- Latest notice published224 days ago17 Mar 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Standstill ends213 days ago27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago31 Mar 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2025- Planned procurement notice published20 Oct 2025, 12:11 BSTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Oct 2025, 12:36 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published22 Dec 2025, 09:40 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,280,00022 Dec 2025, 09:40 GMTwas £600,000
- Status changed to active22 Dec 2025, 09:40 GMT
- Deadline moved to 26 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT22 Dec 2025, 09:40 GMT+10 days · was 16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published17 Mar 2026, 11:17 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Mar 2026, 11:17 GMT
- Contract signature expected31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 20 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olleco1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: +1 | £1,100,000 | 11 Mar 2026standstill to 27 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- OllecoAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender