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Published 18 May 2023, 14:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Kerbside Food Waste Treatment

Official notice

Authority: Dumfries and Galloway Council (Local council)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£240,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 27 Apr 2026awarded 1 Jul 2026
Awarded to Oakbank Waste Management Ltd.2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This tender process is for participation in the Contract(s) for service providers to receive, treat and/or dispose of kerbside food waste in the East and West of the region with a view to managing the waste in accordance with the waste hierarchy.

  • Recurrence: On expiry of the contract term (intent for initial contract term is Two years) and any exercised extensions.

CPV: Household-refuse disposal services · Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services · Refuse and waste related services · Refuse collection services · Refuse disposal and treatment

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Food Waste (West)AwardedRenewal

Summary of Lot 1 Requirements:

Provision of a suitable skip with seals on the door and movable cover that is compliant to store and transport food waste that may contain category 3 animal byproducts, specification of the skip to be agreed with Dumfries and Galloway Council Waste Services.

Weekly servicing (i.e., collection, transport, and replacement) of said skip as required.

Treatment of the food waste by anaerobic digestion at a suitable licensed facility approved to Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 110 to ensure that the food waste can be accounted for as recycled under the waste hierarchy by SEPA’s WDF.

Timely provision of the waste duty of care information for the whole chain of custody (i.e., from collection by the successful bidder from DGC’s SZWP until final treatment or end of waste criteria is achieved) on a minimum quarterly basis and possibly monthly.

Service Model 1 – The Service Provider provides the appropriately sized skip container and suitable collection vehicle and collects the materials from the Council’s Nominated Facility or Facilities and treats and recycles the material as appropriate. The Service Provider is to provide suitable roll-on roll-off skips and collection vehicles as required.

Delivery: Scotland · Stranraer Zero Waste Park Fountain Way Blackparks Industrial Estate Stranraer DG9 7UD
Extensions: The contract will operate for an initial two year period with an option to extend for a further two 12-month periods.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Food Waste (East)AwardedRenewal

Summary of Lot 2 requirements:

Provision of a suitable reception facility to receive household and commercial food waste collection by DGC via 5 collection routes serving the towns of Annan, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Gretna and Lockerbie.

The initial reception facility should be within approximately 5 miles by road of Dumfries MBT plant, DG1 3PG (full address given above).

Storage, transport (if required) and treatment by certified PAS 110 anaerobic digestion of DGC’s food waste, either at the initial reception facility or at a suitable separate facility, to ensure that the food waste can be accounted for as recycled under the waste hierarchy by SEPA’s WDF.

Timely provision of the waste duty of care information for the whole chain of custody (i.e., from delivery by DGC into the initial Nominated Facility (i.e., the initial reception facility) until final treatment or end of waste criteria is achieved) on a minimum quarterly basis and possibly monthly.

The Council deliver materials to the Service Provider’s initial Nominated Facility (initial reception facility). The Service Provider receives, store and treats the materials or receives, stores and provides a suitable vehicle and transports the materials from their Nominated Facility or Facilities and treats and recycles the material as appropriate.

Delivery: Scotland · Dumfries MBT Plant Lochar Moss Lockerbie Road Dumfries DG1 3PG
Extensions: The contract will operate for an initial two year period with an option to extend for a further two 12-month periods.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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Bidders should hold any and all of the following licences: The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012; The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (as amended); and The Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (as amended) or the equivalent legislation in England and Wales, for all Waste Treatment facilities the bidder is offering, as issued by SEPA or their equivalent body in other jurisdictions. Details of the local Environmental Agency office that issued the licence(s) for the site or facility proposed should be provided.

    Tenderers for all Lots must have the appropriate Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) Permit, Waste Management Licence (WML) or relevant Waste Exemption demonstrating that their proposed initial waste destination (Service Provider’s Nominated Facility) can legally accept, store, and treat etc. any waste stream bid for.

    Hold the required Waste Carrier Licences (or exemptions) in accordance with the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 and The Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991 or equivalent.

    Skip Provision – sealed, open topped skip with suitable sliding roof or cover, which is suitable for the safe and compliant transport of ABPR Category 3 food waste. (Lot 1)

    Reception Facility – must have suitable WML and APHA approval to accept and store Cat 3 animal by-products under the Animal By-Products Regulations (ABPR) (Lot 2)

    Treatment facility must be PAS110 AD plant and …

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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

Yes · On expiry of the contract term (intent for initial contract term is Two years) and any exercised extensions.

First published
18 May 2023, 14:37 BST
Last source update
8 Jul 2026, 14:32 BST
Award evaluation window
27 Apr 2026 – …
Authority reference
DGCC-00300
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-064276
Classification (CPV)
Household-refuse disposal servicesNon-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal servicesRefuse and waste related servicesRefuse collection servicesRefuse disposal and treatment
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM92)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03cd85 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

For details of the conditions relevant to the contract, please see the Kerbside Food Waste Treatment Invitation to Tender and Specification documents in the Public Contracts Scotland Tender site Buyer Attachments area of ITT 52973.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:836930)

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
27 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
27 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Sept 2023 → 8 Jul 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    4 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline183 days ago
    27 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened183 days ago
    27 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Notice published111 days ago
    8 Jul 2026, 14:32 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Mar 2026
  1. Status changed to active
    23 Mar 2026, 15:38 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    23 Mar 2026, 15:38 GMT
  3. Deadline published: 27 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
    23 Mar 2026, 15:38 GMT
  4. Status changed to complete
    8 Jul 2026, 14:32 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £311,4802 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 1 Jul 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Food Waste (West)1 award
Oakbank Waste Management Ltd.SME£82,680 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · Food Waste (East)1 award
Oakbank Waste Management Ltd.SME£228,800 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Food Waste (West)1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——
2 · Food Waste (East)1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Dumfries and Galloway Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Procurement Team, Carruthers House, Dumfries, Scotland, DG1 2HPContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Dumfries Sheriff CourtReview body Dumfries

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria