Official UK procurement notice
Treatment of South Lanarkshire Council’s Municipal Residual Waste
Authority: South Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Lanarkshire Council (SLC) currently operates a contract for the treatment of its Municipal Residual Waste (MRW) collected from its Waste and Grounds Operations, with the initial contract period due to expire within the next 18 months.
The purpose of this PIN Notice is to inform the Council about alternative treatment options that may be available with regards to:
(i) Current and future capacity at EfW facilities;
(ii) Availability of waste transfer infrastructure;
(iii) Treatment costs;
(iv) Waste acceptance protocols;
(v) Waste pre-sort requirements;
(vi) Future plans to limit liability under the Emissions Trading Scheme (EMS).
Quantities of MRW
Facilities are required for the receipt and treatment of up to 90,000 tonnes per annum of MRW collected by the Council. Contract waste is from households and street litter bins.
Additional Information
To aid the Council in determining how to proceed, the Council has attached a short information gathering questionnaire to those parties who formally record a note of interest in response to this PIN Notice.
Notes of interest should be submitted by no later than Friday 17th October 2025.
In the event the Council wishes to pursue a new contract for the treatment of its MRW, the contract requires to commence on 1 April 2027.
CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Sept 2025, 16:02 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Sept 2025, 16:02 BST
- Authority reference
TBC- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057047- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059b8cFind a Tender
Publisher note: To aid the Council in determining how to proceed, the Council has attached a short information gathering questionnaire to those parties who formally record a note of interest in response to this PIN Notice. Notes of interest should be submitted by no later than Friday 17th October 2025. In the event the Council wishes to pursue a new contract for the treatment of its MRW, the contract requires to commence on 1 April 2027. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=810214. (SC Ref:810214)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
16 Sept 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published16 Sept 2025, 16:02 BST
- Tender notice expected150 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
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
Official documents & specifications
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