Notice Information
Notice Title
Receipt and Treatment of Food Waste
Notice Description
The Council has a statutory duty to collect and arrange for the receipt and disposal of household waste and other waste arising within Bedford Borough. This includes domestic waste collected direct from householders at the kerbside and waste taken to its Household Waste Recycling Centre. This contract is for the receipt and treatment of all Contract Waste (Food Waste).
Lot Information
Lot 1
To comply with the requirements of the Environment Act 2021 the council will introduce a weekly Food Waste collection service for households across the borough, and it also intends to offer a separate Food Waste collection service to the Council's commercial waste customers.
Procurement Information
A below threshold tender exercise was undertaken for this requirement as, following some market engagement earlier in the year, the service area anticipated that the annual cost for this service would be lower. We can confirm that this was published to contracts finder so suppliers within this industry would have had visibility. Biogen were the only supplier that were able to meet our requirements, however their bid was above threshold rendering the tender invalid. The Council have approached the market to understand why other suppliers were unable to bid and we now understand that Biogen are the only supplier that can fulfil our particular needs for our area. There is a real pressure now on all councils to secure treatment capacity to meet the government deadlines to roll out these, now mandatory, food collection schemes ahead of the March 2026 deadline. To retender this as an above threshold tender would put the Council at risk of not securing this service and we do not believe we would receive any further bids in any case.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-049ad6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029428-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £645,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Sep 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Sep 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Leon Clancy
- Contact Email
- leon.clancy@bedford.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1234276626
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BEDFORD
- Postcode
- MK42 9AP
- Post Town
- Milton Keynes
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH24 Bedford
- Delivery Location
- TLH East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Bedford
- Electoral Ward
- Cauldwell
- Westminster Constituency
- Bedford
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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