Notice Information
Notice Title
AT1377 Food Waste Contract
Notice Description
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.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Extension is at the discretion of the Contracting Authority
Planning Information
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: https://procontract.due-north.com/Register
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cfa5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023939-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
45000000 - Construction work
90000000 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,280,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,280,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £1,100,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 26 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 28 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 11 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-04-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LUTON COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LUTON
- Postcode
- LU1 2BQ
- Post Town
- Luton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH21 Luton
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Luton
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023939-2026
17th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085239-2025
22nd December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066678-2025
20th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066661-2025
20th October 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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