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Garden Waste Contract

East London Waste Authority

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Tender

07 Sep 2026 at 12:45

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

02 Dec 2025 at 11:48

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

East London Waste Authority is buying garden-waste treatment and related waste-management services. The contractor will receive bulk-delivered garden waste collected from households and commercial customers by the constituent councils, including waste from reuse and recycling centres. It must provide sufficient capacity to receive and treat the waste at its treatment site or sites, manage non-conforming waste, products and residues, maximise recycling and beneficial use of outputs, and report and monitor environmental compliance. The service is delivered for East London Waste Authority across the areas represented by Barking and Dagenham and other constituent council locations in London. The procurement is for services, covering composting and wider refuse and waste-related activities. Ancillary services needed to deliver the contract may also fall within the scope, and the required scope may be narrower than the summary above.

The process has reached tender: the buyer invited offers through a single-stage open procedure. Enquiries had to be submitted by 25 September 2026 at 12:00, and tenders by 19 October 2026 at 12:00, using the Bravo eTendering portal; electronic submission was allowed in English. The contract is expected to be awarded by 5 February 2027. Service delivery is planned from 23 December 2027 to 31 March 2031, with an option to extend for up to two years. The estimated value is £4,544,180 excluding VAT, or £5,452,016 including VAT, covering the initial term, possible extension and related services. There is one lot. Price carries 70% of the evaluation and quality 30%.

This opportunity suits waste-treatment operators able to accept and process garden waste delivered in bulk, with adequate treatment capacity and suitable treatment facilities. Strong bidders will be able to manage contamination and other non-conforming waste, handle products and residues, and demonstrate routes that maximise recycling and beneficial use of outputs. The service also requires reliable environmental compliance monitoring and reporting, supported by operational controls and performance management. Suppliers must satisfy the buyer’s legal and financial capacity conditions and demonstrate the required technical ability. The procurement documents set the detailed participation conditions and tender requirements. Previous participation in the buyer’s preliminary market engagement is not required, so operators that did not take part in that exercise can still compete.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Garden Waste Contract

Notice Description

ELWA is procuring a contract for the provision of the following services (without limitation): The scope of the Contract includes: * Receiving and treating delivered Contract Waste, which is garden waste collected from households and commercial customers by the Constituent Councils, and from the Reuse & Recycling Centres; * Contract Waste will be delivered to the Contractor Treatment Site(s) in bulk haulage vehicles by the RHRRC Contractor after the Contract Waste has been delivered by the Constituent Councils to one of the Authority WTSs; * Provision of capacity to receive and treat and garden waste; * Management and offtake of non-conforming waste, products and residues; * Maximising the recycling and beneficial use of products; and * Reporting and monitoring of environmental compliance. Please see "Procedure description" section of this tender notice and the procurement documents for full details of: 1 - the single-stage, open procedure that ELWA is conducting pursuant to s. 20(2)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023; and 2 - ELWA's requirements for the Contract. (Defined terms used in the above list of services are detailed in the draft contract and procurement documents.) Please see the procurement documents for full details but, in summary, the open procedure will operate as follows: 1 - Bidders are required to complete and submit Conditions of Participation and Tenders. The purpose of the Conditions of Participation is for ELWA to ensure bidders meet a minimum level of compliance in order for their Tenders to be evaluated. 2 - ELWA will evaluate Conditions of Participation responses first. If bidders meet the minimum level of compliance in the Conditions of Participation, their Tenders will be evaluated in accordance with the ITT. 3 - ELWA intends to award the contract to the bidder that submits the most advantageous tender (following internal governance approval). As detailed in the procurement documents, and pursuant to section 31 Procurement Act 2023, ELWA reserves the right to update or confirm aspects of the procurement process at any stage during the procurement; or circulate updated documents in respect of the procurement process prior to the tender submission deadline. If ELWA exercises these rights, it will clearly signpost updates to the documents and ELWA will revise and republish this tender notice. The Authority conducted initial preliminary market engagement in December 2025 (Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-078835). As part of the exercise, the Authority published a Market Operator Briefing Note in which it explained the context of the procurement being a contract for treatment/processing of garden waste collected from households and commercial premises and management of off takers. Two organisations participated in this exercise and provided feedback in respect of: - The Authority's procurement strategy; - Assumptions for evaluation; - Waste acceptance protocols and vehicles that can/cannot be accepted at facilities; - Processes for identifying and recording contamination; - Market operators' current compost/end product markets; - Experiences of performance management frameworks; and - Social value. In the preliminary market engagement, it was clearly specified that participation in the preliminary market engagement was/is not a requirement for participation in this procurement. The value is based on ELWA's estimate at the date of publication of the Tender Notice and the draft procurement documents and includes extension of the contract for two years following expiry of the initial three-year and three-month service delivery term. The estimated value also includes any services which may be required during the initial three-year and three-month service delivery period. Therefore, the estimated value is not necessarily the final value of the Contract and ELWA reserves the right to vary this contract value (either higher or lower) in the event the scope of the contract varies throughout its term. It is intended as a guide to Bidders and the actual value is intended to cover delivery of ELWA's requirements over the full possible term.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: Details of the primary scope of services required for this contract are included in this notice, the procurement documents and draft contract. However, the scope of the procurement is also intended to cover ancillary services required to deliver the contract over its full possible term. This could include services related to those set out in the draft procurement documents and contract but not explicitly stated. In addition, the actual scope of services required could be narrower than set out above.

Renewal: The contract is expected to be awarded in February 2027, with service commencement expected to commence on 23 December 2027. The initial term of the contract is from the service commencement date to 31 March 2031, with an option to extend for up to two additional years from expiry of the initial term. The contract, and this procurement, is intended to cover any extension in the period between commencement and service commencement, so the total term of the contract may exceed this estimate.

Planning Information

The Market Operator Briefing Note published on the Bravo Portal (https://lbbd.bravosolution.co.uk/) contains detailed instructions for participating in this preliminary market engagement exercise. Interested organisations are strongly recommended to review this document. However, in summary: The date for submission of the market operator questionnaire for this preliminary market engagement is 19 December 2025. Such responses should be submitted via https://lbbd.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml The response should include responses to relevant questions which are set out in the market operator questionnaire, as well as identify any further discussion topics. Market operators may also submit any clarification questions, enquiries, requests for clarification or further information regarding the conduct of the preliminary market engagement to ELWA. Though encouraged, engagement in this preliminary market engagement exercise is not a requirement for participation in the forthcoming procurement, which shall be formally commenced through publication of a Tender Notice.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ecbf
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084367-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

77 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

77120000 - Composting services

90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£4,544,180 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£4,544,180 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
19 Oct 20262 months to go
Future Notice Date
7 Sep 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
23 Dec 2027 - 31 Mar 2031 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
East London Waste Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E15 2ST
Postcode Area
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Delivery Location
TLI41 Hackney and Newham, TLI52 Barking & Dagenham and Havering, TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest
Local Authority
Newham
Electoral Ward
Stratford
Westminster Constituency
Stratford and Bow

Further Information

Notice Documents

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