Notice Information
Notice Title
Food Waste Receipt and Treatment
Notice Description
Suffolk County Council is direct awarding two contracts for the provision of Food Waste Receipt and Treatment. Please note the value is based on estimated tonnages of Food Waste.
Procurement Information
The contracts are being awarded under paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 (Direct Award: extreme and unavoidable urgency). Suffolk County Council carried out a full procurement exercise (ocds-h6vhtk-047926) to appoint a contractor to process Food Waste (Contract Waste) collected by Suffolk Waste Collection Authorities (WCA). A contract was awarded as part of this process however the awarded supplier withdrew from the contract. Due to the unforeseen circumstances and very short timescale before food collections are required to begin, a full re-procurement is not possible.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066ec0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025537-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90513000 - Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,450,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Mar 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Mar 20263 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 30 Sep 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SUFFOLK COUNTY 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
- IPSWICH
- Postcode
- IP1 2BX
- Post Town
- Ipswich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH6 Suffolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH62 Ipswich
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Ipswich
- Electoral Ward
- Gipping
- Westminster Constituency
- Ipswich
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025537-2026
20th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025108-2026
19th March 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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