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title: "Procurement of Green Waste Vehicles"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-055ca4"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "MELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL"
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# Procurement of Green Waste Vehicles

Buyer: MELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-055ca4

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## Summary

Melton Borough Council has awarded a contract for the procurement of green waste vehicles to Biffa Waste Services Limited. The procurement, completed through a direct award method, focuses on acquiring five waste trucks to meet legal requirements related to the UK Government's Environment Act 2021. The contract aims to address funding delays and increased national demand for waste vehicles, ensuring compliance with governmental timelines. The project is situated in Melton Mowbray, located in the East Midlands region (UKF22) of the United Kingdom. The procurement process is at the award stage, with an anticipated contract period beginning on 31 July 2025 and concluding on 31 July 2026. This initiative falls under the industry category of "Special-purpose motor vehicles" (CPV: 34144000).

This procurement presents growth opportunities for businesses involved in waste management and vehicle manufacturing, particularly those capable of supporting government contracts under tight deadlines. Companies with expertise in the production or supply of special-purpose vehicles can see substantial growth potential by meeting market demand. Biffa Waste Services Limited, a large-scale supplier, stands to benefit by leveraging its existing procurement framework capabilities to ensure timely delivery. This tender is particularly suitable for businesses adapting to regulatory changes and those seeking to expand their services within the public sector through strategic partnerships and direct awards. The contract’s structure also suggests value for businesses that can offer comparable solutions to government bodies struggling with similar regulatory and market constraints.

## Notice

As part of the Environment Act 2021 the UK Government identified the mandatory introduction of Food Waste collection with the promise of funding to implement the changes. Due to: 1)delays regarding the funding and the value being below what was required (including subsequent rounds of challenge) 2) the national demand increase for vehicles Melton has identified that it cannot now obtain build slots in the open market for vehicles that would guarantee it to meet is legal responsibilities on the Government timelines. Melton BC have taken the decision to procure 5 waste trucks and have made enquiries to suppliers thorugh ESPO framework 215_24 the Specialist Vehicles (Outright Purchase) (2024) framework, lot 1.3 and while costs were acceptable, no suppliers who responded were able to deliver vehicles ahead of the -1/-4/26 deadline. Biffa, the current provider for Waste collection for Melton BC, have identified in contract discussions that they, due to changes in client order quantities, have earlier build slots available they would like to make available to us. The current contract with Biffa does not include the purchase of vehicles and the variation of this would be considered a material change. As such Melton BC propose to direct award the purchase of these vehicles to Biffa, for market costs, for Biffa to in turn purchase these vehicles from the supplier identified as best value in the mini competition already carried out under the Framework above. The vehicles would then be leased back to Biffa as if Melton BC had purchased these directly The purchase with Biffa is entirely proprietary on the Build slots Biffa already has secured, the urgency under which the authroity is buying is in order to meet legal requirements which it would not otherwise now be able to do, and is deemed out of the councils control in terms of government funding not being sufficient to enable the council to procure these any earlier.

### Procurement Information

Summarised version of details already covered in the procurement description: The introduction of a regulatory food waste collection service to Melton Borough Council, the subsequent delays from Funding negotiations in order to afford this change, and the UK market forces from all local government demands on the vehicle industry (regarding build lead times)have created a scenario where through no fault of it's own Melton BC is unable to got to the open market to meet its needs and still remain compliant with the Governments mandate. Build slots are proprietary the customer requesting vehicles and to access more advantageous build slots to meet the regulatory timescales Melton BC need direct award to some one with slots they are willing to provide for our use. Biffa have identified this is an option they are willing to do for us as our current waste provider however that waste contract does not allow for this purchase. There is no additional financial cost being provided for access to these slots, and the vehicles will be provided at established market cost via the supplier of Melton's current waste fleet (for compatibility regarding repairs and mainteance) with Biffa acting as a middle man. We do not believe there are other options out there to reduce the build and delivery time of vehicles in this way but would be happy to hear from other suppliers willing to offer up comparible slots on a similar basis.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038846-2025 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £780,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | MELTON MOWBRAY |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE13 1GH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Melton |
| Electoral ward | Melton Warwick |
| Westminster constituency | Melton and Syston |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BIFFA WASTE SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

### Codes

- 34144000 - Special-purpose motor vehicles

## Release History

- 10 Jul 2025 at 09:50 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038846-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038846-2025
  10th July 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.biffa.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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