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OpenStage · planning

Essex County Council

Food Waste Treatment Services contract

Environment & WasteCPV 90500000
Value£7.0m
Deadline
Published20 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Emma Whitten
emma.whitten@essex.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£7.0mtotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£7.6m

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The brief

Essex County Council (ECC) is planning to issue a tender as early as 2026 for a contract(s) relating to the anaerobic digestion treatment and disposal of food waste collected from households in the Essex area.

The required treatment services must start on 1 April 2028.

ECC manages approximately 40,000 tonnes per annum of separately collected household food waste.

The contracting authority is Essex County Council and any Successor Body meaning one or more entities which assumes any of the Council's functions (as applicable) as a result of Local Government Reform (LGR).

Such successor body or bodies may be, without limitation, a local authority, a combined authority, a combined county authority, a strategic authority or any other status determined pursuant to the Devolution and LGR Legislation.

The estimated value provided includes the extension period.

Key requirements

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The required treatment services must start on

The required treatment services must start on 1 April 2028.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055798
Stage
planning · planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
068036-2026
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