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Food Waste Treatment Services Contract

Issued by Essex County Council · via UK Find a Tender Service

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Published
5 Oct 2026
Value
GBP 8,000,000
Reference
C009PA
Location
United Kingdom
Sector
Water & Environment
Type
services

At a glance

Essex County Council in United Kingdom has published a request for information in water & environment: “Food Waste Treatment Services Contract”. The notice does not state a closing date, so confirm the timetable on the official portal. The stated value is GBP 8,000,000. Quote reference C009PA in any correspondence with the buyer. FreeTender has recorded 9 notices from this buyer since 2026, 7 of them currently open. There are 193 open water & environment notices in United Kingdom on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through UK Find a Tender Service, not through FreeTender.

Details

Essex County Council (ECC) is planning to issue a tender in early January 2027 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 currently manages approximately 55,000 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.

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