Food Waste Treatment Services contract

Food Waste Market Engagement Questions 2026 Introduction to market engagement: Essex County Council (ECC) is planning to issue a tender in late 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 50,000 tonnes per annum of separately collected household food waste. ECC's current food waste treatment contracts are due to expire on 31st March 2028 and therefore a treatment solution for this service is needed to replace it. ECC is considering letting a contract(s) for an initial 3 year term or longer (commencing on 1 April 2028) with the option to extend by agreement in any number of periods not exceeding a total of an additional 10 years. Purpose of market engagement: The purpose of this market engagement is to better understand the market's appetite and capability in respect of a number of commercial topics. The information gathered will assist the authority in preparing a tender pack that encourages and enables the market to propose its best value solutions for the residents of Essex. Format of market engagement: ECC has prepared a questionnaire, of which a copy can be requested via email from [email protected]; and which invites interested providers to complete and return to [email protected]. All information submitted will be treated in confidence and any references to the findings will be reported on a summary level on an anonymous basis. ECC will be running a series of 1-2-1 market engagement sessions online via a Teams meeting - to enable further exploration of the topics and to clarify any of the responses received. ECC intends for these 1-2-1 sessions to be up to two hours in length. ECC is keen to meet you so please express your interest in one of the sessions shown in the table within the document by emailing us at [email protected].

Organisation

Essex County Council

County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1QH

251

total contracts

£15687.0m

total value

£186,749,772

average contract size

Pipeline status

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