North East Wales Food Waste Treatment

Procurement description

A procurement Hub comprising Conwy County Borough Council, Denbighshire County Council and Flintshire County Council is seeking expressions of interest from providers able to offer a service for the treatment of household collected food waste.

The Hub requires a treatment process that meets Wales Government’s definition of recycling (e.g. PAS100 for anaerobic digestion) for up to 15,000 tonnes (or 25,000 tonnes for an expanded Hub) of separately collected food waste per year.

All three Hub Authorities collect source separated food waste from households and businesses in EN13432 certified liners. All collected food waste is free from packaging.

Food waste will be delivered by the Hub in bulk sealed skips but consideration will be given to solutions that include haulage and/or solutions offering direct tipping at the treatment facility by the Hub’s collection vehicles.

Consideration will be given to solutions that allow for packaged food wastes to be processed.

The Hub is keen to explore all of the following options:

• For the existing Hub to procure a new operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for an existing anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at St Asaph, LL17 0DS

• For an expanded Hub (more members, greater tonnage) to procure the design and build of an upgrade/expansion and O&M to the existing AD facility at St Asaph

• For the existing, or an expanded, Hub to procure a new food waste treatment contract, i.e. gate fee or merchant facility basis.

Main category

Services

Delivery regions

• UKL13 - Conwy and Denbighshire
• UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham

Total value (estimated)

1 GBP Excluding VAT

1 GBP Including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

01 November 2028, 00:00AM to 31 October 2032, 23:59PM

Extension end date (if all the extensions are used): 31 October 2033

Denbighshire County Council

Flintshire County Council

Conwy County Borough Council

Is the total value above threshold?

Above threshold

CPV classifications

• 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

Delivery regions

• UKL13 - Conwy and Denbighshire
• UKL23 - Flintshire and Wrexham

Sustainability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Contract start date (estimated)

01 November 2028, 00:00AM

Contract end date (estimated)

31 October 2032, 23:59PM

Extension end date (estimated)

31 October 2033, 23:59PM

Can the contract be extended?

Yes

Engagement process description

To express an interest in participating in this pre-market engagement activity and receive a full copy of the Market Engagement Brief and Market Testing questionnaire please e-mail procurement@denbighshire.gov.uk. Completed questionnaires will need to be competed and returned to procurement@denbighshire.gov.uk by no later than Noon on the 16th January 2026.

Due date

16 January 2026, 23:59PM

Has the engagement period already ended?

No

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

12 October 2027