How to win: Garden Waste Contract

About this contract

ELWA is procuring a contract for the provision of the following services (without limitation): The scope of the Contract includes: • Receiving and treating delivered Contract Waste, which is garden waste collected from households and commercial customers by the Constituent Councils, and from the Reuse & Recycling Centres; • Contract Waste will be delivered to the Contractor Treatment Site(s) in bulk haulage vehicles by the RHRRC Contractor after the Contract Waste has been delivered by the Constituent Councils to one of the Authority WTSs; • Provision of capacity to receive and treat and garden waste; • Management and offtake of non-conforming waste, products and residues; • Maximising the recycling and beneficial use of products; and • Reporting and monitoring of environmental compliance. Please see "Procedure description" section of this tender notice and the procurement documents for full details of: 1 - the single-stage, open procedure that ELWA is conducting pursuant to s. 20(2)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023; and 2 - ELWA's requirements for the Contract. (Defined terms used in the above list of services are detailed in the draft contract and procurement documents.) Please se

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — East London Waste Authority scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £4,544,180, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 19 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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