Contract details
Contract: 28388 - Food Waste Polyethylene Liners
Details
Buyer:
Plymouth City Council
Department:
Street Services
Title:
28388 - Food Waste Polyethylene Liners
Description:
Plymouth City Council is seeking to implement a city-wide food waste collection service from
the 1st of April 2026 in line with the Environment Act 2021 and
The “Simpler Recycling” scheme. The scheme impacts all Waste Collection Authorities in
England and is sponsored by the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra). The
Council is obligated by statute to provide polythene liners for
internal kitchen caddies to around 110,000 households.
The term households in this context means individuals domestic dwellings and communal
domestic dwellings. These include occupants in caravans, houseboats, detached houses,
semi-detached, terraces, bungalows, sheltered housing, Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
which includes bedsits.
Defra has provided funding to the Council for the procurement of kitchen caddies and
kerbside caddies and an executive decision to proceed with the procurement has been
granted.
The rollout of food waste collections is in 5 phases taking place throughout 2026. Phase 1 is
now operational and further phases scheduled sequentially across Plymouth’s remaining
collection rounds. The service is being delivered through a multiphase implementation plan to
ensure operational stability, resident readiness, and effective resource allocation. As the
number of participating households increases with each phase, securing a dependable and
scalable supply of polythene liners is critical to maintaining service continuity and supporting
households from their first week of participation.
To underpin the rollout, the Council has already procured both 7-litre kitchen caddies and
23-litre kerbside caddies from IPL Schoeller, ensuring container standardisation, durability
and service compatibility across all phases. Securing the liner procurement now ensures that
polythene liners supplied to residents will perform reliably with the caddies already in
circulation, supporting a coherent and high-quality end-to-end service.
On the advice of the Council’s Anaerobic supplier the Council has opted to roll out its food
waste service only with Polythene liners as they support the efficacy of the production of
biogas and fertilisers as end products. In addition, they do not compromise the Anaerobic
Digestion mechanical process and the final nutrient rich slurry. The Polythene liners will
finally be taken to Combined Heat Processing in the Council’s Energy from Waste plant.
The Council requires a reliable and compliant supply of food waste polythene liners in packs of
52 in a roll for 110, 000 households to support the continued rollout of its weekly food waste
collection service. The polythene liners are essential for maintaining hygiene, encouraging
resident participation, and ensuring compatibility with both domestic caddies and downstream
processing systems. To secure a high quality, value for money solution, the Council now
intends to procure these polythene liners via the ESPO 860_26 Refuse and Recycling Products
framework, which provides preapproved suppliers, robust quality standards, and a compliant
procurement route. This approach ensures consistency in liner specification, environmental performance, and supply resilience as the service expands across the city. This is initially a
one-off procurement for the project.
The specification below assumes that the supplier will provide kitchen polythene liners for
existing 7 Litre kitchen caddies. There is no requirement for communal kitchen caddies and
kerbside caddies or housing units.
In this present instance, the Customer is issuing this Invitation to Tender as a Further
Competitive Selection Process under Lot 9 of ESPO Framework 860_26 – Refuse and
Recycling Products
Description of the geographical coverage:
Reference no:
DN810547
Estimated total value:
£30,201.60
Estimated annual value:
£0.00
VAT not recovered:
£0.00
Participating organisations:
N/A
Keywords:
N/A
Start date:
01/05/2026
End date:
31/08/2026
Awarded date:
27/05/2026
Awarded value:
£30,201.60
Appraisal date:
Not provided
Review date:
31/07/2026
Initial contract period:
3 months
Total option to extend:
Total contract period:
3 months
Available extensions:
0 with 0 taken
Central purchasing body:
Plymouth City Council
Framework:
Framework
Find a Tender (FTS):
No
Process used:
ITT
Primary contact
Title:
Ms
First name:
Rachel
Surname:
Hawadi
Email address:
Rachel.Hawadi@plymouth.gov.uk
Telephone number:
01752668000
Fax number:
Mobile number:
Awarded supplier(s)
| Company name | Company reg number | SME/VCS | VCS reg number | Contacts | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromwell Polythene Ltd | - |
|
N/a |
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