Published date: 30 June 2022

Last edited date: 30 June 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 1 September 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Horticultural services - 77300000

  • Waste analysis services - 79723000

  • Community action programme - 85322000

    • Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services - 90000000

    • Refuse and waste related services - 90500000

    • Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services - 90513000

    • Urban solid-refuse disposal services - 90513200

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-100-3712-H2020 FT Pilot 1

Published date

30 June 2022

Closing date

1 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

17 October 2022

Contract end date

30 April 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Horizon 2020 'Food Trails' project is looking to procure a provider to deliver a pilot in the Ladywood area of Birmingham to support householders to separate food waste from general waste. In addition to the waste separation, the pilot will test ways to encourage householders to turn food waste into compost. The compost produced through this activity will be used either for home growing activity or be collected and used locally. The pilot should look to test the approach in a variety of household types: high-rise flats and houses with gardens and houses with yards.

The successful provider will be required to demonstrate pre-existing links with the target community in Ladywood and a track record of working with disadvantaged communities. The provider will have experience of working with food waste to produce compost and have experience of working with communities to support growing activity. The provider will have experience of how to encourage a permanent adoption of food waste separation activity as well as how to build an appreciation of the importance of food waste as a contributor to soil production/composting.

The provider will be required to develop a data collection methodology to report the amount of food waste collected and work with a knowledge partner to develop a methodology for calculating the amount of methane saved and the carbon saving as a result of food waste diversion from landfill. The data from these calculations will be shared with the contractor (BCC, including the Waste Management Team and the Public Health Food Team) and the H2020 Food Trails team. The provider will also be required to deliver a formative and summative evaluation of all pilot activity. This will also require establishing links with existing composting projects in Birmingham to collect data from their activity to provide a compelling case to BCC Waste Management team. The ultimate goal is to achieve a roll out of pilot activity across Birmingham.

Applications from consortiums will be looked upon favourably, although the pilot will be led by a single provider who will be the accountable body for project activity.

As specified in the Environment Act 2021, all councils will be required to make weekly collections of food waste from 2023, so the learning from this pilot is timely.

The H2020 Food Trails project is led by the Council's European and International Affairs (E&IA) team with strategic and policy input from Public Health. Food Trails is being delivered over four years from October 2020 to September 2024.

Timeline for Food Trails Food Waste Pilot contract delivery:
Contract awarded October 2022
3 months set up phase October - December 2022
Benchmark data collected - January 2023
12 months pilot delivery - January 2023-December 2023
Impact data collected - by January 2024
Pilot evaluation delivered - April 2024

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Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : EU

Funding Description

European and International Affairs

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Manjit Samrai

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 0349

Email

manjit.samrai@birmingham.gov.uk