Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Perth & Kinross Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Cireco (Scotland) LLP
- Value
- £15,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Refuse and waste related services (CPV 90500000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 000745-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date16 Dec 2025
- Published6 Jan 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
Perth and Kinross Council (the "Council") intends to award a contract for the treatment of approximately 40000 tonnes per annum of residual waste to Cireco (Scotland) LLP following the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition under regulation 33(1)(c) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016. Regulation 33(1)(c) is applicable in this case due to the Council's current contract for the treatment of residual waste being terminated early after the current contractor informing the Council that due to changes in circumstances, it will not be able to dispose of all the Council's residual waste in a way that fully complies with the biodegradable waste to landfill ban which is due to come into force on 31 December 2025. Due to the essential nature of the services provided to the Council by the current contractor (waste treatment) and the unforeseen circumstances of the current contractor being unable to comply with the biodegradable waste to landfill …
About the supplier
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