Planning

Provision of Biofiltration Woodchip Media

  • LANCASHIRE RENEWABLES LIMITED

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-044307

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-056921

Published 30 July 2025, 2:13pm



Scope

Reference

KM/LRL/25/013

Description

Lancashire Renewables Ltd (LRL) is a company owned wholly by Lancashire Country Council and Blackpool Council. LRL operates two waste treatment facilities in Leyland and Thornton. Each site is approximately 40 acres and contains numerous buildings responsible for the receival and processing of household and residual waste (circa 400,000 tonnes p.a.). Waste is either transported into the offtake market for further processing/ recycling or to landfill when necessary. LRL's key objectives are to receive, treat and transport contract waste in accordance with the targets and service requirements set out in the Service Level Agreement between LRL and Lancashire County Council.

As part of its day-to-day operations, LRL operates several closed biofilters at each of its two sites based in Leyland (PR26 6TB) and Thornton (FY5 7RY). Each biofilter contains multiple cells, and each cell houses approximately 500m3 of woodchip media. The closed biofilters are part of LRL's odour abatement system and they remove obnoxious odours from the internal airstream before emission into the external atmosphere. The internal air is drawn through the bed of woodchip that is inoculated and populated with sulphate loving bacteria.

The key criteria for woodchip media used in biofilters for odour control revolve around material composition, physical properties, and durability to ensure optimal microbial activity and long-term performance.

Should you be interested in this tender opportunity and would like further information, please visit the Chest portal https://www.the-chest.org.uk/)

After logging in choose organisation Lancashire Renewables Limited, and navigate to Project information - DN784144.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028
  • Possible extension to 1 January 2032
  • 6 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Goods

CPV classifications

  • 03417000 - Scrap wood
  • 42514000 - Machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying gases
  • 42912000 - Liquid filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus

Contract locations

  • UKD4 - Lancashire

Engagement

Engagement deadline

29 August 2025

Engagement process description

Should you be interested in this tender opportunity, please contact us via procurement@lancashirerenewables.co.uk

The tender opportunity is planned for advertisement circa October-November 2025 on Lancashire Renewable's e-tender portal. If you are interested in tendering for this opportunity, please ensure that you register at the following address: The Chest: North West Procurement Portal (https://www.the-chest.org.uk/)

Interested parties are reminded that the new public sector procurement regulations come into force on 24/02/2025. The tender opportunity is planned as an open tender procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Please see the following resource for further information and note that you will need to be registered on the UK Government's 'Central digital Platform' to tender for our opportunity: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-guidance-documents-procure-phase/guidance-central-digital-platform-and-publication-of-information-html


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Contracting authority

LANCASHIRE RENEWABLES LIMITED

  • Companies House: 05881147
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYPB-7495-RHWR

Environmental Education Centre, Farington Waste Recovery Park, Sustainability Way

Leyland

PR26 6TB

United Kingdom

Region: UKD45 - Mid Lancashire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government