Local Authority Trading Company

A Local Authority Trading Company (LATC) is a company wholly owned by a Waste Collection Authority or Waste Disposal Authority to operate certain waste services. This is an an alternative to the out sourcing of services to a private waste management company or the delivery of the services by an in house delivery team within the Authority.

The LATC is often referred to as a Teckal company. The term ‘Teckal’ comes from a particular legal case and the test on whether a local authority owned company qualifies for the ‘Teckal’ exemption in the EU Procurement Regulations i.e. the Authority can pass the work to the company without having to put it out to competitive tender. In Scotland the same arrangement is known as an Arm’s Length External Organisation (ALEOs).