Contract for Waste Disposal - Hanford Energy Recovery Facility

Official notice

Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG2)

Awarded value£26,700,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 10 Mar 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Stoke-on-Trent City Council

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Staffordshire County Council have secured short term arrangements (April 2025 - March 2030) for the disposal of waste in the North of Staffordshire. The waste supply agreement has been developed with Stoke on Trent City Council to provide continuity to an existing partnership arrangement that expires in March 2025. As the Waste Disposal Authority, Staffordshire County Council has a statutory obligation to provide waste disposal solutions for the waste collected at the kerbside by the Waste Collection Authorities i.e. the District and Borough Councils.

CPV: Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The Services agreement has been made on the basis it can be demonstrated (in…Awarded

The Services agreement has been made on the basis it can be demonstrated (in accordance with Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) that the required service can only be provided by particular provider (in this case, SOTCC) because competition is absent for technical reasons. Additional information: This is a 5 year contract. No options to extend within the contract.

Delivery: West Midlands

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 31 Mar 2025, 14:43 BST
Last source update: 31 Mar 2025, 14:43 BST
Authority reference: IA3561
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-012034
Classification (CPV): Refuse and waste related services
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG2)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fab8 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: The agreement has been made on the basis it can be demonstrated (in accordance with Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) that the required service can only be provided by particular provider (in this case, SOTCC) because competition is absent for technical reasons.
Waste industry focused Technically, Environmentally and Economically Practicable (TEEP) analysis has been undertaken to demonstrate the technical reasons that the competition is absent. Of the 55,000 tonnes (t) of statutory residual waste delivered to the Hanford ERF by SCC, approximately 35,000t are direct delivered via Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs), with the remaining 20,000t delivered via transfer stations.
For the 35,000t direct delivered material, it is not operationally viable to transport this waste long distances on RCVs without substantially impacting the WCAs waste operations and negatively impacting residents' kerbside bin collections. Consequently, the disposal solution needs to accommodate short haulage distances for direct delivered material or include the provision of a suitable local transfer station with sufficient capacity, availability and flexibility for this material.
The remaining 20,000t delivered via transfer stations is committed as balancing tonnage at SCC's other ERF facilities to manage availability obligations and thus requires substantial flexibility to meet SCC's existing contractual agreements.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £26,700,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 10 Mar 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	£26,700,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract for Waste Disposal - Hanford Energy Recovery Facility · Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Signed
10 Mar 2025
Value
£26,700,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Staffordshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street,, Stafford, West Midlands, ST162DHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Stoke-on-Trent City CouncilAwarded supplier Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke on Trent, West Midlands, ST4 1HH

Official documents & specifications

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