Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 15 Apr 2025, 14:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Provision of a Waste Recovery and Disposal Service

Official notice

Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£90,279,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This VEAT notice is in respect of a proposed modification to extend and make a minor amendment to Newcastle City Council's existing contract for the treatment and disposal of household waste. The contracting authority is not awarding a new contract.

CPV: Refuse and waste related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1

N/A

Delivery: North East · Byker Resource Recovery Centre

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
15 Apr 2025, 14:13 BST
Last source update
15 Apr 2025, 14:13 BST
Authority reference
000171
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015262
Classification (CPV)
Refuse and waste related services
Delivery area
North East (UKC22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050342 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

The authority is proposing to execute a variation to its residual waste contract with SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd (formerly known as SITA GB Limited) dated 2 April 2001 which it awarded following the publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the EU in 1999 (Original Contract). The estimated value of the Original Contract was £90m (in 2001 prices).

This will formally extend the contract for a minimum of two years (terminating on 31 March 2028) and for a maximum of five years (with a long stop expiry date of 31 March 2031).

The other minor amendment is to acknowledge the anticipated legislative changes in respect of extension of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to waste incineration.

The contracting authority is currently in procurement (alongside six other local authorities) for a longer-term contractor to Design, Build, Finance and Operate an energy recovery facility for the treatment and disposal of this waste. This limited contract extension will provide flexibility for the contracting authority and ensure continuity of service provision for

the treatment of non-recycled waste until such time as the successful contractor takes responsibility for the management of the waste under the new longer-term contract.

The contracting authority considers that the modification is permitted by Regulation 71(1)(e) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as a modification which is not substantial. The proposed extension of the contract is based otherwise on substantively the existing terms and conditions and does not render the contract materially different in character, change the economic balance of the contract or considerably extend its scope, The contracting authority does not consider that if the contract had originally been advertised to include this extension that it would have attracted and different participants or candidates or that the outcome of the original procurement would have been any different.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £90,279,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd£90,279,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Newcastle City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East, NE18QHContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.