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# VEAT Notice - South West Kent Waste Partnership – Waste Services Contract 2019

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/veat-notice-south-west-kent-waste-partnership-waste-services-contract-2019-ocds-h6vhtk-03b1cb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Tunbridge Wells Borough Council: "VEAT Notice - South West Kent Waste Partnership – Waste Services Contract 2019". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Tunbridge Wells Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/tunbridge-wells-borough-council-ons-e07000116)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Refuse and waste related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ46
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £121,340,555 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b1cb`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/veat-notice-south-west-kent-waste-partnership-waste-services-contract-2019-ocds-h6vhtk-03b1cb#tl-md)

## Description
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (“TMBC”) and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council (“TWBC”) (together “the Partnership”) awarded a contract to Urbaser Ltd and Urbaser SAU (“Urbaser”) for recycling and refuse collection services and street cleansing services across the local authority areas covered by the Partnership (“the Contract”). The procurement leading to the award of the Contract was advertised in the OJEU (Contract Notice 2018/S 023-048722). Details can be found in the Contract Notice and Contract Award Notice (2019/S 060-139796).
The contract is for a term of 8 years with an option to extend twice; the first extension for either up to 2 years or 8 years and the second extension for a period of 2 years but only if the contract has already been extended for 8 years.
The estimated total value of the Contract is £121,340,554.85 (excluding VAT).
The Partnership is intending to modify the Contract as described in this Notice.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The Contract commenced in March 2019 with an initial term of 8 years. The estimated value of the Contract was £121,340,554.85 (excl. VAT). The services have been affected by the nationwide shortage of HGV drivers, as a result of which the garden wast...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** South West Kent Waste Partnership – Waste Services Contract 2019 (active)
  - Award id: `007049-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Urbaser Ltd and Urbaser SAU**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-77236`
  - Value: £121,340,555 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** South West Kent Waste Partnership – Waste Services Contract 2019 (active)
  - Signed Value: £121,340,555
  - Signed Date: 24/09/2018

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007049-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-10T12:35:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T04:43:11.980Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b1cb