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title: "W2R Infrastructure Audit"
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# W2R Infrastructure Audit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/w2r-infrastructure-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-050a61). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Staffordshire County Council: "W2R Infrastructure Audit". Published status: complete. Contract 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:** [Staffordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/staffordshire-county-council-ons-e10000028)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £39,400 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/w2r-infrastructure-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-050a61#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050a61`

## 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/w2r-infrastructure-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-050a61#tl-md)

## Description
Staffordshire County Council (SCC) procured and let a contract to Veolia ES Staffordshire Limited (Veolia) in 2010 for the design, build and operation of an Energy Recovery Facility (ERF), W2R to incinerate statutory waste and generate electricity. 
SCC are also the lead Partner in and have an IAA with Warwickshire County Council, Sandwell Council and Walsall Council. 
Veolia are contractually responsible for the maintenance of the Plant but the hand back requirements are the facility to be in physical and operational condition capable of operating with no more than routine maintenance. Ensuring a minimum residual operational life expectancy without major replacement by 31st March 2044.
Veolia have requested that they reduce the planned maintenance outage to biennial rather than annually, in line with their other facilities. 
SCC and Partners agreed to trial this and monitor impact. 
We need to seek reassurance that this reduction is reasonable and effective to protect our asset. 
There are limited organisations/ businesses due to the technical specialism of our requirements. We are asking for a desk top review of the last outage report, 2 years ago, maintenance records over the last 2 years and reviewing the May 2025 maintenance outage plan. We are also asking for a physical inspection of the Plant during the outage when it will be accessible whilst the boilers are off.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71621000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ricardo PLC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-181379`
  - Value: £39,400 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £39,400
  - Signed Date: 29/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018069-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-30T13:54:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:36:01.039Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050a61