Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Burnley Borough Council
Town Hall, Manchester Road
BURNLEY
BB119SA
Contact
Chris Gay
Telephone
+44 1282477163
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD46 - East Lancashire
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Waste and Cleansing Contract, Burnley Borough Council
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Delivery of residual and recyclable (including green waste) waste collection services to all eligible households within the Authority area and street cleansing services, including management of the transfer of collected materials to Authority designated delivery sites.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £2,695,815
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 90514000 - Refuse recycling services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
Main site or place of performance
Burnley, Lancashire.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Urbaser Ltd is the Council's existing contractor under its waste and cleansing contract. This contract commenced in June 2015 on an initial eight-year term and has since been extended for an additional two years to 31st May 2025. Due to ongoing uncertainty around the implementation of the recently announced Government waste reforms. This procurement shall extend the existing services to be performed by Urbaser for a further ten months, to 31st March 2026, with an option to extend for an additional twelve months until 1st June 2027 if required. The extension was undertaken in accordance with the original contractual terms.
In addition, there is also currently disposal uncertainty (Burnley Borough Council operates within a two-tier waste authority system). The County Council, as the disposal authority, have advised collection authorities that the existing disposal arrangements (running to landfill) will cease on the 1st April 2026. The Borough Council is therefore required to seek their own disposal arrangements. As such, the extension is required to align these two significant service changes.
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.14) Additional information
The Council's current waste and cleansing contract covers the collection of residual and recyclable waste (including green waste) from eligible households within the Authority area and street cleansing services, including the transfer of collected material to Authority designated delivery sites. The Council has a statutory duty to provide these services and therefore needs to arrange for their provision beyond 31st May 2025, when the current contract is due to expire.
An extension of existing services is sought to allow time for the Council to receive greater clarity and financial assurance around the implementation of the recently announced Government waste reforms, in particular 'Simpler Recycling' and mandatory food waste collections, which are expected to come into force from 2026. An extension period of ten months, to 31st March 2026, shall enable the Council to better align future procurement for the services with the introduction of these reforms. The option to extend by an additional twelve months, to 1st April 2027, will provide flexibility should there be any further delays to the Government's indicative implementation timescales.
This extension of existing services will enable clarity on the operational and financial impacts of government reform and disposal arrangements; and provides the Authority with more control and cost certainty for a future procurement, ensuring that it is able to comply with its duty to obtain best value.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- Additional deliveries by the original supplier
Explanation:
As per section ii.2.4 & ii.2.14.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
5 February 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Urbaser Ltd
First Floor, Westmoreland House, 80 - 86 Bath Road
Cheltenham
GL53 7JT
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK - South West (England)
Companies House
03588422
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £2,695,815
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £2,695,815
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom