Award

The Provision of a Waste Recovery and Disposal Service

  • Newcastle City Council

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-015262

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-050342

Published 15 April 2025, 2:13pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Newcastle City Council

Civic Centre

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE18QH

Contact

Andrew Richardson

Email

andrew.richardson@newcastle.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1912116936-26936

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC22 - Tyneside

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.newcastle.gov.uk

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

The Provision of a Waste Recovery and Disposal Service

Reference number

000171

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short 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.

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: £90,279,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC22 - Tyneside
Main site or place of performance

Byker Resource Recovery Centre

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

N/A

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

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.

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

Contract No

000171

Title

The provision of a waste recovery and disposal service

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

15 April 2025

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

SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd

SUEZ House, Grenfell Road, Maidenhead

Berkshire

SL6 1ES

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKC22 - Tyneside
Companies House

SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £90,279,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £90,279,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The High Court of England and Wales

Technology and Construction Court, 7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane

London

EC4A 1NL

Country

United Kingdom