Official UK procurement notice
Somerset County Waste and Recycling Services
Authority: Somerset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Refuse recycling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Somerset County Council ("Council") awarded a contract to Suez Recycling and Recovery…
Somerset County Council ("Council") awarded a contract to Suez Recycling and Recovery Limited ("Suez") in March 2020 following a procurement for project management services for the delivery of Waste Collection and Recycling Services for Somerset Waste Partnership formed by the County Council and District Councils. Council's municipal waste strategy and its landfill directive obligations to divert biodegradable municipal waste from landfill (the "Contract"). The procurement was advertised in OJEU Contract Notice (2004/S 174368-201).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Sept 2024, 10:05 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2024, 10:05 BST
- Authority reference
2004/S 174368-201- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028056- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd | £617,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028056-2024-DN309286-1 · SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd
- Signed
- 28 Mar 2020
- Value
- £617,000,000
- Status
- active
- Change increase in value, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Increase in the value of the contract in excess of the permitted tolerance. There have been a several commercial challenges since the start of the contract including Covid, and national driver shortages. Consequently, SUEZ have also disclosed significant losses on the contract, to the extent it has become unviable. SUEZ have advised that without a formal variation to the contract to increase payments, they will consider renouncing the contract. This would mean walking away from the contract, withdrawing all services and accepting the contractual consequences of paying the Council damages that arise (subject to contractual caps). The Council considers that it is essential to increase the value of the contract over its remaining term by £47,000,000 as a one of final settlement in order to make the contract viable for the supplier over the remainder of its term, and so protecting a statutory public service. Other options have been considered but it is considered that these are more expensive for the Authority or represents a greater risk. The modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract, which remains for the collection and recycling of waste in Somerset and continues to reflect the successful transition to "Recycle More". The increase in price is below 20% of the original (as-awarded) contract value for the initial 10 year term and so does not exceed (and is significantly less than) 50% of the value of the original contract.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Suez Recycling and RecoveryAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.