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Reception, Haulage, Reuse and Recycling Centres Contract (RHRRC Contract)

East London Waste Authority

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

17 Jul 2026 at 12:46

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

30 Jun 2025 at 16:08

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

East London Waste Authority procured a single, integrated waste management service covering East London, including Barking and Dagenham and neighbouring authority areas. The scope includes receiving, handling, bulking, transferring and hauling waste; operating and maintaining waste transfer stations at Frog Island and Jenkins Lane; and operating recycling and reuse centres at Jenkins Lane, Chigwell Road, Frizlands Lane and Gerpins Lane. It also covers a Circular Economy Hub for preparing and selling reusable items, onward transport and treatment of residual, dry recyclable, garden and food waste, recycling and reuse of mixed residual waste, bring-bank sites, waste education, promotional services, POPs waste shredding, and site improvement and rectification works. This is a large-scale waste treatment, transport and facility operations service for the Authority and its constituent councils.

The procurement is complete following a competitive flexible procedure using a selective route, with one lot and four valid final-stage bids. Veolia ES (UK) Limited was selected on 17 July 2026, subject to a standstill period ending 28 July 2026; the award status is recorded as pending. The award value is £373,000,000 excluding VAT (£447,600,000 including VAT). The contract is due to start on 7 August 2026 and run until 31 March 2038, with an option to extend for up to five years, giving a maximum end date of 31 March 2043. Evaluation was based on quality weighted at 60% and price at 40%. Participation required legal, financial and technical capacity, with electronic submissions permitted in English.

This award demonstrates demand for suppliers able to manage a complex, integrated municipal waste operation rather than a single disposal or haulage service. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need experience operating waste transfer stations, recycling and reuse centres, bring-bank facilities and associated logistics, together with the ability to coordinate waste reception, storage, haulage, treatment, recycling and reuse across multiple sites. Relevant capability also includes managing POPs waste, delivering public-facing education and promotional activity, and undertaking site improvement works. The four final-stage bidders were all large waste-sector businesses, indicating that the buyer expects substantial operational capacity, financial resilience, technical competence and the ability to manage interfaces with other waste contracts and changing waste policy.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Reception, Haulage, Reuse and Recycling Centres Contract (RHRRC Contract)

Notice Description

Following a competitive flexible procurement (see Tender Notice (2025/S 000-036219) for further details), East London Waste Authority has selected a contractor for the provision of the following services: * Waste transfer services, including the receipt, handling, bulking, transfer and haulage of Contract Waste, including any internal movements between Authority Sites; * Operation and maintenance of the Authority Waste Transfer Stations (WTSs) (located at Frog Island and Jenkins Lane), to provide reception, storage and bulking of Contract Waste delivered by the Constituent Councils; * Operation and maintenance of the RRCs (located at Jenkins Lane, Chigwell Road, Frizlands Lane and Gerpins Lane); * The operation and maintenance of a Circular Economy Hub to prepare and sell items suitable for Reuse; * Onward haulage of Contact Waste from the Authority Sites to Authority Contracted Sites for the treatment of Residual Waste, Dry Recycling, Garden Waste and Food Waste; * Onward haulage and Treatment of RHRRC Contractor Retained Waste; * Repair, preparation, Recycling and Reuse of Mixed Residual Waste; * Management and operation of the Bring Bank Sites; * Provision of waste education and promotional services; * Management, including shredding, of Waste Containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs); and * Site improvement and rectification works. The contract value is approximately PS373,000,000 (excluding VAT) over the full contract term. The contract is expected to commence on 07 August 2026 (contract commencement), with the service commencement date expected to commence on 23 December 2027. The initial term of the contract is for 10 years and 3 months from the service commencement date to 31 March 2038, with an option to extend for a period or periods of up to five additional years from expiry of the initial term. The estimated value is based on a number of assumptions relating to future waste arisings and indexation. Therefore, the estimated value is not necessarily the final value of the contract and ELWA reserves the right to vary this contract value (either higher or lower) in the event the scope of the contract varies throughout its term. It is intended as a guide, and the actual value is intended to cover delivery of ELWA's requirements over the full possible term. Also note that the award decision date included in this notice - 17 July 2026 - is the date the Authority approved the decision to award the contract. Assessment summaries were circulated to bidders on 17 July 2026.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: Details of the primary scope of services and works required for this contract are included in this notice, the procurement documents and draft contract. However, the scope of the procurement is also intended to cover ancillary services and works required to deliver the RHRRC Contract over its full possible term. This could include services and works related to those set out in the draft procurement documents and contract but not explicitly stated. In addition, the actual scope of services and works required could be narrower than set out above.

Renewal: The contract is expected to commence on 26 June 2026, with service commencement expected to commence on 23 December 2027. The initial term of the contract slightly exceeds 10 years and 3 months from the service commencement date (to 31 March 2038), with an option to extend for up to five additional years from expiry of the initial term. The contract, and this procurement, is intended to cover any extension in the period between commencement and service commencement, so the total term of the contract may exceed this estimate.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-055634
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067776-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

45222100 - Waste-treatment plant construction work

45233200 - Various surface works

90512000 - Refuse transport services

90513100 - Household-refuse disposal services

90513200 - Urban solid-refuse disposal services

90533000 - Waste-tip management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£372,800,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£372,800,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
£373,000,000 £100M-£1B
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
18 Jul 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
7 Aug 2026 - 1 Apr 2038 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
East London Waste Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E15 2ST
Postcode Area
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI41 Hackney and Newham
Delivery Location
TLI41 Hackney and Newham, TLI52 Barking & Dagenham and Havering, TLI53 Redbridge and Waltham Forest
Local Authority
Newham
Electoral Ward
Stratford
Westminster Constituency
Stratford and Bow

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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