Contract awardedRecycling collection

Contract for Waste Collection, HWRC and Material Management and Street Cleansing Services

Kerbside collection of residual, dry recycling, food, garden (chargeable), bulky, textile, small electrical, commercial and clinical waste; operation of a waste transfer station and household waste and recycling centres; haulage of residual and bulky waste; management of collected materials including sale or disposal; street cleansing including jet washing, beach and foreshore cleansing, graffiti removal and dead animal removal. Depots, transfer station and HWRC sites to be leased or licensed to the contractor, with two waste collection service delivery options required in the detailed solution.

Awarded value
£360m
As published
Published
9 March 2023
Awarded
13 May 2025
SUEZ
Contract length
96 months
Ends 4 April 2033

What the contract covers

Service contract

Provision of waste, recycling and street cleansing services including household waste and recycling centre operation for a unitary council.

  • Collect household residual waste, dry recycling, food waste, chargeable garden waste, bulky waste, textiles, small electrical appliances, other non-domestic waste and recycling, commercial waste and dry recycling, and clinical waste
  • Operate a waste transfer station
  • Operate household waste and recycling centres
  • Manage materials collected at the kerbside, household waste and recycling centres and through fly tipping, including sale or disposal for recycling or treatment
  • Provide street cleansing including litter and detritus cleansing, jet washing, bus-shelter cleaning, washing footpaths and other specified areas, weed control, beaches and foreshores cleaning, graffiti and fly-posting removal, removal of fly-tipped and abandoned waste, hazardous-waste and chemical-spill response, litter-bin services, seasonal-fall removal, trolley removal, dead-animal removal, rapid response and road-traffic-accident response, special-event services, lake-litter removal, deep cleansing and chewing-gum removal, and erection of signs

Terms and requirements

Contract type
Service contract
Procedure
Selective procedure
Contract dates
5 April 2025 to 4 April 2033
Certifications asked for
None stated
TUPE
Applies
Lots
1
Suitable for SMEs
Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises
Yes
Category
Services
CPV codes
90000000, 50700000, 90510000, 90524100

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Southend-on-Sea City Council

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Cite this contract

Link
https://bidskim.com/tender/147703/award-of-contract-for-waste-collection-hwrc-and-material-management-and-street-c
Buyer reference
SOSBC001-DN655255-16559194
Open contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-768f41a9-e865-452f-bc0b-84fcbcb42b12
Last checked
5 November 2026

Southend-on-Sea City Council. Contract for Waste Collection, HWRC and Material Management and Street Cleansing Services. Contract award, 9 March 2023. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/147703/award-of-contract-for-waste-collection-hwrc-and-material-management-and-street-c (accessed 5 November 2026).