AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Elmbridge Borough Council, acting with Mole Valley District Council, Surrey Heath Borough Council and Woking Borough Council, awarded a joint waste collection and street-cleaning services contract to VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED. The published contract record states a start date of 28 August 2026 and a net value of £526,947,718 (£632,337,262 gross).
Published outcomeOne active award (award ID 1) is recorded for VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED. The contract documentation is explicitly identified as signed in the supplied record.
Market significanceThis is a high-value, multi-council environmental-services procurement covering waste collection and street cleaning.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 526947718 GBP · active award
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Verified supplier identity: company number 02481991. Award ID 1 names this supplier and has status active. The £526,947,718 net value is recorded at contract level for award ID 1.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Award announced
98% confidence3 August 2026
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Award ID 1 has award_date 2026-08-03; release history records a Contract award notice on that date.
Contract details published
96% confidence28 September 2026
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Release history records a Contract details notice on Find a Tender dated 2026-09-28.
Contract start
98% confidence28 August 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate is 2026-08-28.
Later notice
99% confidence12 October 2026
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A Contract change notice was published on 2026-10-12; its stated rationale says it is an addendum to attach redacted contract documents, not a modification of the contract.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value (net)
99% confidence£526,947,718
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Contract 1 value.amount is 526947718 GBP.
Contract value (gross)
99% confidence£632,337,262
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 632337262 GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceThe published value is recorded for contract/award ID 1; no lot-level value breakdown is supplied.
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Contract 1 contains one overall value and the supplied lots array is empty.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
98% confidence3 August 2026
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Award ID 1 award_date.
Contract start date
98% confidence28 August 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate.
Contract end date
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract end date is supplied.
Change-notice publication
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract notice document 096050-2026 datePublished and process source_updated_at.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service scope
99% confidenceJoint waste collection and street cleaning services.
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Process title and description.
Participating authorities
99% confidenceElmbridge Borough Council, Mole Valley District Council, Surrey Heath Borough Council and Woking Borough Council.
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Process description and buyer parties.
Lot structure
97% confidenceAward is associated with lot ID 1; no lot title or detailed lot description is supplied.
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Award ID 1 lot_ids_json contains ["1"]; supplied lots array is empty.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceCompetitive flexible procedure
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Process description and procurement_method_details.
Procurement method
95% confidenceSelective
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process.procurement_method is selective.
Competition information
99% confidenceNumber of bids, bidder identities, evaluation scores and award rationale are unknown.
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
94% confidenceActive award / contract record
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Award ID 1 status is active; process display status is awarded.
Signed contract documentation
99% confidenceFour documents are designated contractSigned in the contract record.
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Contract 1 documents A-23963 to A-23966 each have documentType contractSigned.
Start date
98% confidence28 August 2026
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Contract 1 period.startDate.
End date and extension terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No end date, duration or extension options are supplied.
October 2026 notice effect
99% confidenceAdministrative addendum, not a stated contract modification.
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The amendment rationale explicitly says the notice does not describe a modification and was used to attach a redacted contract.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
97% confidenceA single recorded award covers a joint service requirement for four councils.
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One award and one supplier are supplied; the process description identifies four participating councils.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceThe published net and gross values should be treated as contract-level figures for the single recorded award, not as allocations among the four authorities or service components.
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Contract 1 provides aggregate values, with no authority-level or service-level breakdown.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Notice classification
99% confidenceThe latest notice is labelled a contract change notice, but its rationale says it is an addendum to attach redacted contract documents and does not describe a contract modification.
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Amendment rationale for notice 096050-2026.
Missing commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice data: end date, duration, extension terms, pricing breakdown, lot title, lot scope and lot-level values.
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Relevant fields are absent or the supplied lots array is empty.
Missing competition detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice data: bid count, bidder identities, evaluation information and reasons for award.
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No such fields are supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No explicit contract end date, duration, extension options or renewal terms are published, so renewal timing cannot be estimated.
- No bid count, bidder list, evaluation results, award rationale or savings information is supplied.
- Lot ID 1 is referenced, but no lot title, lot description or lot-level value is supplied.
- No breakdown allocates the contract value between participating councils, waste collection and street-cleaning services, or other components.
- The latest notice is technically labelled a contract change notice, although its stated rationale says it is an administrative addendum rather than a contract modification.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITEDElmbridge Borough CouncilMole Valley District CouncilSurrey Heath Borough CouncilWoking Borough Councilwaste collectionstreet cleaningpublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the joint waste collection and street cleaning contract?
VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED, verified against company number 02481991.
What is the published contract value?
The contract record gives a net value of £526,947,718 and a gross value of £632,337,262.
When did the contract start?
The published contract record gives a start date of 28 August 2026.
Did the October 2026 notice modify the contract?
The stated rationale says it did not describe a modification; it was used to attach redacted contract documents.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.