AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Newcastle City Council has published a contract award notice naming three pending awardees for a ranked framework to collect, transport and dispose of highways construction waste. The notice does not evidence signed contracts; signature was scheduled for 30 October 2026.
Published outcomePending awards were published for Tynedale Roadstone Limited (£150,000 gross), Remondis Limited (£50,000 gross) and Biffa Waste Services Limited (£50,000 gross), all linked to lot 1.
Market significanceThe £250,000 gross aggregate of pending award values covers a regional North East waste-services framework with an initial two-year period and up to two additional 12-month extensions.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
3 supplier records analysed
TYNEDALE ROADSTONE LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots Lot 1 · 150000 GBP · Pending award
View supporting evidence
Award 1 names verified legal supplier TYNEDALE ROADSTONE LIMITED (company number 03729355), links it to lot 1, and reports £150,000 gross.
REMONDIS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 2 · Lots Lot 1 · 50000 GBP · Pending award
View supporting evidence
Award 2 names verified legal supplier REMONDIS LIMITED (company number 04696376), links it to lot 1, and reports £50,000 gross.
BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 3 · Lots Lot 1 · 50000 GBP · Pending award
View supporting evidence
Award 3 names verified legal supplier BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (company number 00946107), links it to lot 1, and reports £50,000 gross.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceContract award notice published; procurement marked complete, while all three awards remain pending.
View supporting evidence
Process display status is awarded and tender status is complete; awards 1, 2 and 3 each have status pending.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNot evidenced as concluded or signed.
View supporting evidence
Each award has a scheduled futureSignatureDate of 30 October 2026 and pending status.
Planned contract commencement
95% confidence2 November 2026.
View supporting evidence
All three pending awards state a contractPeriod startDate of 2026-11-02.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award 1 value
99% confidence£150,000 gross
View supporting evidence
Award 1 value.amountGross is 150000 GBP.
Award 2 value
99% confidence£50,000 gross
View supporting evidence
Award 2 value.amountGross is 50000 GBP.
Award 3 value
99% confidence£50,000 gross
View supporting evidence
Award 3 value.amountGross is 50000 GBP.
Aggregate pending award values
98% confidence£250,000 gross
View supporting evidence
Sum of the three separately reported pending award values: £150,000, £50,000 and £50,000.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender notice first published
98% confidence3 July 2026
View supporting evidence
Release history records tender notice 062714-2026 on 2026-07-03.
Tender submission deadline
99% confidence10 August 2026, 11:00 BST
View supporting evidence
Process submission_deadline is 2026-08-10T11:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Award notice 096826-2026 was published on 2026-10-14T10:14:39+01:00.
Standstill end
98% confidence23 October 2026 for awards 2 and 3; 26 October 2026 for award 1.
View supporting evidence
Award 1 standstill end is 2026-10-26T23:59:59Z; awards 2 and 3 state 2026-10-23T23:59:59+01:00.
Scheduled signature date
99% confidence30 October 2026
View supporting evidence
Each award records a futureSignatureDate milestone due 2026-10-30T23:59:59Z.
Initial period end
98% confidence1 November 2028
View supporting evidence
Each award contractPeriod endDate is 2028-11-01T23:59:59Z.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceCollection, transport and disposal of construction waste from the Highways Department's activities.
View supporting evidence
Tender description states this requirement.
Commercial vehicle
99% confidenceRanked framework of up to three suppliers.
View supporting evidence
Tender description states the council intends to establish a ranked framework of up to 3 suppliers.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne published lot, identified as lot 1; no lot title or detailed lot description supplied.
View supporting evidence
Tender contains lot 1 only; the lot record has no title or description.
Service classification
99% confidenceCPV 90500000 — Refuse and waste related services.
View supporting evidence
Each award item lists CPV 90500000.
Delivery geography
97% confidenceUKC (North East England region).
View supporting evidence
Each award item specifies delivery address region UKC.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen procedure.
View supporting evidence
Process procurement_method_details is Open procedure.
Framework
99% confidenceFramework agreement indicated.
View supporting evidence
Tender techniques.hasFrameworkAgreement is true.
Competition data
99% confidenceBidder count, evaluation scores and ranking methodology were not supplied.
View supporting evidence
No such fields appear in the published process or awards data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
95% confidence2 November 2026 to 1 November 2028, if contracts are concluded as scheduled.
View supporting evidence
All awards state those contractPeriod start and end dates, but are pending.
Extension provision
98% confidenceUp to two 12-month extensions.
View supporting evidence
Awards state hasRenewal true and renewal descriptions of “2 x 12 month extensions” or “2 x 12 months”.
Maximum stated term end
98% confidence2 November 2030, if all extensions are used.
View supporting evidence
Each award gives maxExtentDate 2030-11-02T23:59:59Z.
Standstill
99% confidenceA standstill period is recorded for each pending award.
View supporting evidence
Each award includes a standstillPeriod endDate.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award allocation
99% confidenceThe pending awards show a £150,000 gross value for Tynedale Roadstone Limited and £50,000 gross each for Remondis Limited and Biffa Waste Services Limited.
View supporting evidence
The three award records report these separate gross values.
Ranking interpretation
96% confidenceThe framework is described as ranked, but the published data does not explicitly map supplier order to the reported award values.
View supporting evidence
Tender description says ranked framework; award records do not state rank positions.
Market access
99% confidenceAll three pending awardees are attached to the same published lot and service classification.
View supporting evidence
Each award is related to lot 1 and lists CPV 90500000.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award status caution
99% confidenceAll three awards remain pending despite publication of a contract award notice; this is not evidence of signed or active contracts.
View supporting evidence
Awards 1–3 have status pending and a future signature milestone.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceAll three supplier identities were verified by company number, with no reported source-name mismatch.
View supporting evidence
Supplier verification status is verified for all three, using company_number matching.
Incomplete published commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes lot title, lot description, bidder count, scoring, pricing breakdown, call-off arrangements and ranking positions.
View supporting evidence
These fields are absent from the supplied lot, process and award data.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceValues are reported separately against pending awards and are gross amounts; the notice does not state whether they are guaranteed spend, ceilings, estimated spend or allocations under the framework.
View supporting evidence
Award value fields are amountGross; no value basis is supplied.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published record contains pending awards, not evidence of signed, concluded or active contracts.
- The notice does not state bidder numbers, scores, evaluation rationale, supplier rank positions or call-off allocation rules.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or standalone value.
- The purpose of the individual gross award values is not stated; they should not be interpreted as guaranteed spend or supplier ranking.
- No pricing schedule, waste-volume data or performance measures were supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Newcastle City Councilconstruction wastehighways wastewaste services frameworkTynedale Roadstone LimitedRemondis LimitedBiffa Waste Services Limited
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the pending awards?
Tynedale Roadstone Limited, Remondis Limited and Biffa Waste Services Limited were named in three pending awards.
What services does the framework cover?
It covers collection, transport and disposal of construction waste arising from Newcastle City Council Highways Department activities.
Have contracts been signed?
No signed contracts are evidenced. The awards are pending and the notice records a future signature date of 30 October 2026.
How long could the arrangement run?
The stated initial period runs to 1 November 2028, with up to two 12-month extensions and a stated maximum end date of 2 November 2030.
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.