Home / Opportunities / Opportunity
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Transportation and Processing of Dry Mixed Recycling

Stoke on Trent City Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 18:36.

Opportunity overview

The Council requires a contractor to provide the collection, haulage, sorting, processing and onward marketing/reprocessing of approximately 18,500 tonnes of Dry Mixed Recycling (DMR) per annum, collected from approximately 160,000 residential properties through the Council's kerbside recycling service. Annual tonnage is expected to increase towards approximately 20,000 tonnes per annum. The DMR will be supplied by the Council at Federation Road Transfer Station, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 4HU, or an alternative Council-nominated location within North Staffordshire where required. The Contractor must provide sufficient haulage capacity to collect the material, currently approximately three loaded trailers per day, Monday to Thursday, with additional capacity to manage seasonal and Christmas peaks. The Contractor must provide and maintain the required empty trailer capacity at the Council's nominated delivery point. The Contractor must transport the DMR to a suitably licensed and permitted processing facility, where it must be sorted and processed into recyclable material streams suitable for onward sale and reprocessing. The resulting Sorted Output Materials (SOM) must be transported to suitably licensed merchants, reprocessors or other approved end destinations. Non-recyclable materials, contamination and process residues must be managed in accordance with the waste hierarchy, with the service designed to maximise diversion from landfill. Energy from Waste should be used for contaminants and process residues where practicable. The Contractor must provide suitable licensed and permitted processing facilities, contingency arrangements, certified weighing facilities and full traceability of the DMR from collection through processing to its final destination. The service must include monthly reporting of tonnage, material composition, contamination, processing destinations and weighbridge information, together with waste composition analysis. The service must be delivered in compliance with all applicable waste, environmental and permitting legislation, including the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010. Any alternative processing or contingency arrangements required to maintain service continuity must be provided at no additional cost to the Council. Summary: What is required: collection, haulage, sorting, processing and marketing/reprocessing of DMR. Amount: approximately 18,500 tonnes per year, increasing towards 20,000 tonnes. Where/how supplied by the Council: Federation Road Transfer Station, with an alternative North Staffordshire location if required. How the contractor must supply the service: approximately 3 loaded trailers per day, Monday-Thursday, sufficient trailer capacity, processing at licensed facilities, sorting into recyclable streams and onward delivery to licensed end destinations. How non-recyclables are dealt with: waste hierarchy, maximum landfill diversion and EfW where practicable. Key delivery requirements: licensed facilities, contingency, weighing, traceability and reporting

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Matiq Group Ltd

Matched by number
Published award value
£2.1m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 16699747
Location
Sheffield, UKE32, S4 7QX, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
HDG/2022/226
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The Council considers a direct award to MATIQ Group Ltd to be justified under the Procurement Act 2023 on the grounds of extreme and unavoidable urgency arising from unforeseeable circumstances. The voluntary liquidation of the incumbent contractor and the loss of its principal processing facility created an immediate risk to the continuity of the Council's statutory recycling service, which could not reasonably have been foreseen and which does not allow sufficient time to conduct a competitive procurement exercise. MATIQ Group Ltd (appointed by the previous provider) has already demonstrated the necessary capacity, capability and compliance through existing contingency arrangements. An 18-month term is proposed as a proportionate interim arrangement to safeguard continuity of a statutory waste collection service while the Council undertakes the necessary market assessment, governance and procurement activity for the longer-term solution, and allows greater clarity to emerge regarding the wider strategic environment in which those longer-term arrangements will operate. The period provides a realistic and controlled timeframe to develop the future procurement strategy, complete the required approvals and allow sufficient time for any subsequent provider to mobilise effectively. This approach balances the immediate statutory service requirement with the Council's obligation to achieve a robust, competitive and sustainable longer-term procurement outcome.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Stoke on Trent City Council
Id
GB-PPON-PDQZ-1442-RZTZ

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDQZ-1442-RZTZ

Address

Street Address
Civic Centre, Glebe Street
Locality
Stoke-on-Trent
Postal Code
ST4 1HH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG23

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Matiq Group Ltd
Id
GB-COH-16699747

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
16699747

Address

Street Address
DSM House Garter Street
Locality
Sheffield
Postal Code
S4 7QX
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE32

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
90514000
Description
Refuse recycling services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG23
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
2,520,000
Amount
2,100,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-16699747
Name
Matiq Group Ltd

Contract period

Starts
11 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
6 Mar 2028, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
086395-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
11 Sept 2026, 12:58
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
11 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Stoke-on-Trent · UKG23 · ST4 1HH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 086395-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·