AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded and signed a below-threshold direct contract to WALKER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED for expert review of current and potential waste and recycling collection operating models.
Published outcomeOne active award and active contract are recorded for LOT-0000. The contract was signed on 6 October 2026 and starts on 12 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a £35,110 net (£42,132 gross) consultancy engagement procured without competition, with potential future stages subject to internal funding approval.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
WALKER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots LOT-0000 · Shared contract value: £35,110 net; £42,132 gross GBP · Verified supplier; active award
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Award 1 names Walker Resource Management Limited as supplier for LOT-0000. Supplier verification records an exact-name match to company number 06656979 and verified company name WALKER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED. Contract 1 records the stated total value for award 1.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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Process notice type and contract document description state “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Procurement status
98% confidenceComplete tender; active award and contract
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Tender status is “complete”; award 1 and contract 1 are both marked “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidence6 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-06.
Contract start
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-12.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value (net)
99% confidence£35,110
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Contract 1 value.amount is 35110 GBP.
Contract value (gross)
99% confidence£42,132
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 42132 GBP.
Threshold status
99% confidenceBelow threshold
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false; procurement method details state “Below threshold - without competition”.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence6 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-06.
Contract start
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-12.
Initial contract end
99% confidence26 February 2027
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-02-26T23:59:59Z.
Maximum stated extent date
99% confidence30 September 2027
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Contract 1 period maxExtentDate is 2027-09-30T23:59:59+01:00.
Notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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The contract document and process published_at record 2026-10-12.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceExpert services to review current and potential operating models for the Council’s waste and recycling collection service
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Process and tender description state this scope.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is services.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 79410000 — Business and management consultancy services
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Award item for LOT-0000 includes this CPV classification.
Lot
99% confidenceLOT-0000
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Award 1 and contract-linked award cover LOT-0000.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect procurement
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Tender procurementMethod is “direct”.
Competition basis
99% confidenceBelow threshold — without competition
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Tender procurementMethodDetails states “Below threshold - without competition”.
Bidder and evaluation information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence12 October 2026 to 26 February 2027
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Contract period startDate and endDate provide these dates.
Extension provision
98% confidenceExtension and additional value commitment for future stages are subject to internal approval of funding and an option being progressed
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Contract renewal description states this wording.
Maximum stated extent
99% confidenceUp to 30 September 2027
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Contract period maxExtentDate is 2027-09-30.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Buying signal
90% confidenceThe Council is using external consultancy to assess waste and recycling collection operating models, indicating an evidence-gathering and service-design stage rather than a published operational collection-service procurement.
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The stated requirement is an expert review of current and potential operating models.
Commercial structure
94% confidenceThe published value covers the recorded contract; future stages may require additional value commitment if approved.
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Contract value is £35,110 net and the renewal wording refers to “additional value commitment for future Stages” subject to approval.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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The supplied verification workflow records an exact-name match for WALKER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED, company number 06656979.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot title, description and individual lot value are not supplied
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LOT-0000 is identified, but its supplied title, description and value fields are null.
Competition detail
99% confidenceBid counts, bidder identities and evaluation information are not supplied in the published notice data
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No such fields are present in the supplied data.
Future-stage value
99% confidenceNo value is published for any potential extension or future stages
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The renewal text refers to additional value commitment, while no extension value is stated.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Information not supplied in the published notice: award decision date, tender deadline, bidder count, bid prices, evaluation method, scoring and reasons for supplier selection.
- LOT-0000 has no published title, description or individual lot value in the supplied data.
- The £35,110 net and £42,132 gross values are contract-level values; no separate allocation is published beyond the single recorded award and lot.
- Potential extension or future-stage activity is conditional, and no future-stage scope or value is published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough CouncilWALKER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LIMITEDwaste and recycling collection service reviewwaste collection consultancypublic procurementLOT-0000
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Barnsley waste and recycling collection service review contract?
WALKER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LIMITED won the active award for LOT-0000.
What is the value of the contract?
The published contract value is £35,110 net and £42,132 gross.
When does the contract run?
It starts on 12 October 2026 and has an initial end date of 26 February 2027. The stated maximum extent date is 30 September 2027, subject to the published extension provisions.
Was the requirement competitively tendered?
The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition.
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