AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council has published a transparency notice for a proposed direct award to KEN MILLS ENGINEERING LIMITED for additional recycling sorting equipment and installation. The award remains pending, with a future signature date scheduled; the notice does not confirm that a contract has been signed or started.
Published outcomeOne pending award is identified for KEN MILLS ENGINEERING LIMITED. The published award value is £1,292,157.60 excluding VAT (£1,550,589.12 including VAT).
Market significanceThis is a direct award for equipment and installation integrated with an existing recycling plant. The stated rationale is compatibility and extension of a previously designed and supplied installation, rather than a standalone purchase.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
KEN MILLS ENGINEERING LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 1292157.60 GBP · pending
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Award 1 names Ken Mills Engineering LTD as supplier. Supplier verification identifies the legal company name as KEN MILLS ENGINEERING LIMITED, company number 02221710, via an exact-name match. The £1,292,157.60 value is published at award level.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice and award status
99% confidenceTransparency notice published; award status is pending
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The notice is a "Transparency notice on Find a Tender" published 2026-10-14. Award 1 has status "pending".
Contract conclusion status
99% confidenceNot confirmed as signed or concluded
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A future signature date of 2026-10-26 is scheduled; no signed-contract record is supplied.
Planned contract period
98% confidence1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Award 1 contractPeriod specifies startDate 2026-11-01 and endDate 2027-03-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value excluding VAT
99% confidence£1,292,157.60
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Award 1 value.amount is 1292157.6 GBP.
Award value including VAT
99% confidence£1,550,589.12
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 1550589.12 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceAward-level value; no separate lot value published
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The single award covers lot 1, while the lot record has no value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Transparency notice publication
99% confidence14 October 2026
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The award notice datePublished is 2026-10-14T09:07:49+01:00.
Scheduled signature date
99% confidence26 October 2026
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Award milestone type futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 2026-10-26T23:59:59+00:00.
Planned start date
98% confidence1 November 2026
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Award 1 contractPeriod startDate is 2026-11-01.
Planned end date
98% confidence31 March 2027
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Award 1 contractPeriod endDate is 2027-03-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceExtension and upgrade of an existing recycling processing line, including conveyors and compatible equipment
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The notice describes a new conveyor section to the same specification and design as the existing installation, with additional compatible equipment.
Award title
99% confidenceAdditional Recycling Sorting Equipment and Installation
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Award 1 title.
Categories
99% confidenceGoods, with associated services
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is goods and additionalProcurementCategories includes services.
Classification
99% confidenceRecycling equipment; installation services of machinery and equipment
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Award items list CPV 42914000 and CPV 51500000.
Delivery area
95% confidenceUKL17
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Award item delivery address region is UKL17.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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The tender procurementMethod and procurementMethodDetails are "direct" and "Direct award".
Direct-award rationale
98% confidenceIntegration, extension and compatibility with the existing plant previously designed and supplied
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The published rationale says the works are directly integrated with the existing plant and are not a standalone equipment purchase.
Legal rationale classification
95% confidenceAdditional/repeat/extension/partial replacement
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procurementMethodRationaleClassifications lists additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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No bidder count, competing suppliers, evaluation results or award scores are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Planned term
98% confidence1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Award 1 contractPeriod.
Signature status
99% confidenceFuture signature scheduled; signature not confirmed
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The only signature information is a scheduled futureSignatureDate of 26 October 2026.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot published
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No extension, option or renewal provisions are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceSingle pending direct award covering equipment and installation
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One award is listed, with goods as the main category and services as an additional category.
Integration dependency
98% confidenceCompatibility with the existing installation is central to the stated procurement rationale
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The rationale cites direct integration and matching the existing plant design and specification.
Pricing detail
99% confidenceNo itemised pricing or lot-level pricing published
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Only aggregate net and gross award values are supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award status requires care
99% confidenceThe award is pending, not evidenced as signed or active
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Award 1 status is pending and signature is only scheduled for a future date.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or standalone value
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The lot record contains null title, description and value fields.
Unpublished procurement detail
99% confidenceInformation on bids, scoring, evaluation, pricing breakdown and renewal terms was not supplied in the published notice
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No such fields or documents are included in the supplied data.
Supplier identity
99% confidenceSupplier identity is verified
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Verification status is verified, with an exact-name match to KEN MILLS ENGINEERING LIMITED, company number 02221710.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice records a pending award and scheduled signature date, so it does not evidence a signed, concluded or active contract.
- No bid count, evaluation scores, award decision date or reasons for supplier selection beyond the published direct-award rationale were supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- No extension, renewal, pricing breakdown or performance terms were supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Neath Port Talbot County Borough CouncilKEN MILLS ENGINEERING LIMITEDrecycling sorting equipmentdirect awardrecycling planttransparency notice
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is the proposed supplier?
The proposed supplier is KEN MILLS ENGINEERING LIMITED, verified as company number 02221710.
Has the contract been signed?
No signed contract is confirmed in the supplied notice. The award is pending and a signature date is scheduled for 26 October 2026.
What is the published value?
The award value is £1,292,157.60 excluding VAT and £1,550,589.12 including VAT.
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.