Awarded contract

Sale of Scrap Metals & Automotive Batteries

Details

Buyer: East Ayrshire Council
Supplier(s): Lowmac Alloys Limited, WRC Recycling Ltd
Value: £1,320,000
Topic: Refuse and waste related services
Published: 9 June 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Council is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement with several Service Providers who will ‘buy’ and collect from the Council, previously collected and segregated materials for recycling. The materials are broken down into 3 separate Lots: HWRC Scrap Metals, Housing Stock Scrap Metals and Automotive Batteries. Lot 1: Lot 1 - Sale of HWRC Scrap Metals Collect, process and recycle HWRC Scrap Metals. Lot 2: Lot 2 - Sale of Housing Stock Scrap Metals Collect, process and recycle Housing Stock Scrap Metals. Lot 3: Lot 3 - Sale of Automotive Batteries Collect, process and recycle Automotive Batteries.

Timeline

Completed: Award date27 May 2025
Completed: Award published9 June 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

East Ayrshire Council is a local authority run from Kilmarnock, with its own corporate procurement team. Public Contracts Scotland carries the council's advertised tenders, the national portal for public sector opportunities. Smaller purchases go through a Quick Quote process before larger contracts reach full tender. The council's Corporate Procurement Strategy sets out how the team applies procurement regulations and value for money. Standing Orders relating to Contracts and Financial Regulations govern every purchase. A free Supplier Development Programme runs workshops and Meet the Buyer events for businesses new to public sector bidding.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of East Ayrshire Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

90500000 · Refuse and waste related services
90514000 · Refuse recycling services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-ayrshire-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-ayrshire-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-ayrshire-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-ayrshire-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-ayrshire-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@east-ayrshire-council.gov