Bin lorries contracts
UK public sector · 112 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026
Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts awarded
- 112
- Last 12 months
- Median contract
- £848k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £177m
- 106 of 112 main-service contracts have a published value
- Buyers
- 68
- Suppliers
- 18
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See which ones
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What stands out
- The five suppliers that won the most bin lorries contracts took 77% of them (86 of 112).
- The median contract, £848k, is 8.4 times the median across transport & logistics contracts (£101k).
- East Midlands had the most contracts: 17, or 15% of the total.
Who buys bin lorries
By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Nottinghamshire County Council10 contracts£4.3m
- 2Ubico Limited9 contracts£36.8m
- 3Castle Point Borough Council7 contracts£2.6m
- 4Wrexham County Borough Council6 contracts£4.2m
- 5East Suffolk Council5 contracts£3.2m
- 6Erewash Borough Council3 contracts£1.1m
- 7Wakefield Council2 contracts£14.0m
- 8Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council2 contracts£3.3m
- 9Bromsgrove District Council2 contracts£2.9m
- 10Lancaster City Council2 contracts£2.9m
Top bin lorries contractors by contracts won
The 12 months to 6 October 2026.
- 1Terberg Matec UK66 contracts£131m
- 2NTM_GB Ltd6 contracts£3.6m
- 3FAUN Zoeller5 contracts£8.2m
- 4Farid Hillend Engineering Limited5 contracts£5.1m
- 5Romaquip4 contracts£4.7m
- 6Endurance Vehicle Solutions4 contracts£1.4m
- 7Motus Group (UK)3 contracts£2.2m
- 8Leo Group Limited (Bell Truck & Van BLS Truck & Van)2 contracts£4.9m
- 9Euro Commercials2 contracts£1.7m
- 10Trest Ltd2 contracts£1.0m
Latest and largest awards
Each links to the official notice.
Latest
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council to Terberg Matec UK · Awarded 11 August 2026
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council to Terberg Matec UK · Awarded 11 August 2026
Ubico Limited to Romaquip · Awarded 7 August 2026
Ubico Limited to Romaquip · Awarded 7 August 2026
Gedling Borough Council to Farid Hillend Engineering Limited · Awarded 5 August 2026
Wrexham County Borough Council to Motus Group (UK) · Awarded 30 July 2026
Proc-26-36 | Purchase of 4 x narrow access 12 tonne recyclers (official notice, opens in a new tab)
£1.1m
Wrexham County Borough Council to Motus Group (UK) · Awarded 30 July 2026
East Suffolk Council to NTM_GB Ltd · Awarded 30 July 2026
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council to Terberg Matec UK · Awarded 27 July 2026
Erewash Borough Council to Terberg Matec UK · Awarded 23 July 2026
Largest
Wakefield Council to Terberg Matec UK · Awarded 12 March 2026
Bristol Waste Company to Terberg Matec UK · Awarded 26 June 2026
Ubico Limited to Terberg Matec UK · Awarded 7 May 2026
Ubico Limited to Terberg Matec UK · Awarded 7 May 2026
South Lanarkshire Council to supplier not published · Awarded 25 June 2026
Contracts awarded by quarter
Where the contracts were awarded
England 91 · Wales 14 · Scotland 7
What is included
Purchase of refuse collection vehicles and RCV bodies: 7.5t to 32t rear-end loaders, narrow and restricted-access RCVs, food waste and recycling collection vehicles.
- 7.5t to 32t RCVs
- Narrow-track and restricted access RCVs
- Food waste collection vehicles
- Recycling collection vehicles
- RCV bodies and bin lifts
- Rotopress and rear-steer RCVs
- Fitted options such as automatic chassis lubrication
What is not included
- RCV hire and contract hire (trn.fleet.hgv-municipal-and-specialist-vehicle-hire)
- RCV repair (trn.maint.outsourced-fleet-maintenance)
- Hook loaders and skip vehicles (trn.vehicle.trucks-tippers-and-hgvs)
- Waste collection rounds (another industry: waste-environment)