Awarded 1 October 2026
Clinical Waste Incinerator Services
West Midlands Ambulance Service RYA · West Midlands
Medical waste disposal tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
87 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
Get medical waste disposal tenders every morningStart by seeing every medical waste disposal contract we'd have matched you with last year. No card needed.
Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Medical waste disposal contracts ,
87 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest medical waste disposal contracts awarded
Awarded 28 September 2026
HTI & ATI Waste Disposal
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · Yorkshire and the Humber
Awarded 25 September 2026
Disposal of Needle and Syringe Provision Equipment and Waste
Hull City Council · Yorkshire and the Humber
Awarded 11 September 2026
CSP26839 - Waste collection and disposal services
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Awarded 3 September 2026
Healthcare Waste Collection, Treatment and Disposal Services
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust · North East
Who wins · 24 months to October 2026
PHS Group won the most medical waste disposal contracts
SRCL LTD won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsNHS and healthSchools and collegesOther public bodies
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHS Group East of England · See every contract | 20 | £1.7m | 15 | ||
| 2 | SRCL LTD South West · See every contract | 12 | £21.2m | 11 | ||
| 3 | Sharpsmart Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 9 | £9.7m | 6 | ||
| 4joint | Tradebe Wales · See every contract | 8 | £8.6m | 7 | ||
| 4joint | Veolia Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 8 | £5.3m | 8 | ||
| 6 | Medisort Limited South East · SME · See every contract | 7 | £6m | 6 | ||
| 7 | Grundon Waste Management Ltd London · See every contract | 4 | £804k | 4 | ||
| 8joint | SUEZ North East · See every contract | 3 | £1.5m | 3 | ||
| 8joint | Albus Environmental Ltd North East · SME · See every contract | 3 | £343k | 2 | ||
| 8joint | Rentokil Initial Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 3 | £163k | 2 |
27 more medical waste disposal contractors ranked. See the full ranking →
Win medical waste disposal contracts? Share your ranking.
Who buys
NHS and health award 37% of medical waste disposal contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
12 buyers bought medical waste disposal more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many medical waste disposal contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
See who they are and when they usually buy →
Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many medical waste disposal contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
CouncilsNHS and healthSchools and collegesOther public bodies
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Force Strategic Collaboration | 6 | £649k |
| 2 | Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 3 | £2.5m |
| 3 | NHS Suffolk/Norfolk commissioning bodies | 3 | £593k |
| 4 | West Sussex County Council | 2 | £9m |
| 5 | NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board | 2 | £1m |
| 6 | Cardiff University | 2 | £555k |
| 7 | West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | 2 | £500k |
| 8 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | 2 | £391k |
| 9 | University of Exeter | 2 | £176k |
| 10 | Plymouth City Council | 2 | £175k |
Prices
Half of medical waste disposal contracts are worth less than £241k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsNHS and healthSchools and collegesOther public bodies
The 10 biggest contracts hold 76% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation TrustSharpsmart · 21 Apr 2026
- NHS Property Services LimitedSRCL LTD · 18 Mar 2025
- NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care BoardTradebe · 2 Apr 2026
- NHS Devon Integrated Care BoardSRCL LTD · 22 May 2026
- West Sussex County CouncilMedisort Limited · 20 Dec 2024
- West Sussex County CouncilMedisort Limited · 10 Mar 2025
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation TrustSUEZ, Sharpsmart · 3 Sep 2026
- United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustSRCL LTD · 20 Dec 2024
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustVeolia · 20 Jan 2025
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustSharpsmart · 5 Mar 2026
Where and when
Yorkshire and the Humber awards the most medical waste disposal contracts. March and April are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
FewerMore contracts
See the regions as a table
| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 16 | £7.7m |
| East of England | 14 | £4.3m |
| South West | 10 | £17.7m |
| North East | 8 | £4.4m |
| London | 7 | £1.7m |
| South East | 7 | £10.7m |
| East Midlands | 5 | £7.1m |
| Wales | 4 | £1.1m |
| West Midlands | 3 | £657k |
| North West | 2 | £17.4m |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | Not published |
| Scotland | 0 | Not published |
Often bought with medical waste disposal
Deadlines
Half of medical waste disposal tenders close within 31 days of being published
Each dot is a medical waste disposal tender published across the UK in the last 24 months, by how many days it was open. 49% closed within a month. Spot one a week late and 23% of the time to respond has gone.
Hear about new medical waste disposal tenders the moment they're published →
Key findings
- 31 days
is how long the typical medical waste disposal tender is open, from publication to deadline.
Median of 39 UK medical waste disposal tenders published in the last 24 months. - 2
new medical waste disposal tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
43 in the last 24 months. - 76%
of the money is in the 10 biggest medical waste disposal contracts.
Of 68 contracts with a published value. - 31%
of medical waste disposal contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 70 award notices. - 41%
of medical waste disposal contracts are awarded in March and April.
36 of 87 contracts.
Questions
How many medical waste disposal contracts does the UK public sector award?
87 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 68 public buyers.
How long are medical waste disposal tenders open for?
The median medical waste disposal tender is open for 31 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector medical waste disposal contract worth?
The median is £241k, and 50% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector medical waste disposal contracts?
PHS Group won the most (20). SRCL LTD won the most by value (£21.2m).
Which buyers award the most medical waste disposal contracts?
NHS and health award 37% of them.
What is included
Collection, transport and treatment or incineration of infectious, offensive, cytotoxic and other healthcare waste from hospitals, clinics, research sites, custody suites, care settings, patients' homes and needle exchanges, with containers supplied, for NHS bodies, councils and other public buyers.
- Clinical waste collection and disposal from healthcare sites
- Offensive and non-infectious healthcare waste collection
- Clinical waste from police custody and research facilities
- Clinical waste frameworks covering segregation, treatment and final disposal
- Clinical waste destruction
- Domestic clinical waste collection for councils
- Cytotoxic waste bins and collection from patients' homes
- Needle and syringe programme sharps disposal
What is not included
- Reusable sharps container services (see Reusable sharps container service)
- Non-healthcare general and recycling waste from healthcare sites (see Commercial waste collection)
- Chemical and laboratory hazardous waste (see Hazardous waste collection and disposal)
- Radioactive waste from nuclear medicine (see Nuclear waste disposal)
- Absorbent hygiene product recycling (see Absorbent hygiene product (nappy) waste recycling)
- Washroom sanitary and sharps units (see Sanitary and nappy disposal unit servicing)
- Needle sweeps in public places (see Biohazard, trauma and needle sweep cleaning)
- Sharps bins and bags bought without collection (see Other clinical consumables and implants)