Waste management tenders & environmental contracts
Recorded UK public sector opportunities and awards in waste & environment. Covering 600+ buyer sites · 5 years of records. Counts are dated snapshots; check notices for current status.
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Waste & Environment contract opportunities
5 examples · check the official noticeAI scope summary
Transportation of waste and recyclable materials from waste management facilities to designated disposal and recycling sites over a multi-year term. Requires route optimisation, fleet management, adherence to strict environmental and transport legislation, and robust business continuity planning.
Services needed: Provision of waste and recycling haulage services for local authorities and public sector organisations.
AI scope summary
Haulage of food waste from Longman Waste Transfer Station to a treatment facility. Services are contracted for a total duration of 24 months starting from December 2026.
Services needed: Provision of food waste haulage and transportation services from transfer stations to designated treatment facilities.
AI scope summary
Collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of clinical waste from residential areas, covering hazardous clinical waste, offensive waste, infectious waste, sharps waste, and associated consumables across the city.
Services needed: Provision of household clinical waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services for residential areas.
AI scope summary
Void and reactive property cleaning services covering approximately 200 to 300 void property cleans per annum across two lots (Norwich North and West, and Norwich South and East), plus ad-hoc reactive cleaning tasks.
Services needed: Provision of void and reactive property cleaning services for housing association properties and residential developments.
AI scope summary
Development of an initial interim model estimating overseas agricultural displacement and associated environmental impacts when UK land is removed from commodity production. The calculated environmental impacts must map onto the Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption (GEIC) indicator.
Services needed: Provision of environmental research and modelling services to assess the impacts of land use change and commodity displacement.
Services in waste & environment
contracts awarded · 12 monthsThe busiest service markets here are wheelie bins contracts, waste consultancy contracts and water quality monitoring contracts.
Bins, containers and waste equipment
- Wheelie bins98
Environmental assessment, permitting and waste consultancy
- Waste consultancy79
Waste and recycling collection
Water environment and river restoration
- Water quality monitoring68
Frameworks & DPS in this market
check application dates and requirementsThese are applications to join a purchasing arrangement. The advertised value may cover several suppliers and years of work.
AI scope summary
This Dynamic Purchasing System covers the collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of diverse waste streams including domestic, clinical, hazardous, pharmaceutical, and radioactive materials. It is structured into multiple lots for specific waste streams, integrated management, and bespoke treatment options, with the capacity to add specialist lots throughout the system's lifetime to meet evolving market and membership requirements.
Services needed: Provision of comprehensive waste management services including collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal of clinical, hazardous, and general waste streams for public sector organisations.
AI scope summary
This Dynamic Purchasing System covers four lots for residual waste management, including kerbside, commercial, household recycling centre, and street litter waste. Services may include waste loading, transport, and delivery to specified treatment or disposal facilities. The system is open to new entrants throughout its validity period, with call-off competitions used to award individual service contracts.
Services needed: Provision of waste treatment, energy recovery, and disposal services for residual waste streams across multiple council collection points.
Who wins this work
top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 yearsWho buys it
top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 yearsMore buyers in waste & environment
- Environment Agency
- Natural England
- Nuclear Restoration Services
- Staffordshire County Council
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
- Scottish Government
- Sellafield Ltd
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
- Highways England
- West Northamptonshire Council
- DERBY CITY COUNCIL
- City and County of Swansea
- Kent County Council
- Cumberland Council
- City of Doncaster Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Durham County Council
- London Borough of Enfield
- Wolverhampton City Council
- Westmorland and Furness Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Derbyshire County Council
- Cheshire West and Chester Council
- Nottingham City Council
- Renfrewshire Council
- Ministry of Justice
- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Middlesbrough Council
- Somerset Council
- The Highland Council
- Scottish Borders Council
- Southampton City Council
- Transport for London
More suppliers in waste & environment
Recorded market activity
historical contextPublic buyers published 4,241 waste & environment awards over the last five years, with a published value of £13bn across 929 public buyers. 31 opportunities had future bid deadlines at the snapshot date, and 25% of the last year's awards ran through a framework or DPS. 847 recorded contracts in this market end within the 12 months after the snapshot date.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, values describe contracts, not verified payments. Updated 22 Sept 2026.
Awards by year
recorded awards per yearRecent awards
latest recorded awards, 12 monthsAI scope summary
The contract involves the collection and processing of mixed recyclables from the Blowers Green Depot. The service requires the haulage and downstream processing of kerbside-collected materials, specifically plastics, cans, glass, and cartons, ensuring compliance with local authority recycling streams and performance standards.
Services needed: Provision of haulage and processing services for kerbside collected mixed recyclates including plastics, cans, glass, and cartons from municipal depots.
This work has already been awarded.
AI scope summary
Maintenance services for environmental monitoring systems located at a single delivery site in Bristol. The contract runs from October 2026 through January 2027.
Services needed: Provision of maintenance services for existing environmental monitoring systems in healthcare facilities.
This work has already been awarded.
AI scope summary
Collection and disposal of hazardous liquid waste streams. The contract requires adherence to environmental regulations for the handling, transport, and final treatment of hazardous materials, ensuring full compliance with waste duty of care legislation throughout the three-year term.
Services needed: Provision of hazardous liquid waste collection and disposal services for local authority operational sites and facilities.
This work has already been awarded.
AI scope summary
Engagement and delivery for Nature Based Solutions (NbS) within the Cadoxton catchment, spanning an operational period from September 2026 to March 2027.
Services needed: Provision of nature-based solutions engagement and delivery services for catchment management and environmental improvements.
This work has already been awarded.
AI scope summary
Decontamination services provided by PFE - Partners for Endoscopy for hospital endoscopy equipment. Contract runs for 12 months with a total value of 28,704 GBP.
Services needed: Provision of medical equipment decontamination services for endoscopy departments within healthcare facilities.
This work has already been awarded.
AI scope summary
Hazardous laboratory waste collection services running until July 2027, servicing university laboratory facilities to ensure safe removal and disposal of specialized chemical and biological waste materials.
Services needed: Provision of hazardous laboratory waste collection and disposal services for university research facilities.
This work has already been awarded.
AI scope summary
The contract covers the collection and processing of 14 distinct waste streams, including glass, paper, cardboard, green waste, scrap metal, wood, plasterboard, mattresses, and textiles. Services are required across recycling centres, transfer stations, and other council facilities such as parks and cemeteries. Contractors may bid for individual lots or the entire scope, with each lot requiring adherence to specific European Waste Catalogue (EWC) codes for material identification and processing.
Services needed: Provision of waste collection and materials processing services for a wide range of source-segregated recyclable materials from council facilities.
This work has already been awarded.
Waste & Environment procurement, answered
from the published recordsHow many waste & environment opportunities are in this update?
31 waste & environment opportunities were recorded with future bid deadlines across 600+ buyer sites as of 22 Sept 2026. These counts were taken on that date. Check the official notices for changes, or run a free scan to see which current opportunities fit your business.
Who buys waste & environment services in the UK public sector?
929 public buyers awarded recorded waste & environment contracts in the last five years. The largest by recorded value are Essex County Council, Leicestershire County Council, Elmbridge Borough Council.
Can I apply to waste & environment frameworks or DPS?
14 framework and DPS routes were advertised at the snapshot date for waste & environment work, including Waste Management Dynamic Purchasing System and Change to Period of Validity of existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for The Supply of Services Relating to the Treatment and Energy Recovery/Disposal of Residual Waste Arisings - Extension to 23 February 2029. Your matched feed labels frameworks and DPS. Check the notice for admission requirements and application dates.
Which waste & environment contracts could come back to market?
847 recorded contracts in this market carried an end date within 12 months of the snapshot date, worth a combined £785m where a value was published. Predict helps you track end dates and existing suppliers. An end date is a planning signal; the buyer may extend the contract or change how it buys the service.
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How our tender alerts workMarket snapshot
22 Sept 2026- Recorded awards, 5 years
- 4,241
- Recorded value, 5 years
- £13bn
- Buyers active, 5 years
- 929
- Ending within 12m of snapshot
- 847
- Via framework or DPS, 12m
- 25%
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browseAbout this data. Covering 600+ buyer sites · 5 years of records. We group records by CPV code and remove duplicates we have resolved. We list framework and DPS applications separately and leave their ceilings out of contract-value totals. We also exclude implausible values and future-dated awards. The counts describe the data on the update date. We hide examples when their recorded deadline arrives, but buyers can amend or cancel notices sooner. AI summaries describe the contract; your business needs a separate match assessment. Check the official documents before bidding. Updated 22 Sept 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.