SectorData snapshot 22 Sept 2026

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 notice
FTSConwy County Borough CouncilCloses 22 Oct 2026Recorded area: Conwy and Denbighshiretender

AI 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.

Read the official notice for Provision of Waste and Recycling Haulage Services for Conwy County Borough Council, opens in a new tab →
£14.0mAdvertised value
FTSHighland CouncilCloses 19 Oct 2026Recorded area: Scotland-widetender

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.

Read the official notice for Provision of Food Waste Haulage Services, opens in a new tab →
£975kAdvertised value
FTSCoventry City CouncilCloses 20 Oct 2026Recorded area: West Midlands (Metropolitan)tender

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.

Read the official notice for Household Clinical Waste - Collection and Disposal, opens in a new tab →
£840kAdvertised value
FTSBroadland Housing AssociationCloses 23 Oct 2026Recorded area: East Angliatender

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.

Read the official notice for 26-016 - Void and Reactive Property Cleaning, opens in a new tab →
£650kAdvertised value
FTSJNCC SUPPORT COCloses 13 Oct 2026Recorded area: East Angliatender

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.

Read the official notice for Understanding the environmental impacts of displacing UK agricultural/commodity production, opens in a new tab →
£275kAdvertised value
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Services in waste & environment

contracts awarded · 12 months

The 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

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Frameworks & DPS in this market

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These are applications to join a purchasing arrangement. The advertised value may cover several suppliers and years of work.

FTSNHS London Procurement Partnership (Hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS FT)Closes 18 Nov 2031Recorded area: Londontender

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.

Read the official notice for Waste Management Dynamic Purchasing System, opens in a new tab →
£2.0bnFramework / DPS value
FTSarc21Closes 23 Feb 2029Recorded area: Northern Ireland-widetender

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.

Read the official notice for 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, opens in a new tab →
£970mFramework / DPS value
12 additional framework and DPS routes recorded at the snapshot date
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Who wins this work

top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 years
1Veolia164 wins
£3.2bn
2Biffa157 wins
£2.5bn
3AECOM85 wins
£48.3m
4Waterman81 wins
£12.4m
5SUEZ80 wins
£837m
7WSP76 wins
£215m
8Jacobs66 wins
£415m
9RSK59 wins
£20.1m
10Matchtech58 wins
£3.0m

Who buys it

top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 years
£1.2bn
3Elmbridge Borough Council2 awards
£527m
4Herefordshire Council17 awards
£512m
£459m
£415m
10Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames11 awards
£375m
11Wirral Council8 awards
£350m
£337m
13East London Waste Authority1 awards
£291m
£284m

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Recorded market activity

historical context
31
future deadlines at snapshot
773
awarded, 12 months
£2.7bn
recorded value, 12m
847
ending within 12m of snapshot
929
buyers, 5 years

Public 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 year
2020202120222023202420252026*
Recorded awards*current year part-year

Recent awards

latest recorded awards, 12 months
FTSDudley Metropolitan Borough CouncilAwarded 21 Sept 2026Recorded area: West Midlands (Metropolitan)award

AI 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.

Read the official notice for The Haulage and Processing of Mixed Recyclates, opens in a new tab →
£3.1mRecorded award value
CFNHS Blood and TransplantAwarded 21 Sept 2026Recorded area: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath areaaward

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.

Read the official notice for Maintenance of Existing Environmental Monitoring Systems, opens in a new tab →
£104kFramework / DPS value
FTSIpswich Borough CouncilAwarded 21 Sept 2026Recorded area: East Angliaaward

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.

Read the official notice for Liquid Waste Disposal, opens in a new tab →
£56kRecorded award value
FTSNatural Resources WalesAwarded 21 Sept 2026Recorded area: Wales-wideaward

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.

Read the official notice for Cadoxton catchment Nature Based Solutions (NbS) engagement and delivery, opens in a new tab →
£50kRecorded award value
FTSUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustAwarded 21 Sept 2026Recorded area: West Midlands (Metropolitan)award

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.

Read the official notice for Waiver - UHB_HGS - 1111 - PFE Medical - Decontamination Services, opens in a new tab →
£29kRecorded award value
FTSUniversity of the West of EnglandAwarded 21 Sept 2026Recorded area: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath areaaward

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.

Read the official notice for Hazardous Laboratory Waste Collection, opens in a new tab →
£24kRecorded award value
FTSDerry City and Strabane District CouncilAwarded 18 Sept 2026Recorded area: Derry City and Strabaneaward

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.

Read the official notice for T25-019ENV Provision of Materials Processing Services for Recycling of Source Segregated Materials, opens in a new tab →
£450kRecorded award value
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Waste & Environment procurement, answered

from the published records

How 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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Market 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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About 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.