Category
Environmental and waste services contracts in the UK public sector
Waste collection and disposal, recycling, street cleansing, sewerage and environmental remediation. Long contracts, high value, and politically visible.
- 513
- Contracts, last 12 months
- 3,121
- Contracts since 2021
- 1,218
- Buyers active here
- £156k
- Median contract value
- 661
- Expiring in 18 months
Categories are derived from the CPV codes buyers publish on each award notice. Figures cover January 2021 onward and are comprehensive from 2023. The median is used rather than a total, because one framework ceiling would otherwise describe the whole category.
Coming up for renewal
661 environmental and waste services contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Each has an end date already published in its award notice. The incumbent knows the date. Most competitors find out when the re-tender appears, by which point the specification is written.
Demand
Who buys environmental and waste services
- 01Natural England140
- 02Environment Agency85
- 03Department For Environment, Food & Rural Affairs50
- 04Nuclear Waste Services Limited47
- 05Northern Housing Consortium Ltd38
- 06DEFra35
- 07Staffordshire County Council29
- 08Lancashire County Council27
- 09Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office23
- 10Office for Environmental Protection21
Supply
Who wins this work
- 01BIFFA Waste Services Ltd68
- 02Veolia ES UK LTD52
- 03Churchill Contract Services Limited52
- 04RICARDO-AEA Ltd42
- 05KGB Cleaning South West Ltd33
- 06SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Limited32
- 07Bulloughs Cleaning Services LTD30
- 08Crystal Facilities Management Limited29
- 09Shred Station Limited28
- 10Sharpsmart Limited28
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Working in CPV codes? Environmental and waste services is CPV division 90, with every code beneath it and how often UK buyers use each one.
Common questions
Environmental and waste services procurement, in short
Who buys environmental and waste services in the UK public sector?
1,218 public sector organisations have awarded environmental and waste services contracts since 2021. The most active are Natural England (140 contracts), Environment Agency (85 contracts), Department For Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (50 contracts).
How much is a typical environmental and waste services contract worth?
The median is £156k, across the 2,946 contracts of 3,121 that publish a value. A median rather than an average, because a single framework worth hundreds of millions would otherwise make the typical contract look far larger than it is.
When do environmental and waste services contracts come up for renewal?
661 contracts in this category have an end date inside the next 18 months. End dates are published in the original award notice, so they are visible long before any re-tender is advertised, which is usually the point at which the specification is already written.
How do I find new environmental and waste services tenders?
Notices are published across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, each with its own search. Tender Radar reads all four each weekday morning and scores new notices against your profile, alongside the contracts in this category approaching renewal.
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear.