AwardedAwarded 28 September 2026
Food Waste (Anaerobic Digestion)
Wolverhampton City Council · Local authority
In brief
Wolverhampton City Council awarded waste work to Biffa Waste Services Limited on 28 September 2026.
The notice gives a value of £500,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 26 October 2026.
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What the notice says
Following the Simpler Recycling announcement in October 2023, the council is developing a new food waste service for implementation in line with statutory requirements from 31 March 2026.
The council anticipates that its weekly food waste collection service will service all 114,000 properties via a mix of kerbside collections requiring both an internal food waste caddy, and a communal type collection service where internal caddies will be required for all properties, along with a communal type of external container.
The City of Wolverhampton Council anticipate the requirement to dispose of between 5000 and 10000 tonnes of food waste (residents who recycle their food waste are unlikely to be able to capture it all). Further compositional analysis work will be undertaken by the council in the coming months to confirm this.
No food waste delivered and received by the Provider shall be directly for disposal other than by anaerobic digestion.
Once collected or delivered, the contracts will ensure that the waste is disposed of, or recycled, in a manner that is compliant with current waste legislation and aims to increase the Council's recycling rate.
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Biffa Waste Services Limited 4 bids received | £500,000 | Awarded 28 September 2026 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Tender notice · UK4, notice 054486-2026
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 091435-2026
About the buyer
Wolverhampton City CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
162Awards
91Suppliers it has used most for waste
- Biffa Waste Services Limited1 contract
- H W Martin Waste Ltd1 contract
- Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd1 contract
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From notice 054486-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 June 2026, last updated 28 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.