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General Waste Disposal

Wolverhampton City Council · Local authority

In brief

Wolverhampton City Council was looking for suppliers for waste work. Bidding has closed and no award has been published yet.

The estimated value is £5,276,200 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 1 November 2026.

It is split into 6 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

The Council has a statutory obligation to manage and deliver waste disposal services for the residents and businesses of Wolverhampton by means of either kerbside collections or the use of the cities Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs). The City of Wolverhampton Council is seeking suitably qualified and experienced provider(s) to maintain environmental compliance and transparency in end destination disposal and recycling for general waste disposal. To support the council waste teams to deliver green waste, HWRC waste, skips and mixed loads of fly-tipping, directly to compliant providers and that licensed and compliant services are in place for the disposal or the collection of mattresses, persistent organic pollutants (soft furnishings) and hazardous wastes such as chemicals and gas cylinders. The service requirement is split into lots, each of which has a target commencement date of 1 November 2026.

Lots

LotTradeValue
Green Waste Processing
1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029
What this lot covers

The council requires a provider for the recycling of garden waste, greenery, foliage and leaves collected by the kerbside collection teams, from the household waste and recycling centres (HWRCs) and collected by the council's public realm teams. This lot will contain a distance related pricing mechanism to reflect the cost of direct delivery of the waste to the disposal destination. The lot will seek recycling by composting.

Waste and street cleansing£1,383,600
Rubble, Plasterboard, Hard Plastics
1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029
What this lot covers

The Council requires a provider for the recycling of household rubble, plasterboard and hard plastics that is deposited by our residents at the HWRCs. This lot will contain a distance related pricing mechanism to reflect the cost of direct delivery of the waste to the disposal destination.

Waste and street cleansing£1,488,000
Mattress Recycling & Persistent Organic Pollutants
1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029
What this lot covers

The Council requires a provider for the recycling of mattresses and soft furnishings containing persistent organic pollutants collected at the House Waste and Recycling Centres (. This lot will require a collection of these materials directly from the HWRCs for deconstruction and recycling.

Waste and street cleansing£1,808,000
Skips and Fly Tipping Waste
1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029
What this lot covers

The Council seeks a provider to accept, recycle and dispose of mixed loads of skip and fly tipping waste. The specification will include the provision of onsite skips to local business as part of the trade waste service and the receipt of mixed fly tipping loads that cannot be sorted at the HWRCs. This lot will contain a distance related pricing mechanism to reflect the cost of direct delivery of the waste to the disposal destination.

Waste and street cleansing£432,000
Disposal of Clinical Waste
1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029
What this lot covers

The Council seeks a provider for the incineration of clinical waste collected from registered customers on the weekly clinical waste collection round. This lot will contain a distance related pricing mechanism to reflect the cost of direct delivery of the waste to the disposal destination.

Waste and street cleansing£64,600
Hazardous Waste
1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029
What this lot covers

The Council seeks a provider for the collection, recycling and disposal of hazardous wastes received at the HWRCs. The hazardous waste includes gas bottles such as Nitrous Oxide, Butane and Propane, Household chemicals and commercial fridges.

Waste and street cleansing£100,000

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 024922-2026
  2. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 048250-2026
  3. Tender notice · UK4, notice 077425-2026

Last time this was bought

Gully and Waste Sweeping Disposal

Awarded
2 April 2026
Value
£793,000
Bids
1
Contract ends
31 March 2028

Matched on Wolverhampton City Council, the type of work and the title. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

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From notice 024922-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 19 March 2026, last updated 13 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.