Provision of Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Services
This tender closed on 20 October 2026.
- Buyer
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Value
- £1,086,409,703
- Closed
- 20 October 2026
- Where
- Aylesbury, the South East
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
Buckinghamshire Council is looking for one company to collect household waste and clean streets across the entire county. The contractor will handle recycling, garden waste, commercial waste, bulky waste, clinical waste, street cleansing, and run waste transfer stations and workshops. The council will provide funding for new vehicles and sites to operate from.
What the buyer wants
• Collect household waste (recycling, garden waste, food waste, residual) from approximately 245,200 properties, roughly 627,000 collections per week • Provide street cleansing services across Buckinghamshire • Operate clinical waste and sharps collections, commercial waste collections, and bulky waste collections • Run waste transfer station operations, materials management services, and workshop services • Procure and operate new vehicles (council will fund the purchase) • Work from council-provided sites under lease arrangements • Maintain high environmental performance and customer satisfaction standards
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: This contract is almost certainly disqualifying for most small businesses: the estimated value is £1.086 billion, it requires operating at massive scale (627,000 collections weekly across an entire county), significant financial backing to procure and manage a large vehicle fleet, existing waste industry credentials, and the capability to operate 24/7 across multiple sites. You would need to be a national or multi-regional waste management company to be considered.
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