Cleaning & Environmental Services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 90000000·Services · division·30 classes with notices·Official label: Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 1,575 lots from 1,194 competitions run by 769 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 822 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 753 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 2,517 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 680 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 193 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| ITT - Climate resilience and the historic environment: Sustainable drainage systems (UID 371) | Historic England | 30 Nov 2026 | 29d | £25,000 |
| Glen Oaks Housing Association - Common Close Cleaning Contract 2027-2030 | Glen Oaks Housing Association | 30 Nov 2026 | 29d | £585,000 |
| Housing Needs Assessment for Hull Local Plan | Hull City Council | 16 Nov 2026 | 15d | £45,000 |
What cleaning & environmental services covers
Official CPV label: Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services · editorial summary
Critical environmental services tendered by UK local councils, NHS hospitals, and corporate property managers, including refuse collection, recycling facilities, deep cleaning, and decarbonisation initiatives.
Typical requirements: Commercial Contract Cleaning · Municipal Waste Collection · Recycling & Resource Recovery · Grounds & Landscaping Maintenance · Pest Control & Sanitation.
Sub-sectors of cleaning & environmental services
30 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 7,074 of 7,641 notices in this division carry a class-level code
Show 9 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Sewage treatment services90420000 | 0 | 8 | — | — | |
Sewage removal services90410000 | 0 | 7 | 9 | — | |
Sewage services90400000 | 0 | 24 | 8 | — | |
Sewer cleaning services90470000 | 0 | 9 | 7 | — | |
Sewerage management services90480000 | 0 | 5 | 4 | — | |
Deleading services90660000 | 0 | 4 | — | — | |
Treatment services of septic tanks90450000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Beach cleaning services90680000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | |
Sewage disposal services90430000 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities39%(2,900 notices)
2,900 of 7,395 notices are Local authorities (39%).Other public bodies18%(1,361 notices)
1,361 of 7,395 notices are Other public bodies (18%).Education & universities14%(1,026 notices)
1,026 of 7,395 notices are Education & universities (14%).Central government13%(955 notices)
955 of 7,395 notices are Central government (13%).Housing associations3%(188 notices)
188 of 7,395 notices are Housing associations (3%).Not classified13%(965 notices)
965 of 7,395 notices are Not classified (13%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Defra Network eTendering Portal | not classified | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| ENVIRONMENT AGENCY | Other public bodies | 61 | 27 | 0 |
| Staffordshire County Council | Local authorities | 55 | 26 | 1 |
| Waste & Resources Action Programme | Other public bodies | 54 | 30 | 0 |
| NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) | not classified | 52 | 25 | 1 |
| Kent County Council | Local authorities | 52 | 17 | 0 |
| Lancashire County Council | Local authorities | 47 | 8 | 3 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 41 | 15 | 0 |
| City & County of Swansea | Local authorities | 39 | 9 | 0 |
| DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS | Central government | 39 | 21 | 0 |
2,365 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 5,969 of 7,641 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | 5 | 47% | 50% | |
| East of England | 5 | 51% | 33% | |
| Greater London | 4 | 45% | 34% | |
| South West England | 4 | 55% | 27% | |
| North West England | 4 | 54% | 36% | |
| West Midlands | 5 | 54% | 20% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4 | 50% | 22% | |
| East Midlands | 4 | 48% | 24% | |
| Scotland | 5 | 78% | 89% | |
| North East England | 4 | 45% | 14% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 67% | 43% | |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 84% | 91% |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract87%(6,655 notices)
6,655 of 7,641 notices are Contract (87%).Framework11%(828 notices)
828 of 7,641 notices are Framework (11%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(158 notices)
158 of 7,641 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open50%(3,821 notices)
3,821 of 7,641 notices are Open (50%).Selective19%(1,418 notices)
1,418 of 7,641 notices are Selective (19%).Route not published16%(1,198 notices)
1,198 of 7,641 notices are Route not published (16%).Limited / restricted8%(648 notices)
648 of 7,641 notices are Limited / restricted (8%).Direct award7%(556 notices)
556 of 7,641 notices are Direct award (7%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold74%(1,413 notices)
1,413 of 1,918 notices are Above threshold (74%).Below threshold26%(505 notices)
505 of 1,918 notices are Below threshold (26%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (3,665) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17%(262)
262 of 1,575 lots fall in 1 bid (17%).2–328%(444)
444 of 1,575 lots fall in 2–3 (28%).4–633%(527)
527 of 1,575 lots fall in 4–6 (33%).7 or more22%(342)
342 of 1,575 lots fall in 7 or more (22%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 1,575 lots from 1,194 competitions run by 769 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 822 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 753 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
2,487 of 3,491 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 174 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
4,235 SME bids out of 6,134, on 1,320 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
1,055 of 1,906 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 907 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
127 of 3,665 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 543 lots from 254 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 7,018 awards to 2,597 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 6% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Biffa Waste Services Ltd | 106 | 152 | 32 | 84 |
| SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd | 68 | 89 | 22 | 51 |
| VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED | 63 | 85 | 26 | 55 |
| Churchill Contract Services Limited | 55 | 59 | 16 | 49 |
| Cleantec Services Limited | 51 | 54 | 7 | 47 |
| Purgo Supply Services Limited | 36 | 37 | 7 | 36 |
| Ricardo AEA Ltd | 33 | 38 | 4 | 23 |
| Bulloughs Cleaning Services Ltd | 31 | 33 | 5 | 31 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 3,189 of 7,641 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in cleaning & environmental services
193 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 90, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 30 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.