Official UK procurement notice
AI Camera Technology for Waste Collection Vehicles - West London Waste Authority
Authority: West London Waste Authority (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDescription / Summary
West London Waste Authority (WLWA) is exploring the use of AI-enabled camera technology on waste collection vehicles to help identify and monitor contamination in household recycling collections.
WLWA is undertaking market engagement to understand what solutions are available and which suppliers may be able to support a future pilot.
The technology is expected to provide camera-based monitoring, contamination identification and suitable reporting or dashboard functionality.
The aim of this market engagement is to identify suppliers in the market that provide the required technology and support.
**Please note that this is neither a call for competition nor a procurement exercise.**
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
Competition for IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72), and who usually turns up
West London Waste Authority has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. No delivery region is published, so no market column stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72) →
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1 bid12%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Aug 2026, 10:18 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Aug 2026, 10:18 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079773- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e94cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
21 Aug 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published62 days ago21 Aug 2026, 10:18 BST
- Market engagement47 days ago5 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Description / Summary
West London Waste Authority (WLWA) is exploring the use of AI-enabled camera technology on waste collection vehicles to help identify and monitor contamination in household recycling collections.
WLWA is undertaking market engagement to understand what solutions are available and which suppliers may be able to support a future pilot.
The technology is expected to provide camera-based monitoring, contamination identification and suitable reporting or dashboard functionality.
The aim of this market engagement is to identify suppliers in the market that provide the required technology and support.
Please note that this is neither a call for competition nor a procurement exercise.
Questions
Please provide a short response to the following:
- Does your company provide AI-enabled camera technology suitable for waste collection vehicles?
- Please provide a brief overview of your solution and any relevant experience in the waste or local authority sector.
- What information and reporting can your system provide in relation to recycling contamination and the identification of hazardous materials?
- What is your typical implementation timescale?
- Please provide an indication of your typical pricing model.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please respond by 5pm on Friday 4th September 2026 to:
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 9 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published21 Aug 2026, 10:18 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender