Official UK procurement notice
Food waste - Caddies & Containers
Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFollowing the Simpler Recycling announcement in October 2023, the council is developing a new food waste service for implementation in line with statutory requirements from 1 April 2026.
To progress and develop the new food waste service the council is looking to understand what opportunities and constraints currently exist in the food waste markets, supporting industries and supply chains to aid its decision making.
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to seek input from potential suppliers within the market, to establish options and potential costs associated with the council's need to procure suitable containers to collect residents food waste.
CPV: Waste and rubbish containers and bins
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 20 Aug 2025, 14:43 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2025, 14:43 BST
- Authority reference
CWC25076MW- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050225- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058b72Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Aug 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published20 Aug 2025, 14:43 BST
- Tender notice expected5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Please fully read the attached document and complete the series of questions contained within and submit your response.
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Aug 2025, 14:43 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