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Published 21 May 2025, 08:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Kerbside Recycling

Official notice

Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG39)
Published estimate£6,000,000≈ £3.0m / year · £7,200,000 inc. VAT · 2 value updates44.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 30 Jan 2026awarded 26 Feb 2026
Award (standstill) to H W Martin Waste Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The council required a contract for the haulage and processing of dry mixed recycling (DMR). This is a statutory requirement and to maintain the operation of the city's domestic and commercial kerbside collection services and also allows households the opportunity to deliver their household recycling to the councils Household Waste Recycling Centres

(HWRC's). The council also provides recycling skips at its retail markets for traders to dispose of recycling waste.

The kerbside collection service, HWRC and retails markets services currently collect the recycling as single steam dry mixed recycling meaning that all paper, cardboard, cans,

bottles and tins are collected in one bin or skip. This recycling is taken to the waste transfer station, located in Crown Street, WV1 to be checked for contamination and loaded into walking floor heavy goods vehicles to go to the providers materials recycling

facility.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 31 Mar 2029, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services · Refuse recycling services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£6,000,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensionsValue: £6,000,000 exc. VAT · £7,200,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extensions will be offered to the successful provider subject to satisfactory performance.
90513000 Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services90514000 Refuse recycling services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality (including Social Value and Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion): 30%
  • Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality (including Social Value and Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion)
  • Price
Conditions of participation2
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
Yes · next expected 31 Mar 2029
First published
21 May 2025, 08:55 BST
Last source update
27 Feb 2026, 16:57 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 20 Feb 2026
Authority reference
CWC25171
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084836
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal servicesRefuse recycling services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG39)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0519a9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
30 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

All tenders must be submitted only electronically via www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗

Timeline

21 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 08:55 BST
  2. Market engagement333 days ago
    28 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    The Market Warming Document is available at www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗

    CWC25171MW - Provision of Kerbside Recycling Processing

  3. Next notice expected319 days ago
    12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Tender notice published312 days ago
    19 Dec 2025, 11:58 GMT
  5. Clarification questions by278 days ago
    22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Submission deadline270 days ago
    30 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
  7. Award decision expected by249 days ago
    20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Assessment summaries sent243 days ago
    27 Feb 2026
  9. Latest notice published242 days ago
    27 Feb 2026, 16:57 GMT
  10. Standstill ends231 days ago
    10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  11. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

11 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    21 May 2025, 08:55 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT
    UK2
  3. Published value published: £0
    14 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT
  4. Tender notice published
    19 Dec 2025, 11:58 GMT
    UK4
  5. Published value updated to £6,000,000
    19 Dec 2025, 11:58 GMT
    was £0
  6. Status changed to active
    19 Dec 2025, 11:58 GMT
  7. Procurement method changed
    19 Dec 2025, 11:58 GMT
  8. Deadline published: 30 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
    19 Dec 2025, 11:58 GMT
  9. Contract award notice published
    27 Feb 2026, 16:57 GMT
    UK6
  10. Status changed to complete
    27 Feb 2026, 16:57 GMT
  11. Contract signature expected
    18 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 21 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,355,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 74 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
H W Martin Waste Ltd1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: There are options to extend for 2 periods of 12 months each.£3,355,00026 Feb 2026standstill to 10 Mar 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7final-stage tenders40—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wolverhampton City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVBV-7568-LBLL Civic Centre, St Peter's Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 1SHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • H W MARTIN WASTE LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03843329 Fordbridge Lane, Alfreton, East Midlands, DE55 5JYContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender