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Published 22 Sept 2026, 13:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Waste Management Services — UK public procurement notice

Authority: Anchor Hanover Group (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)+6 more
Final published estimate£4,666,667initial estimate £3,750,000 · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 9 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsup to 6 yrs with extensions · starts 26 Sept 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As England’s largest provider of specialist housing and care for those in later life, we manage 54,000 homes for both rent and sale to those aged 55 and over.

This opportunity will provide a service to:

Approximately 200 locations

General, Dry Mixed, Glass and Food recycling only

Services range from weekly, fortnightly and monthly.

Addtional services such as skips, WEEE collections will be required

Service is specific to care locations but does cover some housing locations.

Approximately 200 locations

Clinical and Hazardous waste collections

Services range from weekly, fortnightly and monthly.

Addtional services such as sharps bins, sanitary bin collections

Service is specific to care locations but does cover some housing locations.

This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Pack is issued by Anchor Hanover Group (AHG) to gather insights from the market prior to procuring a national waste management service. The purpose is to understand supplier capability, risks, innovations, pricing approaches, and operational expectations.

Anchor manages a national care and housing portfolio, within which around 200 sites are included in scope for this project. These consist of:

i. Care Homes

ii. Retirement Villages

Read the full description (257 more characters)

The sessions will be run in October.

In order to take part, please email [email protected] and we will issue you a pack to complete, in order to facilitate the meeting.

Any further questions please email [email protected]

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 26 Sept 2027 — 26 Sept 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 6 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Extensions
Extension options published
90511000 Refuse collection services90512000 Refuse transport services90513000 Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services90514000 Refuse recycling services90524100 Clinical-waste collection services

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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Sept 2026, 13:17 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2026, 13:17 BST
Authority reference
PID00292 PID00292
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Clinical-waste collection servicesNon-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal servicesRefuse collection servicesRefuse recycling servicesRefuse transport services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)+1 more
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05169b

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published
    19 May 2025, 10:58 BST
  2. Latest notice published2 days ago
    22 Sept 2026, 13:17 BST
  3. Market engagementin 15 days
    8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Pack is issued by Anchor Hanover Group (AHG) to gather insights from the market prior to procuring a national waste management service. The purpose is to understand supplier capability, risks, innovations, pricing approaches, and operational expectations. more…Anchor manages a national care and housing portfolio, within which around 200 sites are included in scope for this project. These consist of: i. Care Homes ii. Retirement Villages The sessions will be run in October. In order to take part, please email [email protected] and we will issue you a pack to complete, in order to facilitate the meeting. Any further questions please email [email protected]
  4. Tender notice expectedin 47 days
    9 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 367 days
    26 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 May 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Sept 2026, 13:17 BSTUK2
  2. Published value updated to £4,666,667
    22 Sept 2026, 13:17 BSTwas £3,750,000
  3. Pipeline notice published
    19 May 2025, 10:58 BSTUK1

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Anchor Hanover Group

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYBH-1339-MTCJ 2 Godwin Street, Bradford, Yorkshire & Humber, BD1 2ST

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure