Contracts Finder notice
Procurement of Wheeled Bins for the new Recycling and Waste Service
Authority: Colchester City Council
CPV: Waste and rubbish containers and bins (34928480)
Published contract value£2,500,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 31 Mar 2027
Awarded to IPL PLASTICS (UK) LTD
Contract starts 4 May 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionColchester City Council is undertaking a significant transformation of its waste and recycling services. As part of this programme, all residents will receive new recycling wheelie bins, and households currently without a non recyclable waste wheelie bin will be provided with one.
These changes aim to modernise the service, improve recycling performance, and support cleaner neighbourhoods across Colchester.
The phased rollout will commence in summer 2026 and is scheduled to be completed by March 2027.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Buyer reference
- BIP1032336656
- Category
- Goods
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Open
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- East of England, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision17 Apr 2026
- Notice published29 Apr 2026
- Contract starts4 May 2026
- Contract ends31 Mar 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Colchester City CouncilContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- IPL PLASTICS (UK) LTDSupplier
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4357f2f1-cd78-4ae3-9c4d-a1bb8175fbd6-2026-04-29T16:00:05+01:00
- Published
- 29 Apr 2026
- Latest update
- 29 Apr 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4357f2f1-cd78-4ae3-9c4d-a1bb8175fbd6
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4357f2f1-cd78-4ae3-9c4d-a1bb8175fbd6-1