Cleaning & Environmental Services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 90000000·Services · division·30 classes with notices·Official label: Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 1,562 lots from 1,182 competitions run by 760 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 804 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3.5) and 758 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 2,510 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 661 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 188 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| High-Level Conservation Measures for a Solent Estuaries Nutrient Environmental Delivery Plan (EDP) and Assessment of Delivery Alignment Opportunities | NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) | 13 Nov 2026 | 18d | £50,000 |
| Cheetham CE Community Academy Tender for Cleaning Services | Cheetham CE Academy | 23 Nov 2026 | 28d | £309,000 |
| DCC Wastewater Sludge Cake Haulage | Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig | 18 Nov 2026 | 24d | £6,000,000 |
What cleaning & environmental services covers
Official CPV label: Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services · editorial summary
Critical environmental services tendered by UK local councils, NHS hospitals, and corporate property managers, including refuse collection, recycling facilities, deep cleaning, and decarbonisation initiatives.
Typical requirements: Commercial Contract Cleaning · Municipal Waste Collection · Recycling & Resource Recovery · Grounds & Landscaping Maintenance · Pest Control & Sanitation.
Sub-sectors of cleaning & environmental services
30 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 7,038 of 7,604 notices in this division carry a class-level code
Show 8 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Sewage treatment services90420000 | 0 | 8 | — | — | |
Sewage removal services90410000 | 0 | 7 | 9 | — | |
Sewer cleaning services90470000 | 0 | 9 | 7 | — | |
Sewerage management services90480000 | 0 | 5 | 4 | — | |
Deleading services90660000 | 0 | 4 | — | — | |
Treatment services of septic tanks90450000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Beach cleaning services90680000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | |
Sewage disposal services90430000 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities39%(2,879 notices)
2,879 of 7,361 notices are Local authorities (39%).Other public bodies18%(1,332 notices)
1,332 of 7,361 notices are Other public bodies (18%).Education & universities14%(1,025 notices)
1,025 of 7,361 notices are Education & universities (14%).Central government13%(966 notices)
966 of 7,361 notices are Central government (13%).Housing associations3%(187 notices)
187 of 7,361 notices are Housing associations (3%).Not classified13%(972 notices)
972 of 7,361 notices are Not classified (13%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Defra Network eTendering Portal | not classified | 66 | 0 | 0 |
| ENVIRONMENT AGENCY | Other public bodies | 60 | 26 | 0 |
| Staffordshire County Council | Local authorities | 53 | 27 | 0 |
| NATURAL ENGLAND (Defra Network eTendering Portal) | not classified | 52 | 25 | 1 |
| Waste & Resources Action Programme | Other public bodies | 52 | 28 | 0 |
| Kent County Council | Local authorities | 50 | 16 | 0 |
| Lancashire County Council | Local authorities | 47 | 8 | 3 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 41 | 17 | 0 |
| City & County of Swansea | Local authorities | 39 | 9 | 1 |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Central government | 39 | 15 | 0 |
2,362 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 5,943 of 7,604 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South East England | 5 | 47% | 51% | |
| East of England | 5 | 51% | 33% | |
| Greater London | 4 | 44% | 34% | |
| South West England | 4 | 55% | 27% | |
| North West England | 4 | 53% | 36% | |
| West Midlands | 5 | 53% | 20% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4 | 49% | 22% | |
| East Midlands | 4 | 47% | 24% | |
| Scotland | 5 | 77% | 89% | |
| North East England | 4 | 44% | 14% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 67% | 43% | |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 81% | 89% |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract87%(6,621 notices)
6,621 of 7,604 notices are Contract (87%).Framework11%(825 notices)
825 of 7,604 notices are Framework (11%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(158 notices)
158 of 7,604 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open50%(3,800 notices)
3,800 of 7,604 notices are Open (50%).Selective19%(1,414 notices)
1,414 of 7,604 notices are Selective (19%).Route not published16%(1,193 notices)
1,193 of 7,604 notices are Route not published (16%).Limited / restricted8%(645 notices)
645 of 7,604 notices are Limited / restricted (8%).Direct award7%(552 notices)
552 of 7,604 notices are Direct award (7%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold74%(1,401 notices)
1,401 of 1,897 notices are Above threshold (74%).Below threshold26%(496 notices)
496 of 1,897 notices are Below threshold (26%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (3,639) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid17%(258)
258 of 1,562 lots fall in 1 bid (17%).2–328%(441)
441 of 1,562 lots fall in 2–3 (28%).4–634%(524)
524 of 1,562 lots fall in 4–6 (34%).7 or more22%(339)
339 of 1,562 lots fall in 7 or more (22%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 1,562 lots from 1,182 competitions run by 760 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 804 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3.5) and 758 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
2,473 of 3,470 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 169 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
4,171 SME bids out of 6,059, on 1,306 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
1,050 of 1,909 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 910 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
124 of 3,639 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 519 lots from 252 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 6,973 awards to 2,572 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 6% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Biffa Waste Services Ltd | 106 | 152 | 32 | 83 |
| SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd | 68 | 89 | 22 | 51 |
| VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED | 63 | 85 | 26 | 55 |
| Churchill Contract Services Limited | 55 | 59 | 16 | 49 |
| Cleantec Services Limited | 51 | 54 | 7 | 47 |
| Purgo Supply Services Limited | 36 | 37 | 7 | 36 |
| Ricardo AEA Ltd | 33 | 38 | 4 | 23 |
| Bulloughs Cleaning Services Ltd | 31 | 33 | 5 | 31 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 3,170 of 7,604 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in cleaning & environmental services
188 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
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.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 90, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.