Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Bulky Waste Service
Authority: Wyre Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBulky Waste Service is a bulky household items collection service, which includes re-use, recycling and recovery of collected items, operating across Fylde and Wyre.
We are looking to appoint a single supplier to provide the management and delivery of the Bulky Waste Service, on behalf of Fylde Council and Wyre Borough Council.
The successful supplier will operate an appointment system for the collection of bulky items and collection dates, including a choice of am/pm and evening collections in a 3 hour time zone, via the supplier's ordering system which will be capable of interfacing with council customer service IT and call handling systems.
The service shall as a minimum be provided Monday to Saturday, with at least one evening and weekend slot available within each Local Authority area. The service provider will not be required to provide the service on Bank Holidays, nationally proclaimed holidays, nor between Christmas Day and New Years Day (inclusive).
The Service Provider shall organise the service such that it is capable of meeting the Fylde Council and Wyre Council's service requests to ensure no customer waits longer than 10 working days (unless requested by the customer).
The Service Provider must provide enough resource to handle, as a minimum, 6,450 collections per annum across the two Authorities operating 6 days per week including 2 evenings and a Saturday.
Fylde Council and Wyre Council wish to appoint a Service Provider who can clearly demonstrate the ability to meet our requirements and who offers the most advantageous tender.
It is anticipated that the contract term will be from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2030, with the option to extend for a period of 1 year (subject to contract review and budget availability).
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Mar 2026, 08:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Mar 2026, 12:27 GMT
- Authority reference
DN769548- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-024002- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0663a9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
The councils issued a tender for the Provision of a Bulky Waste Service but no suitable tenders were received section 43(1) PA2023. Links to the relevant notices have been provided below. We were unable to link these to the notice, as a procurement termination notice was issued prematurely and we have been unable to cancel the notice.
UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015166-2025 ↗
UK4: Tender notice - www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024625-2025 ↗
UK12: Procurement termination notice - www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048277-2025 ↗
Following the tender process, conversations were had with interested parties that participated in the market engagement exercise to understand why no assessed tenders were received. Two of the providers could not meet key requirements including refurbishing and reusing goods that have been collected, which is key to the success of the contract and the other provider was not able to establish depot provision in the local area. The third interested party could meet the councils requirements with some alterations to their depot facility, which they will undertake before the start of the contract.
Both councils are now planning to proceed with a contract award to Blackpool Borough Council on the same specification that was set out in the tender documents. A contract award will be made following the mandatory standstill period.
- Risks
Local Government Reorganisation is on the horizon with planned vesting day in 2028. This is likely to have an impact on the contract but the impact is currently unknown, until it becomes clear which authorities will be merging.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Mar 2026 → 27 Mar 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published225 days ago17 Mar 2026, 12:27 GMT
- Standstill ends214 days ago27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published6 Mar 2026, 08:53 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published17 Mar 2026, 12:27 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Mar 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool Borough Council1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: One twelve month extension is available. | £1,367,319 | 2 Mar 2026standstill to 27 Mar 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Fylde Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Blackpool Borough CouncilAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender