Official UK procurement notice
WasteDataFlow Administration and Management 2026
Authority: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWasteDataFlow (WDF) is an established online service for collecting, validating and reporting local authority waste management, recycling and fly-tipping data across the UK. The service is used by Defra, the devolved administrations, local authorities and other
users, and underpins official statistics, policy monitoring, local authority performance analysis, pEPR-related modelling and wider waste policy development and evaluation.
This requirement is for the full administration, operation, support, hosting and management of the existing WDF service. It includes website and database hosting, system administration, user account management, local authority helpdesk support, training, data collection management, chasing non-respondents, validation of English local authority returns, maintenance of guidance, production of reports and datasets, support to operational and user governance arrangements, and delivery of agreed system change
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Oct 2026, 11:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Oct 2026, 11:41 GMT
- Authority reference
C35071- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100930- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078ff8Find a Tender
- Call-off under framework Environmental Science Research, Development and Evidence (ES RDE) Framework
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 Oct 2026 → 4 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published20h ago26 Oct 2026, 11:41 GMT
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 8 days4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 26 Oct 2026- Contract award notice published26 Oct 2026, 11:41 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs UK Ltd7 Jan 2027 – 6 Jan 2030 · up to 6 Jan 2031Extensions: Up to 12months · Options: 3+1 duration term | £1,833,375 | 22 Oct 2026standstill to 4 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Jacobs UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender