Closed tender

Procurement of Wheeled Bins for the new Recycling and Waste Service

Details

Topic
Waste and rubbish containers and bins
Published
3 October 2025
Submission
17 November 2025

Tender description

Colchester 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. Lot 1: Colchester 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, with an estimated total requirement of approximately 140,000 bins (of various size). The phased rollout will commence in summer 2026 and is scheduled to be completed by March 2027. Bids are being sought through the ESPO Framework Agreement 860_26 - Refuse and Recycling Products (Including Wheeled Bins) – Lot 1A Plastic 2 Wheeled Bins.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published3 October 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date17 November 2025

About the buyer

Leicestershire County Council is a local authority that also trades nationally as ESPO, short for the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, a professional buying organisation it owns jointly with five more councils. More than 100 free-to-access framework agreements sit alongside a product catalogue of 25,000 items. A framework is an agreement between the buying organisation, ESPO and an external supplier. In-house procurement experts at ESPO support customers through the frameworks and the catalogue.

Over the past 5 years, most of ESPO's contract awards have been in furniture and furnishings, transport equipment and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 34928480 · Waste and rubbish containers and bins

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