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Colchester City Council

GB-Colchester: 0439(a) - Food Waste Bins for Flats

Transport EquipmentCPV 34928480
Value£34k
Awarded7 Sept 2025
Published25 Sept 2025
RegionEast of England
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£34ktotal contract value
median £102k
this tender£0£2.9m

This sits below the typical range for Transport Equipment contracts — a smaller, more accessible award. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

As part of a project to ensure all residences in the city are compliant with new Simpler Recycling regulations by April 2026, Colchester City Council is required to expand its food recycling services to all flats in the City.

To facilitate this Colchester City Council (the Council) wishes to purchase 180L 2 Wheeled Lockable Bins with a lid aperture suitable for food waste, and 7L Kitchen Caddies.

Delivery will be staggered through the period from November 2025 to April 2026 with potential for further orders after this period (Full details of the delivery requirements are detailed in the Specification).

Bids are being sought through the ESPO Framework Agreement 860_22 - Refuse and Recycling Products (Including Wheeled Bins) - Lot 1A and Lot 7.

Please only submit a bid for the appropriate Lot(s) to which ESPO have awarded you a position on this framework.

Colchester City Council Lots: Lot 1:180L 2 Wheeled Lockable Bins with a lid aperture suitable for food waste Lot 2:7L Kitchen Caddies Bidders should note that after the initial orders, the council requires the ability to call off this contract throughout the 2026 / 27 financial year.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

As part of a project to ensure

As part of a project to ensure all residences in the city are compliant with new Simpler Recycling regulations by April 2026, Colchester City Council is required to expand its food recycling services to all flats in the City.

02

Bidders should note that after the initial

Bidders should note that after the initial orders, the council requires the ability to call off this contract throughout the 2026 / 27 financial year.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ESPO / YPO / NEPOFrameworks & routes to market
Bids are being sought through the ESPO Framework Agreement 860_22 - Refuse and Recycling Products (Including Wheeled Bins) - Lot 1A and Lot 7.
Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
Bids are being sought through the ESPO Framework Agreement 860_22 - Refuse and Recycling Products (Including Wheeled Bins) - Lot 1A and Lot 7.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Stage
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