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title: "FRA083 Call Off IFC; 2025 UK Food Waste Estimate for the Manufacture Sector"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ea12"
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published: "2026-08-24"
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# FRA083 Call Off IFC; 2025 UK Food Waste Estimate for the Manufacture Sector

Buyer: Waste & Resources Action Programme  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ea12

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## Summary

Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) commissioned environmental research services to produce a robust, reproducible estimate of food waste arising from the UK food and drink manufacturing sector during 2025, and to update the existing 2021 estimate. The work supports WRAP’s wider analysis of food waste across manufacturing, retail, hospitality, food service and households, contributing to reporting against the UK target to halve food waste per person by 2030 compared with the 2007 baseline. The service is classified as environmental services (CPV 90700000). Delivery concerns the UK food and drink manufacturing sector, with the resulting analysis intended for use across WRAP’s UK-wide food-waste reporting programme.

The procurement is complete and one supplier was awarded the single lot under a competitive, selective call-off from a framework. Ridge Environmental was awarded the contract on 21 August 2026 for £11,880 gross. The contract period runs from 25 August 2026 to 18 December 2026, with an optional extension available until 29 January 2027 if required. The award is below the relevant threshold. The selected supplier is a small or medium-sized enterprise. The requirement was evaluated through the framework call-off procedure, and the award is active. The planned contract signature date was 24 August 2026. The procurement used the legal basis of the Procurement Act 2023.

This award demonstrates demand from WRAP for specialist food-waste measurement and environmental research focused on the food and drink manufacturing sector. Suppliers seeking to compete for similar work would need to produce defensible estimates from complex sector data, update established baselines, and document methods so that analysis is robust and reproducible. Credibility would also depend on understanding manufacturing processes, food-waste sources and the limitations of available evidence, together with the ability to communicate results clearly for use in national reporting. Experience combining sector-specific findings with wider estimates across retail, hospitality, food service and households would be relevant. A small specialist consultancy has secured this requirement, showing that focused analytical capability can meet WRAP’s needs.

## Notice

WRAP is seeking a contractor to produce a robust and reproducible estimate of food waste arising from the UK food and drink manufacturing sector in 2025 and update the 2021 estimate. WRAP will then combine this with estimates for retail, hospitality and food service, and households to support reporting on progress towards the UK target to halve food waste per person by 2030, compared with the 2007 baseline.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080138-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - award under framework |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 25 Aug 2026 - 18 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £11,880 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Waste & Resources Action Programme |
| Locality | BANBURY |
| Postcode area | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX16 5BH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | Cherwell |
| Electoral ward | Banbury Cross and Neithrop |
| Westminster constituency | Banbury |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Ridge Environmental |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 90700000 - Environmental services

## Release History

- 24 Aug 2026 at 08:50 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080138-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080138-2026
  24th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-054504
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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