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title: "WasteDataFlow Administration and Management 2026"
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# WasteDataFlow Administration and Management 2026

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078ff8

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## Summary

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) procured the administration and management of WasteDataFlow, its established online service for collecting, checking and reporting local-authority waste management, recycling and fly-tipping data across the UK. The requirement covers operation, support and hosting of the existing service, including its website and database, system and user-account administration, and helpdesk support and training for local authorities. It also includes managing data collection, following up non-responding authorities, validating English local-authority returns, maintaining guidance, producing reports and datasets, supporting operational and user governance, and delivering agreed system changes. Defra and the devolved administrations use the service alongside local authorities and other users; its outputs support official statistics, policy monitoring and waste-policy analysis. This is a managed digital service, combining IT operations and user support with waste-data administration.

The procurement is complete and Jacobs UK Ltd was selected for the single lot. The award is dated 22 October 2026 and is valued at £1,833,375 excluding VAT (£2,200,050 including VAT). The contract period is 7 January 2027 to 6 January 2030, with provision for up to a further 12 months. Defra used a selective procedure and awarded under a framework. The procurement was competitive. The published data does not set out the evaluation criteria. The award is recorded as pending, and a future contract signature milestone is scheduled for 13 November 2026. The requirement is for services, specifically the ongoing operation and development of the existing WasteDataFlow service, rather than the creation of a replacement platform.

For suppliers considering this requirement when it next comes to market, the award demonstrates demand for an integrated, continuing service rather than a one-off software build. A credible competitor would need to operate and host a live web and database service, administer users, provide a dependable local-authority helpdesk and training, and manage recurring data submissions and follow-up. The work also calls for sound data validation, particularly of English local-authority returns, and the ability to maintain guidance and produce reliable reports and datasets used for official statistics and policy analysis. Suppliers should be able to support governance involving Defra, devolved administrations and users, and deliver agreed system changes while maintaining day-to-day service. The award to a large IT and consultancy supplier indicates the scale and breadth of capability delivered, but does not establish a formal size restriction or specific accreditation requirement.

## Notice

WasteDataFlow (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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100930-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Award under framework |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 7 Jan 2027 - 6 Jan 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,833,375 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Jacobs UK Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 26 Oct 2026 at 11:41 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100930-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100930-2026
  26th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-04ef64
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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