How collection, treatment and disposal contracts are structured
Waste is bought as a long-term service because the assets behind it are long-term. Collection contracts run for years, sometimes with an extension mechanism, because a bidder is expected to buy a fleet, take on a depot and employ a workforce to serve them, and none of that is recoverable over a short term. Treatment and disposal capacity runs longer still, and is frequently let as a concession in which the supplier finances the facility and recovers the cost through a gate fee over its operating life. The two are often let separately, and a bidder for one needs to understand the terms of the other.
Pricing follows the unit that the buyer can count. Household collection is usually priced per property per year, with separate rates for each material stream and for bulky and clinical collections; treatment is priced per tonne against a weighbridge ticket. Because revenue from recovered materials moves with commodity markets, contracts frequently share that risk through an income-sharing mechanism rather than leaving it wholly with either party, and bidders who assume a favourable materials price for the life of the contract are pricing a market view rather than a service.
Regulatory and workforce obligations are the qualification gate. Carriers, brokers and sites must hold the permits and registrations the jurisdiction requires, and the buyer remains legally responsible for the waste it produces, so duty of care documentation and an auditable trail from collection to final disposal are contractual deliverables. Where an incumbent workforce exists, employment protection rules commonly transfer those staff with their terms intact, which means the labour cost in a bid is substantially fixed before the bidder writes it and the liability information provided at tender is worth reading closely.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys waste management in Sweden?
GlobalGov holds 2,116 waste management records from 678 distinct buying organisations in Sweden. The most frequent publishers are Stockholm Avfall AB (29 records); Umeå kommun (23 records); Linköpings kommun (22 records); Norrköpings kommun (20 records); Sydskånes avfallsaktiebolag, SYSAV (19 records); Telge Inköp AB (19 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 6.2% of everything published, so buying here is spread across many separate authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Stockholm Avfall AB | 29 | 1.4% |
| Umeå kommun | 23 | 1.1% |
| Linköpings kommun | 22 | 1.0% |
| Norrköpings kommun | 20 | 0.9% |
| Sydskånes avfallsaktiebolag, SYSAV | 19 | 0.9% |
| Telge Inköp AB | 19 | 0.9% |
What are waste management contracts worth in Sweden?
1,124 of the 2,116 records publish a contract value. The median is $864,000 and the largest single published value is $240.0M. By size, 19 under $100k, 604 between $100k and $1M, 418 between $1M and $10M, 83 above $10M. The remaining 992 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 19 | 1.7% |
| between $100k and $1M | 604 | 54% |
| between $1M and $10M | 418 | 37% |
| above $10M | 83 | 7.4% |
How long do bidders get to respond to waste management tenders in Sweden?
Across the 469 Sweden waste management notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 34 days. A quarter of them allowed 31 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 44. Short turnarounds are the exception rather than the rule here: only 1 (0.2%) closed within a fortnight of being published.
How often are waste management tenders published in Sweden?
Sweden publishes about 24 notices a month in this category, 292 in the last twelve months. That is 18% fewer than the 358 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 1,097, spread across 63 separate months of activity since 26 September 2017. May is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 26 May 2026, 128 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Sweden compare with other waste management markets?
Among the 37 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable waste management market, Sweden ranks 7th by number of records. The largest is France (12,281 records against 2,116 here). Within Sweden itself, waste management is the 6th largest of the 65 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Sweden waste management records on this page come from?
These 2,116 records are collected from 1 official source: TED (2,116). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Waste Management tenders in Sweden
None of these are open for bids now — they are the most recent records GlobalGov holds for this market, kept here so the shape of a typical waste management notice in Sweden is visible. Set an alert to be told when the next one opens.
Sweden – Refuse and waste related services – Mottagning, behandling och rötning av matavfall
Sweden – Litter collection services – Insamling och behandling av farligt avfall
Sweden – Sludge disposal services – Slamhantering för Bromma och Henriksdals reningsverk
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