Zero Waste Scotland Ltd

Contract awards

• Systems and Behaviour Framework

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 9 Sept, 2026Source Public Contracts Scotland

  Zero Waste Scotland (the ‘Client’) requires the provision of integrated systems analysis and behavioural science expertise to identify leverage points within complex systems and to design, prioritise, test, and scale interventions that address clearly defined target behaviours

  Awarded to Camrosh Limited, Ricardo AEA Ltd, University of Exeter, UKUXLTD, Fractal Consulting, Ove Arup & Partners, Resource Futures, University of Strathclyde

• Recruitment Services: Circular Economy Intern Placements 26-OT-072-SS-30

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 19 Aug, 2026Value £300.00kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  Zero Waste Scotland requires the provision of technical support from a suitably skilled and experienced third-party recruitment agency to recruit and manage a series of internships to be placed within different enterprises in Scotland to support transition to circular business models

  Awarded to Venesky Brown Recruitment Ltd

• Award of 24-FW-003-CO-51 - Household Intervention Plan Citizens Qualitative Research

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 10 Aug, 2026Value £65.85kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  The purpose of this research is to:• Understand public views on the proposed intervention areas, including any areas of disagreement, concern or disapproval or amendments that can be suggested by the participants. This is to support the development of the household intervention plan.• Understand how views and experienc

  Awarded to MEL Research

• Award of 24-FW-004-CO-49 - CirCoFin Construction Material Flow Analysis

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 10 Aug, 2026Value £50.18kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  The intended outcome of this research is an enhanced understanding of the volumes and material flows of common construction materials in Scotland. This will provide baseline data which can be used to directly support project related activities including impact assessments and economic analysis, as well as supporting th

  Awarded to Resource Futures

• Systems Thinking

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 15 Apr, 2026Value £80.00kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  We require the provision of consultancy services to help raise awareness of and embed systems thinking practice as a core organisational approach for strategic planning and project design. This will help build internal capacity and ensure practical application in a clear and consistent manner.

  Awarded to Systems and Complexity in Organisation Ltd

• Circular Construction Hub(s) in Scotland – Feasibility Study

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 24 Mar, 2026Value £150.00kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  Provision of a suitably skilled and experienced supplier to conduct a detailed, mixed methods, co-creation , feasibility study to assess the technical and financial business case on a range of options to determine the most feasible Circular Construction Hub business model options for Scotland. This work is for Zero Wa

  Awarded to Drees & Sommer UK Limited

• Provision of HR support and project delivery

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 25 Feb, 2026Value £70.00kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  Zero Waste Scotland requires urgent provision of interim HR consultancy support to ensure organisational continuity due to the departure of both senior staff and significant capacity risks within the People & Support Services Directorate. The organisation is undergoing substantial people‑related activity, including NDP

  Awarded to Connect Three Solutions

• Award of 24-FW-002-CO-40 Food Waste Behaviours and Interventions Assessment

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Nov, 2025Value £78.59kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  We are seeking to address four overarching questions:•What are the target food waste reduction behaviours we should focus on in Scotland?•Which of these should be directed specifically to households and which are activities that systemwide actors need to undertake to support households to use their food efficiently and

  Awarded to Eunomia

• Award of Re-Tender - 24-FW-003-CO-35 - Understanding and improving the quality of essential kerbs...

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Nov, 2025Value £39.62kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  This research aims to evidence the importance of quality for each core material collected at the kerbside in Scotland. The research will be used to inform future work with local authorities to improve material quality.Through engagement with the material supply chain, the research will identify the current level of qua

  Awarded to GC Insight

• Award of 24-FW-003-CO-37 - Digital technology best practice for high quality and high performing ...

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Nov, 2025Value £19.85kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  This research aims to understand how digital technology is currently being used across kerbside collection services. The types of technology in use, who is using them, and their effectiveness shall be investigated along with looking to the future for emerging technologies and how they can assist Scotland’s local author

  Awarded to GC Insight

• Award of Evidence and insights: Solar Panels and material flows in and across Scotland-24-FW-002-...

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Nov, 2025Value £19.86kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  This Project will assess the current and future state of PV panels in Scotland with a view to supporting effective whole life cycle management, material recovery, and circular business models. This includes both roof-mounted and ground-mounted panels, and their supporting infrastructure such as inverters and mounting h

  Awarded to Ricardo-AEA

• Award of 24-FW-003-CO-29 Reuse Retail Trends and Barriers in the Scottish EEE Sector

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Nov, 2025Value £93.87kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  The Scottish Government estimates that approximately 1.6 - 2 million tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is disposed of every year in the UK.Electronics present a critical opportunity for scaling up reuse as part of a circular economy. While current efforts in Scotland largely centre around recyc

  Awarded to GC Insight

• Award of 24-FW-003-CO-30 Direct Award: Circular Public Procurement Research (Phase 2)

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Nov, 2025Value £29.74kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  Public procurement is an important lever as it offers an opportunity to reduce the public sector’s carbon footprint through promoting the purchasing of services over ownership and prioritising the reuse, repair and remanufacturing of all goods used. This buying power has the added potential to stimulate market developm

  Awarded to Ricardo-AEA

• Award of 24-FW-004-CO-27 Evidence and insights: mattresses and mattress material flows in and acr...

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 20 Nov, 2025Value £27.59kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  The aim of this Project was to develop the evidence base for mattresses and mattress material flows. The data gathered in this project will be used by Zero Waste Scotland to identify key points in the mattress supply chain that may be suitable for impactful policy intervention.Further information is provided in the Add

  Awarded to Enscape Consulting Ltd

• Circular Construction Hub(s) in Scotland – Feasibility Study

  Location: Scotland

  CancelledPublished 20 Nov, 2025Source Public Contracts Scotland

  Provision of a suitably skilled and experienced supplier to conduct a detailed, mixed methods, co-creation , feasibility study to assess the technical and financial business case on a range of options to determine the most feasible Circular Construction Hub business model options for Scotland. This work is for Zero Wa

• Award of 24-FW-004-CO-39 Recycling Improvement Fund Evaluation

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 19 Nov, 2025Value £42.15kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  In 2021, the Scottish Government launched the £70 million Recycling Improvement Fund (RIF), a five-year program providing capital funding grants to local authorities for improving recycling infrastructure and services across the country.Local authorities across Scotland apply to the fund to take forward projects which

  Awarded to Wavehill Ltd

• Resource Mapping for Scotland's Clean Heat Transition

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 26 Sept, 2025Value £69.96kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  This is an Open Tender intended to result in the award of a Contract to produce a dataset of estimates that quantify the material arisings resulting from the commissioning and decommissioning of building energy and thermal efficiency improvements, and heating technologies and systems, in Scotland’s building stock. This

  Awarded to UrbanTide Limited

• Award of 24-FW-002-CO-28 Mini Competition: Product Stewardship - Rapid Product Assessments

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 9 Sept, 2025Value £32.72kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  This project supports a wider Product Stewardship Plan development workstream at Zero Waste Scotland. The data and information gathered in this project will be used to recommend priority products which will subject to a full Products Stewardship assessment. This will include further analysis covering broader impacts an

  Awarded to Ricardo-AEA

• Award of 24-FW-004-CO-25 Mini Competition: Transitioning Scotland’s F&D Sectors to the CE

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 9 Sept, 2025Value £47.26kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  This Call Off was to gather insights and evidence that will provide Zero Waste Scotland with a greater understanding of the Food and Drink sectors environment, their support requirements and expectations, the barriers they face to adopting food waste reduction practices, their attitudes towards the circular economy, an

  Awarded to Enscape Consulting Ltd

• Award of 24-FW-004-CO-17 Mini Competition: Internalising Externalities

  Location: Scotland

  Awarded contractPublished 9 Sept, 2025Value £65.04kSource Public Contracts Scotland

  This Call Off will provide evidence of the different ways that wider environmental and social costs and benefits can be brought within Scotland’s economic system. It will identify the potential mechanisms available, assess their strengths and weaknesses, set out to what extent Scotland can unilaterally act and identify

  Awarded to Resource Futures