Cyprus Waste Management: Pentakomo and Kosii IWMF Upgrades Planned for 2027–2028

This source is not a tender notice or tender documents. It is a news article from en.philenews.com about the European Commission's decision of 1 October 2026 to refer Cyprus to the Court of Justice of the European Union over failures in municipal waste management. It names no contracting authority and publishes no procurement procedure, lots, value, submission deadline or bidder requirements.

The article says 21% of municipal waste in Cyprus is landfilled without prior treatment and total reliance on landfilling is 63%. The EU target is below 10% by 2035. It describes problems at three sites: the Paphos landfill, where waste is disposed of untreated; the Pentakomo Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF), which the Water Development Department has run since December 2023 and has covered with more than 180 operational contracts, supported by the Development Agency of Limassol; and the Kosii IWMF, which lacked capacity after the Kotsiatis dumpsite closed in 2018.

The article mentions several future procurement-related activities, all still to come:

1. A Sustainability Study of the Municipal Solid Waste Infrastructure Network will define the infrastructure needed for the national network through 2035. It is expected to conclude in 2028. 2. An interim action plan for Paphos aims to end untreated disposal no later than 2027. 3. Contract awards to upgrade the Pentakomo IWMF are expected in the second half of 2027. 4. Contract awards to upgrade the Kosii IWMF are expected in the first half of 2028. 5. The upgrade works are estimated to take 36 months. 6. Immediate operational interventions are planned to cover the transition periods. 7. Further measures come from the Cabinet-approved Municipal Waste Management Plan 2022-2028, which includes source-separation systems and a Pay-As-You-Throw scheme.

No contract notice, technical specifications, selection criteria, award criteria, estimated values or deadlines have been published for any of these activities. Requirements can only be described once the competent Cypriot authorities publish the actual tender notices and documents.