The key dates for the Merseyside Procurement Programme are as follows:
| Waste Management & Recycling Contract | Sceduled Dates |
| Final tenders from participants | January 2009 |
| Preferred bidder appointed | April 2009 |
| Contract award | May 2009 |
| Recource & Recovery Contract | Sceduled Dates |
| Issue invitation to submit detailed solutions (ISDS) | January 2009 |
| Participants complete and return ISDS to MWDA | March 2009 |
| Call for final tenders | January 2010 |
| Preferred bidder appointed | May 2010 |
| Contract award | June 2010 |