Official UK procurement notice
003761 - Seasonal Waste Composition Analysis of Durham County Council Municipal Waste
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDurham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore the market options for a contractor that will deliver a comprehensive waste composition analysis of DCC’s municipal waste streams across four distinct seasonal periods within a 12-month programme. The study will look at the physical composition of municipal waste, identifying and quantifying key materials present throughout the year.
The services will include the sampling, sorting, categorisation, data capture, and reporting of municipal waste, with a specific focus on materials falling within the scope of relevant policy and regulatory frameworks. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Materials subject to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
• Containers and materials relevant to the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)
• Plastic films and flexible packaging materials
• Textiles
• Organics (Food & Green Waste)
CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 14:55 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 14:55 BST
- Authority reference
OPEN20262097- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0778c8
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published1 day ago23 Sept 2026, 14:55 BST
- Market engagementin 15 days10 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST
This opportunity can be accessed via the Open Portal (Project Ref: OPEN20262097) from Thursday 24th September 2026 at 10:00am. All responses should be provided by completing the questionnaire and uploading your response via the Open Portal system before Friday 9th October 2026 at 12:00pm. If you more…
are unable to respond by the date and time stipulated, you should get in touch via the Open correspondence and additional arrangements may be considered. Further discussions will be held in-person at Corten House with chosen suppliers, based on the suitability of their submission. These further discussions will be held on a date that is to be confirmed following the submission deadline. You will be allocated a 45-minute slot, once you have confirmed your availability for the chosen date. All correspondence regarding the further discussions should be made via the OPEN Portal. Please limit the number of representatives from your organisation to two persons. Should an in-person discussion not be feasible/suitable, we will facilitate further discussions via Microsoft Teams. - Contract startsin 188 days1 Apr 2027, 01:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Sept 2026, 14:55 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender