Official UK procurement notice
Ceredigion - Provision and Operation of a Household Waste Site in the South East of Ceredigion / Darpariaeth a Gweithrediad Safle Gwastraff Cartref yn Ne-ddwyrain Ceredigion
Authority: Ceredigion County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision and operation of a household waste site in the South East of Ceredigion / Darpariaeth a gweithrediad safle gwastraff cartref yn Ne-ddwyrain Ceredigion.
The requirement is for a facility within 7 miles of Lampeter within Ceredigion county boundary.
The estimated contract value, if the Council chooses a 4 year term plus 2 years' extension would be within the range of £2,000,000 to £2,540,000 excluding VAT or within the range of £2,400,000 to £3,048,000 including VAT.
The value is issued for guidance only and does not constitute a fixed budget or an indication of the expected contract price. Bidders are expected to submit a competitive bid based on market prices.
The Council is engaging with potential operators to assist with defining options for delivery of future contracts.
CPV: Operation of a refuse site
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1CancelledRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2026, 16:33 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-087002- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a227Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 May 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published152 days ago22 May 2026, 16:33 BST
- Market engagement130 days ago12 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Ceredigion County Council owns three Household Waste Sites which are operated under contract to private operators. A fourth site is owned and operated by a contractor. The four sites are currently operated by three separate contractors.
The current contracts are due to expire this year, and the Council wishes to explore options for the procurement of new contracts. Specifically, the Council wishes to understand the market interest in operating all three of the Council-owned sites; to explore a preferred contract term, and to understand the market appetite for providing and operating a site in the south-east of the county.
Potential service providers are invited to participate via submission of written responses to a preliminary market engagement questionnaire.
Please note that two Preliminary Market Engagement Notices will be published. One for the three Council-owned sites and the other for provision of an operator-owned site. This is for administration of future Notices only. There is only one engagement activity covering the future provision of all four sites. You only need to complete one questionnaire.
The Council reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, following the submission of the preliminary market engagement questionnaire, to follow up with some/all of the market participants and invite them to attend a meeting with Council officers to discuss their response to the questionnaire.
The key aims of the market engagement are to:
raise awareness of and test market interest in the forthcoming procurement activity
seek the market’s views on potential contract lots/combination, terms and documentation
invite market views which may inform and support the development of the procurement process
The preliminary market engagement is non-binding and for information only; no contract will be awarded from this preliminary market engagement.
The questionnaire can be found by following the links below. There is a Welsh and English version of the survey.
Should you wish to request an version of the questionnaire that can be emailed to the Council then please contact [email protected]
Welsh Form
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English Form
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In the event that a participant considers that any information or supplied by it is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be specifically highlighted together with the time period for which it will remain commercially sensitive or confidential, the reasons for its commercial sensitivity or confidentiality and an explanation of the grounds for exempting that information from disclosure. It is not acceptable for complete documents to be classed as commercially sensitive or confidential.
- Next notice expected117 days ago25 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published37 days ago14 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 11 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2026- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 16:33 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Jun 2026, 17:00 BSTUK2
- Procurement termination notice published14 Sept 2026, 15:49 BSTUK12
- Status changed to withdrawn14 Sept 2026, 15:49 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 14 Sept 2026 | CancelledDuplicate UK4 Notice published in error. Correct Notice is ocds-h6vhtk-06f96a. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender