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COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND RECYCLING / RECOVERY OF WASTE WOOD FROM RECYCLING CENTRES

Buyer: Mid Ulster District Council →

BuyerMid Ulster District Council
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£800,000
Published29 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Mid Ulster District Council (MUDC) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process under the Procurement Act 2023 (Act) to establish a contract(s) with (a) suitably experienced and licensed contractor(s) to collect, treat and recycle / recover waste wood from Household Waste Recycling Centres & Waste Transfer Stations across the district. The potential scale and scope of this service is such that it offers a significant opportunity to contractors. Prior to initiating the planned procurement, MUDC wishes to conduct a Pre-Market Engagement (PME) exercise in order to meet the objectives set out below. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT EXERCISE This exercise will be used to assist MUDC in gaining a better understanding of the market / feasibility of the requirements, the most appropriate procurement and operational approach, the capacity of the market to deliver the requirements and an opportunity for the market to highlight any possible risks or issues that may not have previously been considered. The specific objectives of this exercise are to: • establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process; • gain initial contractor awareness, engagement and opinions; • understand the capacity of the market to deliver; • provide confidence around viability of concept; • gain insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions; • understand possible risks and issues that may not have been previously considered; • inform the Outline Business Case (where applicable); • inform the Procurement Strategy; and • prevent the department from advertising an unachievable project at UK e-notification service www.find-tender.service.gov.uk stage. This notice serves as an invitation to interested contractors to participate in the pre-market engagement exercise. Contractors who wish to participate in the market engagement exercise should complete the pre-market engagement questionnaire provided. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from the CfT Documents section on eTendersNI. Contractors should complete the questionnaire and declaration at Appendix A and upload to eTendersNI . Completed questionnaires (including the declaration) must be returned via the eTendersNI Messaging function as an attachment. Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough available through the homepage of the portal. There are no documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. In responding to this exercise, interested contractors are invited to provide information which may assist with MUDC's consideration of its requirements in respect of any subsequent procurement, along with the options available to it and its preparations of said procurement. As a result, contractors should note that any information gathered may be used in the development of a business case on the most suitable approach to meeting the operational and management needs of MUDC in relation to the above-mentioned contract(s) and any subsequent future procurement of those contract(s). The procurement procedure, delivery model, scope of services and contract terms required may be further considered by MUDC following this exercise and engagement with contractors Any information gathered through this exercise will exclusively inform internal business planning and development of the procurement strategy for any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this exercise shall not prevent any contractor participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any contractor at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. MUDC reserves the right to withdraw this document and to make any changes at its sole discretion to the timetable, structure or content of this exercise and to waive any requirements of this exercise. Please note, the undertaking of this exercise does not obligate MUDC to proceed with the procurement to which it relates. For the avoidance of doubt, this is an initial scoping phase and is not part of a formal procurement process.

Delivery location

UKN, GB

Categories

Refuse and waste related services 90500000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Nov 2026 to 31 Oct 2028
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Refuse and waste related servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 90. The category anchor is Refuse and waste related services (90500000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 903,4455 median · 21.7 average (1,164 of 3,445 with a bid count)3.2 average (1,240 of 3,445 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKN794 median · 26.1 average (39 of 79 with a bid count)5.5 average (40 of 79 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3465 median · 5.6 average (8 of 346 with a bid count)1.1 average (8 of 346 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
All PME questionnaire responses should be returned to MUDC via eTenders NI no later than 3.00 pm on12 August 2026. Whilst MUDC is unable to guarantee it will incorporate all feedback into the subsequent procurement exercise, there is greater potential for your suggestions to be considered in more depth, if you are able to submit your response in accordance with the deadline above.engagement12 Aug 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d6c6
Latest release ID071820-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 29 2026 14:28:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£800,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
29 Jul 2026planning071820-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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