Official UK procurement notice
Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - Future Municipal Waste Management Arrangements for Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA)
Authority: Western Riverside Waste Authority (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn accordance with Section 16 of the Procurement Act 2023, the Western Riverside Waste Authority (WRWA) is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to engage with suppliers regarding capacity within the UK waste market to process and treat entire waste streams for which WRWA is responsible.
WRWA's existing Waste Management Services Agreement shall expire in 2032.
To inform the Outline Business Case and Procurement Strategy, WRWA wishes to engage with the market to better understand the interest, capacity and infrastructure the market has in providing the services that WRWA is responsible for.
Participation in this market engagement exercise is not a requirement for participation in the forthcoming procurement, which shall be formally commenced through publication of a procurement notice in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
This PMEN is not a call for competition, does not formally commence a procurement process, and is issued solely for the purpose of gathering information and insight from the market.
Objectives of this Preliminary Market Engagement
Through this PME, the Authority seeks to;
Understand market appetite for the Authority's future waste management services
Test potential services delivery models, integrated, disaggregated, lots
Explore capacity, capabilities, innovation and investment appetite, across the Services.
Inform the Authority's infrastructure planning, including potential refurbishment, expansion or use of existing facilities
Identify risks, constraints and opportunities that could influence future commercial and procurement approaches.
Support the development of the Procurement Strategy & Outline Business Case that is transparent, competitive, attractive to the market and deliverable.
You can access the tender documents on the MyTenders portal using the link below:
CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Western Riverside Waste Authority buys Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050), and who usually turns up
Western Riverside Waste Authority has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 17% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 41% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 39 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 36% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid35%
2–340%
4–620%
7+5%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate47%
Within ±2%33%
Above estimate20%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 9050No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 20 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid35%
2–340%
4–620%
7+5%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- 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
- 8 Dec 2025, 13:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT
- Authority reference
WRWA-PMEN-DEC2025- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-014352- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f0caFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
8 Dec 2025 → 5 Oct 2032 · 5 dates- Planning notice published319 days ago8 Dec 2025, 13:38 GMT
- Latest notice published248 days ago17 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT
- Market engagement245 days ago20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is accompanied by a Preliminary Market Engagement Briefing Document and Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire, which suppliers are invited to complete and return by the deadline date of Friday 20th February 2026.
Suppliers may submit clarification questions regarding this Preliminary Market Engagement via MyTenders. All questions should be submitted by 17:00, Friday 30th January and the Authority will respond to respondents with consolidated answers. Please note that individual responses will not be published only anonymised, aggregated clarifications will be shared.
Following review of questionnaire submissions, the Authority may invite suppliers to participate in individual follow-up meetings to discuss responses in more detail. These meetings are optional and will only be used where necessary to clarify or deepen the Authority's understanding of issues raised in submitted questionnaires.
All engagement activities will be conducted in compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 principles of:
- Equal Treatment
- Non-discrimination
- Integrity and fairness
- Transparency
Participation
Suppliers wishing to participate should:
- Review this Procurement Market Engagement Notice and accompanying documents
- Submit written responses to questionnaire by the stated deadline via "MyTenders" portal
- Indicate whether you would be willing to participate in follow-up meetings if requested
UPDATE:
Preliminary Market Engagement - Submission Process Update
Please note that completed Market Engagement Questionnaires should be submitted by email to:
The deadline for submission remains:
Friday 20th February at 23:59
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expected6 Oct 2031, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts5 Oct 2032, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Dec 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Dec 2025, 13:38 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Dec 2025, 14:58 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMTUK2
Published amendments (1)
Participation Change: Preliminary Market Engagement - Submission Process Update Please note that completed Market Engagement Questionnaires should be submitted by email to: [email protected] The deadline for submission remains: Friday 20th February at 23:59
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender