Official UK procurement notice
Preliminary Market Engagement – Waste Recycling Baler Infrastructure Modifications and Additional Cardboard Baler Installation at Silent Valley Waste Transfer Station
Authority: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlaenau Gwent County Borough Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the future procurement of waste infrastructure modifications at its Silent Valley Waste Transfer Station.
The Council is reviewing its existing waste management operations in preparation for forthcoming Welsh legislative requirements that will require local authorities to separately collect and process flexible plastics by April 2027. To support compliance and improve operational efficiency, the Council is considering alterations to its current baling arrangements and seeks input from suitably experienced suppliers and manufacturers.
The proposed project includes:
- Assessment of the existing Godswill baler installation.
- Determination of the technical feasibility of converting the existing baler from a left-hand discharge configuration to a right-hand discharge arrangement.
- Identification of any structural, electrical, hydraulic, mechanical or operational constraints associated with such modifications.
- Provision of indicative capital, installation and commissioning costs.
- Assessment of operational impacts including health and safety, maintenance and workflow considerations.
- Identification of alternative solutions if modification of the existing equipment is not considered viable.
- Recommendations for design improvements, operational enhancements and future-proofing measures to accommodate increasing waste segregation requirements, including flexible plastics processing.
The Council is also exploring options for the supply and installation of an additional dedicated cardboard baler to increase processing capacity, reduce overtime requirements and improve operational efficiency. The intention is that the existing baler may be repurposed for flexible plastics and other waste streams while a separate baler is dedicated to cardboard processing.
CPV: Industrial machinery
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council buys Industrial machinery (CPV 42), and who usually turns up
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1 bid27% / 27%
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4–618% / 40%
7+0% / 7%
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Above estimate27% / 13%
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Lot #1Published estimate£1000k
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1 bid27%
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- 10 Jul 2026, 12:31 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2026, 12:31 BST
- Authority reference
PME07/2026 - SVBALER- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-065127- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c873Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
10 Jul 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published105 days ago10 Jul 2026, 12:31 BST
- Market engagement91 days ago23 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
This market engagement does not form part of any formal procurement process and does not commit the Council to commence any procurement or award any contract.
The Council anticipates using information gathered through this engagement to develop a future procurement opportunity for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of waste baling infrastructure improvements.
The final scope, lot structure, procurement route and contract value have not yet been determined.
The Council wishes to engage with the market to:
- Understand available technologies and equipment options.
- Assess whether modification of the existing baler represents a practical and value-for-money solution.
- Identify innovative approaches to handling cardboard and flexible plastics.
- Establish likely project costs, implementation timescales and delivery risks.
- Inform the development of a future technical specification and procurement strategy.
- Understand supplier capability and market capacity.
Site Information
The existing installation is located at:
Silent Valley Waste Transfer Station
Beechwood House
Cwm
Ebbw Vale
NP23 6PZ
Interested suppliers will be invited to attend a site visit Monday 20th July to Thursday 23rd July 2026, to review the existing equipment layout, operational constraints and surrounding infrastructure.
Site visits can be arranged in consultation with:
Mr Robert Lewis, Team Leader, Waste Strategy & Prevention
email: [email protected]
Following the pre-arranged site visit, the Council would welcome responses covering:
- Experience of modifying existing balers, including discharge reconfiguration projects.
- Experience of installing cardboard balers within operational waste transfer stations.
- Indicative project costs.
- Typical programme durations.
- Key technical risks and mitigation measures.
- Space, power supply, structural or access considerations.
- Recommended equipment and technology solutions.
- Opportunities to improve throughput, efficiency and safety.
- Examples of similar projects undertaken for local authorities or waste operators.
- Any environmental or sustainability benefits associated with proposed solutions.
Responses should include company details, relevant experience and any supporting technical information considered beneficial to the Council's requirements and be submitted by 17th August 2026.
Participation in this preliminary market engagement is voluntary. Any information provided by suppliers may be used by the Council solely for the purpose of informing future procurement activity. Participation will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement exercise.
The Council reserves the right not to proceed with any future procurement.
- Tender notice expected51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 39 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Jul 2026, 12:31 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender