Provision of Transfer Station

Official notice

Authority: OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesAbove threshold

Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Cleaning & Environmental Services (90) Delivery: South East (UKJ1)

Planned pipeline value£15,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

Contract term 2 yrsends 30 May 2028 · up to 30 May 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of undercover Transfer Station facilities, handling of contract recyclable materials and loading of vehicles (supplied by onward transport Contractor).

The Contract recyclables will be a single co-mingled stream comprising Dry Recyclables collected from households and a Trade Dry Mixed Recycling (DMR) stream collected from Commercial Premises, comprising as a minimum:

Plastic
Glass
Metal cans and tins
Paper, card and cardboard
Drinks cartons and tetrapak
Household batteries (separate stream from DMR)

Tonnage: 16,350 tonnes each year (75% household - 25% Trade approximately).

CPV: Refuse and waste related services · Waste transfer station

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs

Contract period: 1 Jun 2026 – 30 May 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 30 May 2030 with extensions

Delivery: South East

Extensions: Extension options published

45232470 Waste transfer station 90500000 Refuse and waste related services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
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: 23 Jul 2025, 11:29 BST
Last source update: 23 Jul 2025, 11:29 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-042309
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Refuse and waste related servicesWaste transfer station
Delivery area: South East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056479 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

23 Jul 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published
23 Jul 2025, 11:29 BST
Market engagement360 days ago
1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
ODS will be conducting pre-market engagement with Waste Transfer Station services providers within the County of Oxfordshire. It is envisioned that this engagement will be a series of 1-2-1 meetings either in -person or virtually with potential services providers.
The market engagement will help determine the appropriate geographies within the final tender.
If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please email [email protected]
Contract starts149 days ago
1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
23 Jul 2025, 11:29 BST
UK2

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

OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 10719222 · GB-PPON: PGHW-1955-ZBLX Cowley Marsh Depot, Oxford, South East, OX4 2HHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender23 Jul 2025, 11:29 BST