Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Transfer Station for Dry Mixed Recyclate
Authority: OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of undercover Transfer Station facilities, handling of materials and loading of vehicles supplied by ODS’ MRF Contractor.
The materials are 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 (the full list is provided documents attached):
- Plastic
- Glass
- Metal cans and tins
- Paper, card and cardboard
- Drinks cartons and tetrapak
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 May 2026, 10:43 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2026, 15:04 BST
- Authority reference
2026/S 000-046866- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070859- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069ea3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Switching Direct Award
- Published justification
No Suitable bids were received during the open tender process. A new immediate competition would not provide a different result due to market constraints in the Oxfordshire locality. The Supplier related to this Transparency notice is not an excluded or excludable supplier and the Contract awarded is the same contract that was originally tendered.
- Replaces an unsuccessful procedure Provision of a Transfer Station for Dry Mixed Recyclate
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2026- Transparency notice published21 May 2026, 10:43 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published21 May 2026, 11:32 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected3 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published27 Jul 2026, 15:04 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. Collard LimitedSMEProvision of Transfer station Services4 Jun 2026 – 3 Jun 2028 · up to 3 Jun 2030Extensions: 2 twelve-month extensions have been included in the contract and original tender documentation and extensions may be used at the discretion of ODS | £400,000 | 20 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Transfer station Services · R. Collard LimitedSME
- Signed
- 26 Jun 2026
- Value
- £480,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 28 Jun 2026 – 27 Jun 2028 · up to 27 Jun 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Two 12-month extensions
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- R Collard LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender