Official UK procurement notice
Recycling and Disposal of Commercial and Industrial Waste 2027-2032
Authority: Gentoo Group Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Group invites potential suppliers to provide a submission as per the ITT to establish a contract for Recycling and Disposal of Commercial and Industrial Waste
The Group will hold a tender competition in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 using the Open Procedure.
The Contract will be for an initial 36 month period, with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months each, subject to satisfactory contract performance and the Group still having the need and funding for the Contract. The total contract duration will not exceed 60 months.
Gentoo have decided this contract will be split into lots.
This Contract is being offered under the Gentoo’s standard Terms and Conditions. These terms and conditions will govern any resultant Contract.
The total estimated value of the initial term of the Contract, excluding VAT, is approximately £4-5M. This is an indicative amount for information only and no guarantee of future Contract value or volumes should be assumed.
The ITT contains the information and instructions the potential supplier needs to submit a Tender.
The Contract will have a provision for Gentoo Homes & Gentoo Developments
CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Gentoo Group Limited buys Refuse and waste related services (CPV 9050), and who usually turns up
Gentoo Group Limited’s published record next to the market for the same work. 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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 North East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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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 56 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.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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 bid11% / 30%
2–311% / 63%
4–622% / 7%
7+56% / 0%
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 estimate38% / 42%
Within ±2%0% / 33%
Above estimate63% / 25%
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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.
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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 9050Published estimate£4.0m
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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 27 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid30%
2–363%
4–67%
7+0%
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| SuezEarlier contract | Recycling and Disposal of Commercial and Industrial Wastenotice published May 2022 | Waste Transfer Station based within the radius of SR1 3DX | £843k | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Biffa Waste Services LtdEarlier contract | Recycling and Disposal of Commercial and Industrial Wastenotice published May 2022 | Waste Transfer Station based within a radius of NE38 9AR | £682k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
86% title match.
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.
86% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (86% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Recycling and Disposal of Commercial and Industrial Waste — held by Suez and Biffa Waste Services Ltd; no contract end date published.
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
- 27 Oct 2026, 16:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 16:57 GMT
- Authority reference
827- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101769- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0791c0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Oct 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published2 days ago27 Oct 2026, 16:57 GMT
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 8 days6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Gentoo Group is pleased to publish this pre-market engagement notice to generate early interest in our forthcoming tender for Waste Services.
The framework agreement will be in place for a 36 month period, with the option to extend by 2 x 12 month periods, providing there is still a requirement / budget and the successful supplier is performing to a satisfactory standard. The duration will not exceed 60 month.
The requirements comprise of the following:
Lot 1 - Sunderland Central - SR3 3DX
- Waste Transfer Station based within the radius of SR1 3DX, shown on the map Appendix A.
- Waste will be brought in on vans/truckettes as mainly mixed general waste, however some loads may be segregated (e.g., inert, wood, green). Approximately 10-15 vehicles per day.
- Provision of skips within that area.
Lot 2 - Houghton/Washington – NE38 9AR
- Waste Transfer Station based within a radius of NE38 9AR.
- Waste will be brought in on vans/truckettes as mainly mixed general waste, however some loads may be segregated (e.g., inert, wood, green). Approximately 10-15 vehicles per day.
- Provision of skips within that area.
Please note that Gentoo intend to move to a new Operational depot in 2027 - Eastgate Point, Commercial Road, Sunderland, SR2 8QR
Submission address and any special instructions
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Updated 20 April 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 15 days13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 183 days1 May 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Oct 2026, 16:57 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No contract published
- Bid statistics
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender