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title: "**SOFT MARKET TESTING** Essex County Council Re-Use"
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# **SOFT MARKET TESTING** Essex County Council Re-Use

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-testing-essex-county-council-re-use-ocds-h6vhtk-040823). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "**SOFT MARKET TESTING** Essex County Council Re-Use". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Refuse and waste related services, Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040823`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/soft-market-testing-essex-county-council-re-use-ocds-h6vhtk-040823#tl-md)

## Description
Essex is a large county with almost 1.5 million residents generating approximately 700,000 tonnes of local authority collected waste per annum. As the statutory Waste Disposal Authority for Essex, Essex County Council (the Authority) is responsible for providing a range of arrangements for the management of waste.
The Authority operate 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste (RCHW) and 4 Waste Transfer Stations (WTS), and work closely with the 12 borough, city and district councils who are the Waste Collection Authorities (WCA) within the county of Essex.
In April 2022, the Authority in-housed its waste service and therefore now operate and manage 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste (RCHW) and 4 Waste Transfer Stations (WTS) across the County.
In accordance with the Everyone’s Essex Objectives (2021-2025) to minimise waste and create greener communities, as well as the Essex Waste Strategy (2007-2032) pledge to manage waste in accordance with the waste hierarchy, the Authority are committed to managing waste in alignment with these priorities.
In consideration of this, the Authority are keen to explore opportunities to develop our re-use scheme further, as well as understand the different types of business models available. Therefore, should your Organisation have experience with management of a re-use scheme which maximises the principles of circular economy, adds social value to the local community and generates income, please contact bethany.gray@essex.gov.uk with a brief summary of the services that your organisation provides by 12pm on 27th October 2023.
Please note that at this stage, this opportunity is soft market test only and not a call for competition. This market test exercise is to allow the Authority to ascertain interest from the market, investigate potential options, and consider the best route for a potential future contract opportunity.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 90000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029367-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-05T09:57:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T21:57:03.031Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040823