Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 15 Apr 2026, 17:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Waste and Sanitary Services

Authority: The Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£237,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Aug 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Oct 2029 · up to 31 Oct 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Queen Elizabeth II Centre is proposing to go to the market within 12 months to re-procure waste and sanitary services. There is some uncertainty at the moment as when, and if, the Centre will commence this procurement due to the Restore & Renovation programme proposed for the Palace of Westminster.

CPV: Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Oct 2031 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How The Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre buys Refuse disposal and treatment (CPV 9051), and who usually turns up

The Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Refuse disposal and treatment (CPV 9051) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerThe Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 4 known-size awards · market: no supplier sizes published
3 of 4—

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 2 known-location awards · market: no winner locations published
2 of 2—

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: no decision dates published
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No decision dates published to compare.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 1 of 10 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: no bid counts or routes published
10%—

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

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Assess each lot
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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 905136 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£237k
Expected competition
i

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 184 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet34% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 184 similar lots
1 bid34%
62 of 184 similar past lots received 1 bid (34%).
2–345%
83 of 184 similar past lots received 2–3 (45%).
4–618%
34 of 184 similar past lots received 4–6 (18%).
7+3%
5 of 184 similar past lots received 7+ (3%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 2 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £237k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

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.

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.

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
15 Apr 2026, 17:03 BST
Last source update
15 Apr 2026, 17:03 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-034417
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068383 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 Apr 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published190 days ago
    15 Apr 2026, 17:03 BST
  2. Tender notice expected52 days ago
    31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Market engagement52 days ago
    31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST

    The QEII Centre is not seeking to actively engage with the market at this stage due to the uncertainty relating to the R&R programme which will see the usage of the Centre change which will alter the profile of the procurement. Potential suppliers are asked not to engage with the Centre at this stage but further notices will be published enabling and encouraging engagement as necessary.

  4. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 10 days
    1 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Apr 2026, 17:03 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

The Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PLXN-8621-WRWP Broad Sanctuary, London, London, SW1P 3EEContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure