Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 8 Jul 2026, 10:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Y26028 - Wheelie Bins & Kerbside Recycling Containers

Authority: Cantium Business Solutions Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementGoodsAbove threshold
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£50,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 30 Apr 2031 · starts 1 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Pre-Market Engagement questionnaire for Wheelie Bins & Kerbside Recycling Containers

Procurement Services is conducting a needs assessment to understand the requirements of public sector organisations for Wheelie Bins & Kerbside Recycling Containers . This will help us shape a framework that best meets your needs. We invite you to respond to the following questions to help ensure the framework delivers the right products, services, and value. Responses should be submitted by Wednesday 22nd July 2026 by 5pm - link within the attached document.

Suggested Lot information as follows:

Lot 1 – Supply of wheelie bins and containers – for delivery to multiple locations, this would include but is not limited to the following:

Compost Bins

Food waste caddies and containers

Kerbside recycling boxes

Plastic palette boxes

Waste housing units

Wheelie bins

RFID tagging, asset tracking, IoT-enabled containers

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

csg.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-West-M… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

csg.delta-esourcing.com/respond/VEC7UG38A9 ↗

CPV: Waste and rubbish containers and bins

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 May 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrs

What it takes to win
i

How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Y26028 - Wheelie Bins & Kerbside Recycling Containers” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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

How Cantium Business Solutions Limited buys Road equipment (CPV 3492), and who usually turns up

Cantium Business Solutions Limited’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Road equipment (CPV 3492) →

1

How the contest usually goes

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

Question for the bid
This buyerCantium Business Solutions Limited · 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: no supplier sizes published · market: CPV 3492 · UK-wide, n=30
—87%

No supplier sizes published for this authority.

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.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 3492 · UK-wide, n=36
—47%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 13 decided notices · market: CPV 3492 · South East England (authority’s region), n=5
56 days41 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 56 days of the bid deadline.

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 market 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: exactly 2 of 3 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 3492 · UK-wide, n=24
2 of 325%

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?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer10 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 34
0% had one bid
The market102 lots with bid counts · CPV 3492 · UK-wide
5% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 5%
Buyer: 0 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 102 lots with published bid counts.
2–30% / 29%
Buyer: 0 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 30 of 102 lots with published bid counts.
4–620% / 22%
Buyer: 2 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 22 of 102 lots with published bid counts.
7+80% / 44%
Buyer: 8 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 45 of 102 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
i

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

Our matching links this notice to “Supply of Wheelie Bins and Containers Y23004” of this authority, but none of the 2 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.

Lot #1CPV 349248 monthsPublished estimate£50m
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 14 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet21% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 14 similar lots
1 bid21%
3 of 14 similar past lots received 1 bid (21%).
2–30%
0 of 14 similar past lots received 2–3 (0%).
4–629%
4 of 14 similar past lots received 4–6 (29%).
7+50%
7 of 14 similar past lots received 7+ (50%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 6.5 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.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
CRAEMER UK LIMITEDEarlier contractSupply of Wheelie Bins and Containers Y23004notice published Jun 2023——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.

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
Goods
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
8 Jul 2026, 10:15 BST
Last source update
8 Jul 2026, 10:15 BST
Authority reference
Y26028
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-063992
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Waste and rubbish containers and bins
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c5ef Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

8 Jul 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published110 days ago
    8 Jul 2026, 10:15 BST
  2. Market engagement95 days ago
    22 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    This preliminary market engagement is conducted in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023. Its purpose is to inform and shape the upcoming procurement process by engaging with the market in a fair, transparent, and non-discriminatory manner.

    This notice is issued to:

    Invite suppliers to participate in pre-market engagement - This is not a call for competition at this stage, it is to explore what is needed in the market place and how best to design the framework to assist public sector spending to offer best value and a route to market that is compliant.

    The purpose of this engagement is to:

    Understand market capability and capacity

    Inform the development of the specification and pricing mechanism

    Explore innovative solutions

    Identify potential risks and delivery models

    Suppliers are invited to participate in the following activities:

    Online questionnaire

    1:1 meetings

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  3. Today
    26 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 187 days
    1 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Jul 2026, 10:15 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

Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYCX-4938-CCHM 1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, South East, ME19 4YTContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure