Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 1 Aug 2025, 12:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ANDBC Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise - Appointment of an Integrated Consultancy Team to explore the Development of an Integrated Waste and Operations Depot

Official notice

Authority: Ards and North Down Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 9 moends 1 Sept 2026 · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Notice is to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the potential contract for an Integrated Consultancy Team to explore the development of an Integrated Waste and Operations Depot. To this end, Ards and North Down Borough Council wish to engage with potential

suppliers to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through the completion of a Questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the Call for Tender (CfT) Ref: 6063177. All correspondence in relation to this Pre-Market Engagement exercise will be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire No Later than 12noon on Friday 15th August 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 6063177. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

CPV: Architectural and related services · Architectural design services · Architectural services for buildings · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Architectural, engineering and surveying services · Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs · Economic impact assessment · Energy-management services · Feasibility study · Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis · Project and design preparation, estimation of costs · Refuse and waste related services · +1 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
1 Aug 2025, 12:53 BST
Last source update
1 Aug 2025, 12:53 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045204
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Architectural and related servicesArchitectural design servicesArchitectural services for buildingsArchitectural, engineering and planning servicesArchitectural, engineering and surveying servicesCalculation of costs, monitoring of costsEconomic impact assessmentEnergy-management servicesFeasibility studyFeasibility study, advisory service, analysis
+3 moreProject and design preparation, estimation of costsRefuse and waste related services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN09)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056b45 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

1 Aug 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 12:53 BST
  2. Market engagement
    15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

    This Notice is to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the potential contract for an Integrated Consultancy Team to explore the development of an Integrated Waste and Operations Depot. To this end, Ards and North Down Borough Council wish to engage with potential

    suppliers to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through the completion of a Questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of the Call for Tender (CfT) Ref: 6063177. All correspondence in relation to this Pre-Market Engagement exercise will be communicated via the eTendersNI secure messaging area. Suppliers will be required to submit their completed Questionnaire No Later than 12noon on Friday 15th August 2025. To register on eTendersNI and access the Questionnaire, please use the following link: - etendersni.gov.uk ↗ and locate CfT Ref: 6063177. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

  3. Tender notice expected392 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts332 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 12:53 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

Ards and North Down Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PTTZ-3295-PYCW City Hall, Bangor, Northern Ireland, BT20 4BTContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure