Official UK procurement notice
Kerbside Bulky Item And Reuse Service
Authority: Dorset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is not a call for competition. It is being published to give notice to the market of an upcoming procurement anticipated for release in December 2025.
Dorset Council (the Council) is undertaking early market engagement, with the aim of providing information to and requesting feedback from the reuse sector, about aspects of the Council’s waste procurement strategy for the collection and reuse of bulky items from the kerbside.
The market engagement exercise is intended to allow interested organisations with appropriate experience to outline their views and ideas about the future provision of these services.
The Council will consider the responses received as a result of this exercise to help inform the decision-making process on the future procurement of these services.
The operational service delivery elements would commence on 28 August 2026 under a proposed Concession Contract.
No information provided in response to this questionnaire will be used by the Council in assessing providers during the procurement process, which is scheduled to commence December 2025.
Any procurement for the supply and services required by the Council will be carried out in accordance with relevant Procurement Regulations.
Potential bidders are all encouraged to register on the Central Digital Platform.
This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is not a call for competition and is published with the intention of informing the market of an upcoming procurement process.
Dorset Council reserves the right not to commence any procurement in respect of this notice.
Dorset Council shall not be liable for any losses incurred by any party as a result of reliance on the information contained/linked herein.
The information contained in this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is preliminary in nature and may be subject to further amendment and revision. Accordingly, no representation or warranty, expressed or implied, will be made and no liability is, or will be, accepted by the Council as to the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of this document. Any liability however arising is expressly disclaimed.
No expense in responding to this soft market testing will be reimbursed by the Council.
CPV: Refuse and waste related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Jun 2025, 16:08 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jun 2025, 16:08 BST
- Authority reference
DN778291- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-032058- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0547fcFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 Jun 2025 → 28 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published12 Jun 2025, 16:08 BST
- Market engagement3 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
Dorset Council (the Council) is undertaking early market engagement, with the aim of providing information to and requesting feedback from the reuse sector, about aspects of the Council’s waste procurement strategy for the collection and reuse of bulky items from the kerbside.
The Council wishes to seek feedback from the industry in the following specific areas;
- Deliverability of this procurement exercise
- Service Specification
- Contract length
- Terms and conditions
- Pricing
- Any further comment
The process will involve relevant companies and organisations responding to the market engagement questions provided on the Council's e-tendering portal Supplying the South West Portal – procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
The deadline for responses is 12 noon on 2nd July 2025, (late submissions will not be accepted).
Any clarification questions should be submitted via Supplying the South West Portal no later than 12 noon on 23rd June 2025.
It is not a requirement that all sections are completed by all respondents.
Where we think further clarification would assist in informing this process and developing appropriate and innovative service specifications, we may seek to hold one-to-one meetings with interested organisations who complete and return the questionnaire.
Please be aware that no information submitted will be treated as confidential and may be disclosed to ensure a level playing field for all participants in any procurement process that may follow. Additionally, the council will only sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) using its standard terms and conditions if subsequently requested.
- Tender notice expected330 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts61 days ago28 Aug 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Jun 2025, 16:08 BSTUK2
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
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