Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 7 Apr 2025, 10:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PLACE856ET Pre Market Engagement - Future Delivery of Waste Treatment, Disposal, Recycling and Infrastructure Services Across Derbyshire County and Derby City

Official notice

Authority: Derbyshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£60,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 30 Apr 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 10 yrsends 30 Sept 2037 · up to 31 Mar 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derbyshire County Council (The Council) is the upper-tier Local Authority for the County of Derbyshire. The Council is responsible for the delivery of a range of mandatory statutory duties including key functions such as adult social care, education, children's safeguarding, public health, highways, waste management, libraries, and trading standards. Find more about our Council Plan, Ambitions, Values and Outcomes, and other key information here Working for Derbyshire. Our Council Plan 2024 to 2025 - Derbyshire County Council.

The Council along with the Waste Collection Authorities and Derby City Council (known forthwith as "the Councils") are seeking information from the market in relation to the future delivery of Waste Treatment, Disposal, Recycling and Infrastructure Services.

This Pre Market Engagement exercise (PME) is intended to gather insights from potential providers to help shape our future service model, inform the development of procurement documentation, and understand market capabilities and deliver value for money.

Participation in this process is entirely voluntary and non-binding. Responses will be used for information gathering only and will not form part of any future evaluation process.

The Aim of this Pre Market Engagement exercise is to explore:

  • Innovative technology and delivery models
  • Market capacity and readiness to deliver
  • Risks, mitigations and dependencies
  • Whole-life cost considerations
  • Efficiencies and value for money
  • Barriers to entry and Small Medium Enterprise participation

CPV: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 10 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Oct 2027 – 30 Sept 2037 (10 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2036 with extensions
Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options 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
7 Apr 2025, 10:43 BST
Last source update
29 Jul 2025, 07:59 BST
Authority reference
PLACE856ET
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043665
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural servicesSewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fddf Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

7 Apr 2025 → 1 Oct 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    7 Apr 2025, 10:43 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    29 Jul 2025, 07:59 BST
  3. Market engagement363 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Please follow the link to ProContract to express an interest in the Pre Market Engagement Exervcise and for the relevant PME documents and Prospectus for the project.

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  4. Tender notice expected182 days ago
    30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    30 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 335 days
    1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Apr 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    7 Apr 2025, 10:43 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Jul 2025, 07:59 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

2 public bodies on the notice

Derbyshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWZQ-2162-JJQL County Hall, Matlock, East Midlands, DE4 3AGContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Derby City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PQVM-1383-ZBXP Derby, East MidlandsContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure