Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
Contact
Miss Bethany Gray
wasteservice.procurement@essex.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH - East of England
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
MARKET ENGAGEMENT - 1066 - Waste Container Purchase Framework
Reference number
DN737291
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 44613000 - Large containers
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council (the Authority) is issuing a Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to engage with the market and to gather information in order to gain a better understanding of both the capacity and appetite of the market to deliver the proposed service, as well as to alert the market to a future tender opportunity.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 44613800 - Containers for waste material
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH - East of England
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Essex is a large county with almost 1.5 million residents generating approximately 700,000
tonnes of local authority collected waste per annum. As the statutory Waste Disposal
Authority for Essex, Essex County Council (the Authority) is responsible for providing a range
of infrastructure and arrangements for the management of waste.
The Authority operate 21 Recycling Centres for Household Waste (RCHW) and 4 Waste
Transfer Stations (WTS), and work closely with the 12 borough, city and district councils who
are the Waste Collection Authorities (WCA) within the county of Essex.
The Authority has a requirement for the purchase a range of waste containers of various specifications to enable the RCHW sites within the waste service to operate safely and compliantly.
The Authority wishes to invite interested providers to complete the market engagement questionnaire which can be found at the link below:
https://forms.office.com/e/ZsKm9xFkFB
The closing date for this questionnaire is 12pm (midday) on Friday 23rd August 2024.
It is important to note that this PIN is not a call for competition and as such you will need to
express your interest in any future tender opportunity once the contract notice is published
in Find a Tender and on Contracts Finder.
It should also be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an
interest in this exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire. It is also NOT
part of any pre-qualification or selection process.
This PIN is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise.
An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in any future
tendering process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and
organisations who participate.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
27 September 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes