Notice Information
Notice Title
Waste Service Mobile Plant
Notice Description
Background: 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 5 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. Brief Overview of the Requirement: The Authority has a requirement for a variety of plant machine vehicles across a variety of sites throughout the county, ECC is publishing a survey which is intended to enable Essex further develop it's upcoming tender. We are asking suppliers to give us information on what proportion of their hiring price is repair and maintenance on the following machines: 20 tonne material handlers, 20 tonne loading shovels and 16/17 tonne material handlers. The survey can be found here, it is a short survey that only asks for your details and what proportion of your hire price is repair and maintenance https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MQ4i0t1WG8
Planning Information
Responses are being gathered via a Microsoft Forms Survey which can be found here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/MQ4i0t1WG8 Please Note: This premarket engagement notice is intended as an information gathering exercise. Participation in this survey is not an 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.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052485
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075003-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
43 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
-
- CPV Codes
16000000 - Agricultural machinery
42000000 - Industrial machinery
43000000 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
45500000 - Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Aug 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2032 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHELMSFORD
- Postcode
- CM1 1QH
- Post Town
- Chelmsford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH3 Essex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH36 Heart of Essex
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLH3 Essex, TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Chelmsford
- Electoral Ward
- Moulsham and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chelmsford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075003-2026
6th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033793-2025
19th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026969-2025
23rd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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