--- title: "Waste Procurement Soft Market Testing" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-600d1519-5347-463d-a298-83fb0d1048e7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-600d1519-5347-463d-a298-83fb0d1048e7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-600d1519-5347-463d-a298-83fb0d1048e7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-600d1519-5347-463d-a298-83fb0d1048e7.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL" published: "2021-03-02" --- # Waste Procurement Soft Market Testing Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-600d1519-5347-463d-a298-83fb0d1048e7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-600d1519-5347-463d-a298-83fb0d1048e7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-600d1519-5347-463d-a298-83fb0d1048e7.json) ## Summary Birmingham City Council is currently in the planning stage of their procurement process titled "Waste Procurement Soft Market Testing". This initiative focuses on refuse recycling services within the waste management industry and is based in West Midlands, England. The engagement end date for interested parties to submit their input is by 15:00 hours (GMT) on 31st March 2021. Potential participants should register with Birmingham City Council's e-tendering system, In-Tend, to engage and obtain necessary documentation related to this market engagement exercise. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in waste management and recycling services, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs). Companies that can provide innovative solutions and demonstrate capability in processing recyclable materials will be well-suited to compete. Engaging in this soft market testing exercise enables businesses to influence the Council's future procurement strategy and potentially secure subsequent contracts for waste management services. ## Notice In October 2017 and again in January 2019 Birmingham City Council carried out soft market testing exercises with the waste market to ensure that the implementation of our proposed procurement strategy would deliver robust competition and achieve value for money outcomes for the Council. Following these earlier exercises the Council has developed its future procurement strategy and is currently undertaking a range of procurement packages in support of the strategy agreed by the Councils Cabinet committee on the 13th February 2018. This report entitled "Procurement Strategy for Waste Management Services in support of the Waste Strategy Framework 2017 -2040" is also publically available and can be found here. Birmingham City Council now invites interested parties to further engage with us so that we may capture the thoughts and views of the waste market about aspects of the Council's Procurement Strategy for: * the processing of a range of recyclable materials and other associated services. To participate in this Market Engagement Exercise, please download the attached document and complete and return as soon as possible and by no later than 15:00 hours (GMT) on 31st March 2021. The Council may wish to discuss each questionnaire directly with the submitting organisation; however: - no statement by any party within the questionnaire will form a part of the subsequent procurement processes - participation within this market engagement exercise does not commit either party to participate in the subsequent procurement processes BCC will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this soft market engagement and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of In-Tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with In-tend please either email cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in responding, please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as an interested party. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the soft market engagement documentation. Requests to participate must be by way of response to the soft market engagement document no later than 15:00 hours (GMT) on 31st March 2021 using the Supplier Portal. Please note that your response may be uploaded before the closing date and BCC will begin to review responses as they come in. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0be54d4-2f73-482b-93e1-cf660216c3a5 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Mar 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Mar 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B4 7WB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Newtown | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 90514000 - Refuse recycling services ## Release History - 2 Mar 2021 at 15:13 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0be54d4-2f73-482b-93e1-cf660216c3a5 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d0be54d4-2f73-482b-93e1-cf660216c3a5 2nd March 2021 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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