--- title: "North Northamptonshire Council - Subsidised Home Composter Scheme" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-763300d3-d2cf-4d5c-91ac-ca6e3f58f499" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-763300d3-d2cf-4d5c-91ac-ca6e3f58f499" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-763300d3-d2cf-4d5c-91ac-ca6e3f58f499.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-763300d3-d2cf-4d5c-91ac-ca6e3f58f499.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL" published: "2022-12-15" --- # North Northamptonshire Council - Subsidised Home Composter Scheme Buyer: NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-763300d3-d2cf-4d5c-91ac-ca6e3f58f499 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-763300d3-d2cf-4d5c-91ac-ca6e3f58f499) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-763300d3-d2cf-4d5c-91ac-ca6e3f58f499.json) ## Summary The North Northamptonshire Council is seeking a partner to manage a subsidised home composter scheme for its residents. The scheme involves providing an end-to-end solution for ordering and delivering home composters to residents within the North Northamptonshire geographic area. The Council intends to subsidise the costs of the containers, with residents contributing to the purchase price and delivery charges. Suppliers must fulfil orders within twenty-one calendar days, ensuring secure online payment services and GDPR compliance. The engagement end date for this opportunity is 3rd January 2023. This tender by the North Northamptonshire Council presents an opportunity for businesses interested in providing eco-friendly solutions within the compost box industry. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are well-suited to compete for this procurement opportunity. Businesses with capabilities in managing end-to-end solutions, secure online payment systems, and efficient delivery services are encouraged to participate in this tender process. ## Notice North Northamptonshire Council (hereafter referred to as the "Council") is looking for a partner to wholly manage a solution for a subsidised home composter scheme for its residents. This must provide an end-to-end managed solution for the ordering and delivery of home composters to residents within the North Northamptonshire geographic area. The Council will be looking to subsidise the costs of the container, with residents making a small contribution to the purchase price and paying all delivery charges. The supplier must be in a position fulfil any orders to residents made as a result of this scheme within twenty-one (21) calendar days of order. The use of any web-based ordering system must ensure that it has safe and secure merchant services to ensure that any payment made by residents would be compliant with both financial conduct rules and requirements under General Data Protection Regulations. This is an early engagement notice to enable the Council to best understand the current delivery options available in the market. It is intended that the outcome of this Notice will be used to further inform the Council's procurement and contract model, but the Council is under no obligation to any potential Supplier and/or makes no guarantees to any party, resulting from feedback received to this Notice. If your organisation is interested in this opportunity and believe they could provide the requirement to the Council, in line with the Scope of Services set out above, please confirm your interest to charlotte.tompkins@northnorthants.gov.uk or michael.bailey@northnorthants.gov.uk by no later than 12:00 noon on the closing date of this notice. Potential Suppliers must note that completion of the procurement documents will require access to the internet, word processing software (e.g., Microsoft Word); and/or spreadsheet software (e.g., Microsoft Excel). This Early Engagement must not be considered as confirmation by North Northamptonshire Council that any future procurement opportunity will be forthcoming as a result of any activity undertaken as part of the Council's Early Engagement activities. The Council does not bind itself to running a procurement or awarding any resultant contract, following the conclusion of this Early Engagement activity. In accordance with the requirements of the Council's Contract Procedure Rules, it is committed to conducting this Early Engagement activity in such a way that it does not prejudice any future potential bidder. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f64028c1-6297-4f40-8737-1639ae746b67 | | 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 | 15 Dec 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 3 Jan 2023 | | 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 | NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL | | Locality | CORBY | | Post town | Northampton | | Postcode | NN16 8TL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF25 North Northamptonshire | | Local authority | North Northamptonshire | | Electoral ward | Northall | | Westminster constituency | Kettering | | Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products ### Codes - 39234000 - Compost boxes ## Release History - 15 Dec 2022 at 13:24 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f64028c1-6297-4f40-8737-1639ae746b67 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f64028c1-6297-4f40-8737-1639ae746b67 15th December 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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