--- title: "Waste Service Mobile Plant - Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-052485" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-052485" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-052485.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-052485.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2025-06-19" --- # Waste Service Mobile Plant - Market Engagement Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052485 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-052485) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-052485.json) ## Summary Essex County Council is currently in the planning stages of a public procurement process titled "Waste Service Mobile Plant - Market Engagement". This invitation primarily focuses on acquiring a range of mobile plant machinery required for management at various recycling centres and waste transfer stations across Essex, a key region in the United Kingdom. The procurement falls under the industrial and agricultural machinery categories and is designated as a goods procurement with additional service elements. The planned procurement status reflects the council's ongoing market engagement efforts, including gathering supplier input through a survey, with responses due by 4th July 2025. This process represents a significant early step in determining a suitable procurement strategy, with the contract period anticipated to begin on 1st April 2027 and conclude on 1st April 2032. This procurement process presents substantial business growth opportunities for companies specialising in the supply and maintenance of large-scale industrial and agricultural machinery. Firms capable of providing competitive pricing for machinery such as material handlers and loading shovels would be ideally positioned to benefit. Essex County Council's commitment to evaluating the best procurement route through thorough pre-market engagement promises equal opportunities for both established suppliers in the sector and newcomers who can demonstrate value and compliance with council requirements across several regions of the UK. The long-term nature of the contract offers a stable business prospect for companies looking to expand within the waste management infrastructure sector. ## Notice 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 to evaluate the most suitable procurement route for the Authority. To evaluate the most suitable procurement route we are asking for indicative pricing information from suppliers for the following machines: 20 tonne material handlers, 20 tonne loading shovels and 16/07 tonne material handlers. Details of the specifications for each machine are included within the survey which can be found here: https://forms.office.com/e/TH2kAcnuUc ### Planning Information Responses are being gathered via a Microsoft Forms Survey which can be found here: https://forms.office.com/e/TH2kAcnuUc 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033793-2025 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Jun 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Nov 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2027 - 1 Apr 2032 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHELMSFORD | | Post town | Chelmsford | | Postcode | CM1 1QH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex | | Local authority | Chelmsford | | Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central | | Westminster constituency | Chelmsford | | 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), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 16 - Agricultural machinery - 42 - Industrial machinery - 43 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment ### Codes - 16000000 - Agricultural machinery - 42000000 - Industrial machinery - 43000000 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment ## Release History - 19 Jun 2025 at 14:42 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033793-2025 - 23 May 2025 at 15:39 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026969-2025 ## Documents - 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 ## Notice URLs - https://forms.office.com/e/TH2kAcnuUc - https://www.essex.gov.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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