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title: "Preliminary Market Engagement for Transfer Station and Brokerage Services - Dry Recycling and Food Waste"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Cotswold District Council"
published: "2026-08-12"
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# Preliminary Market Engagement for Transfer Station and Brokerage Services - Dry Recycling and Food Waste

Buyer: Cotswold District Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e2be

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## Summary

Cotswold District Council is planning a future procurement for transfer station and brokerage services covering dry recycling and food waste. The services will support the household recycling and food waste collection service delivered by Ubico. The scope concerns the handling and onward management of recyclable and food waste materials, including transfer station provision and associated brokerage. It is categorised as works, with related waste transfer station, waste disposal site construction and refuse and waste service activities. Delivery is associated with Cotswold District Council’s waste service area in Gloucestershire. The council is also considering how transfer station provision may need to develop in response to longer-term local government reorganisation and waste-sector policy changes.

This is a preliminary market engagement at the planning stage, intended to test proposed approaches and inform a future procurement; it is not an invitation to tender. The council expects suppliers to review and respond to a questionnaire through its procurement portal by 25 September 2026. Participation is voluntary and will not form part of the later procurement or provide an advantage. The anticipated contract period is 4 November 2027 to 3 November 2032, a five-year term. The estimated value is £1.7 million excluding VAT, or £2.04 million including VAT. The planned requirement is currently structured as one lot. The engagement will also inform the longer-term strategy for transfer station provision.

This engagement is likely to suit waste management operators, transfer station providers, recycling and food waste specialists, brokers, and contractors able to support household waste collection services. Relevant businesses should be able to demonstrate practical capability in receiving, handling, transferring and arranging onward treatment or recycling of dry recyclable and food waste materials. Experience of operating or supplying waste transfer infrastructure, managing material flows, and working with public-sector or local-authority waste services would be useful preparation. Businesses with views on future transfer station models, service changes in Gloucestershire, local government reorganisation and developing waste policy may also be well placed to contribute. The council is seeking market feedback before defining the later procurement.

## Notice

Cotswold District Council (CDC) is seeking to engage the market to inform future procurements for transfer station and brokerage services. These services support the household recycling and food waste collection service that is delivered by Ubico. This engagement is intended to test proposed approaches to an upcoming procurement together with the longer-term strategy for transfer station provision, with consideration of the level of change that is likely in Gloucestershire in the medium to long-term due to Local Government Organisation (LGR) and policy development impacting the waste sector. Participation in this engagement is voluntary and will not form part of any future procurement process or confer any advantage. CDC does not intend to issue clarifications in response to this engagement. Suppliers are therefore invited to respond based on the information provided.

### Planning Information

To review and submit a response to this Preliminary Market Engagement request, please register and express an interest through the In-Tend Portal - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/publicagroup/aspx/Home 
Please submit a response to the supplier questionnaire attached to this project. If you have any further questions, please send these through the correspondence feature on the In-Tend Portal.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076841-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| 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 | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 4 Nov 2027 - 3 Nov 2032 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,700,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Cotswold District Council |
| Locality | CIRENCESTER |
| Postcode area | Gloucester |
| Postcode | GL7 1PX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK73 Gloucestershire CC |
| Local authority | Cotswold |
| Electoral ward | Watermoor |
| Westminster constituency | South Cotswolds |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work
- 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

### Codes

- 45222110 - Waste disposal site construction work
- 45232470 - Waste transfer station
- 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

## Release History

- 12 Aug 2026 at 14:35 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076841-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076841-2026
  12th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/publicagroup/aspx/Home
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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