--- title: "Collection and Disposal of Used Cooking Oil" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0775cf" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0775cf" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0775cf.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0775cf.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "Education Authority NI" published: "2026-09-18" --- # Collection and Disposal of Used Cooking Oil Buyer: Education Authority NI Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0775cf [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0775cf) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0775cf.json) ## Summary The Education Authority is preparing a concession contract for collecting and disposing of used cooking oil from education establishments and other educational bodies across Northern Ireland. The service covers the collection of used cooking oil and its subsequent disposal, with related waste-management activity. The procurement is led by the Education Authority, based in Belfast, for delivery throughout Northern Ireland. The main category is environmental and waste services, including used cooking-oil handling and disposal. Suppliers should be able to organise a reliable collection service across a geographically dispersed education estate, manage collected cooking oil appropriately, and demonstrate the operational arrangements needed for compliant disposal. The requirement is presented as a single service covering the Education Authority and Northern Irish educational bodies. This procurement is at the planning stage and is currently a pre-market engagement exercise, not an invitation to tender. The Education Authority expects to use a concession contract under the Procurement Act 2023, subject to taking the requirement forward. It is seeking market interest and information to inform a retendering process. Interested suppliers are expected to complete a pre-market engagement questionnaire through the eTendersNI messaging portal by 15:00 on 2 October 2026. Any future contract is anticipated to run from 1 May 2027 to 30 April 2029, with renewal provisions allowing extension to 30 April 2031. The future concession value will be established at tender stage and is expected to reflect estimated revenue receivable by the concessionaire, based on historic collected-oil volumes. The engagement is likely to suit specialist waste-management, used-cooking-oil collection and disposal businesses with the vehicles, containers, staff and systems to provide regular collections across Northern Ireland. It may also suit smaller suppliers: the planned lot is identified as suitable for SMEs. Relevant preparation should include demonstrating safe handling, storage, transport and disposal arrangements for used cooking oil, together with the capacity to service multiple education sites consistently. Businesses with experience managing collection routes, recording volumes and working across public-sector or multi-site estates are likely to be well placed when a formal procurement is developed. The concession model means suppliers should also understand how revenue may arise from collected oil volumes. The questionnaire is intended to gather market knowledge and will not form part of any future tender evaluation. ## Notice Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a Concession Contract for the Collection and Disposal of Used Cooking Oil for the Education Authority throughout Northern Ireland. EANI wishes to engage with the market at this stage to establish the level of market interest and to gather information that will be beneficial in the retendering process. Suppliers who wish to participate in the market engagement exercise should complete the pre-market engagement questionnaire. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT Documents of CfT 6741529. The questionnaire must be completed and submitted no later than 3 pm on the closing date detailed. There are no formal documents to be completed other than the questionnaire. Any information gathered will NOT be considered in any future tender evaluation exercise. Participation or non-participation in this preprocurement market engagement shall not prevent any supplier/provider from participating in a potential procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier/ provider at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and there is no commitment, at this stage to carrying out such a process. No estimated contract value is available at this stage. If taken forward to tender, the concession contract value will be established at tender stage and it is anticipated this will be calculated on the basis of the total estimated revenue receivable by the concessionaire over the duration of the contract through historic usage relating to the volume of oil collected, in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. ### Planning Information Pre Market Enagement Questionnaire (PME) for the Collection and Disposal of Used Cooking Oil for the Education Authority and NI Educational Bodies. Interested Suppliers are asked to complete and return the questionnaire via eTendersNI messaging portal by no later than 15:00 hours on 02 October 2026. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088863-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 May 2027 - 30 Apr 2029 | | 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 | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Education Authority NI | | Locality | BELFAST | | Postcode area | Northern Ireland | | Postcode | BT1 2NQ | | Country | Northern Ireland | | ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland | | ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland | | ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast | | Local authority | Belfast | | Electoral ward | Duncairn | | Westminster constituency | Belfast North | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products - 90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services ### Codes - 15411200 - Cooking oil - 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services - 90513900 - Sludge disposal services ## Release History - 18 Sep 2026 at 16:09 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088863-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088863-2026 18th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - 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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