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T2702 - Collection and Treatment/Recycling of Hard Plastics

Belfast City Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Belfast City Council

Buyer Address: 9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, UKN06, BT2 8DJ, United Kingdom

Contact Email: cps@belfastcity.gov.uk

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
700000.0 GBP
Gross: 840000 GBP
Published
11 Dec 2025, 11:02
Deadline
13 Jan 2026, 12:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
90510000 - Refuse disposal and treatment
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

The contract is for the collection of hard plastics from its recycling centres for the purpose of separation and distribution to treatment facilities and reprocessing centres for recycling and, where appropriate energy recovery with landfill as a last resort.

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081834-2025

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Has Options: Yes

Lot 1 Options: The Council reserves the right to add the following additional requirements to the Service under this Contract during the Contract Period: - • The collection, transportation and treatment of other waste items or waste containers to support in-house operations. • Other similar waste material in the event of non or poor performance by another service provider. • Additional Premises not listed in the Contract. This may be in response to new Premises being identified and/or changes in how the Council’s in house operations are resourced and delivered. • Temporary support for the Council’s in house operations to cover any shortfall in available resources. • Introduce required changes associated with the Service to the Specification to accommodate changes to the Council’s operational model and working practices e.g. functional re-structuring, new customer hub, etc; • Major incident/ environmental incident that requires resource support i.e. waste clean up/spill, additional waste vehicles or additional qualified resources. • Large scale projects or changes may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in all circumstances where VFM is not demonstrated. The Council reserves the right to add or remove Premises from the Contract in line with the Council’s requirements. Where the Council identifies an additional Premises to be added the Contractor will expected to price based similar Premises/ tasks priced in the Pricing Schedule. Any contract variation may be subject to further Council internal approvals and be in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations.

Lot 1 Value: GBP 700,000

Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 840,000

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Lot 1 Contract End: 2028-02-29T23:59:59+00:00

Lot 1 SME Suitable: Yes

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Contract Delivery (15%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Treatment and diversion of waste (15%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Social Value (10%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (cost): Price (60%)

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

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