Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Clothing to Support the Period Dignity Grant
Notice Description
Caerphilly County Borough Council (the Council) has the requirement to provide Clothing to support the Period Dignity Grant. Welsh Government are working on eradicating period poverty, which means ensuring that having a period does not lead to missed education, absences from employment or withdrawal from sport and social activities. The entire menstrual cycle has profound impacts on people's mental and physical health and the ways in which they can live their lives. Therefore, in addition to the provision of period products, the grant issued to Local Authorities, allows for spare clothing to be provided to support anyone who may experience an accident and stained clothing during their period. Providers are invited to tender for the supply and delivery of clothing to support the period dignity grant. The tender is split into two lots, Lot 1 - Children and Lot 2 - Adults. Providers must be able to offer all the core items listed in the pricing schedule and tender specification for both lots. The arrangement shall be awarded to one provider who is able to meet the full requirements of the tender specification. The tender shall be evaluated in two stages Stage One - Evaluation of Samples, Social Value and Method statement of contract management. Stage Two - Price 100% Samples must be provided by the closing date and time of 12:00 Thursday 25 September 2025: Thomas Young Procurement Officer Procurement Services Penallta House, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach CF82 7PG Samples not delivered to the stipulated Officer / Address by the date and time will be excluded from the tendering process. Full details can be found in the tender documents.(ITT)
Lot Information
Children
Children's clothing.
Renewal: 2 + 2 (Year on year)
AdultsAdults Clothing
Renewal: 2 + 2 (year on year)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059098
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052511-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
18 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
-
- CPV Codes
18000000 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £120,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £120,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Aug 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CAERPHILLY COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Thomas Young
- Contact Email
- youngt@caerphilly.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01443 863108
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HENGOED
- Postcode
- CF82 7PG
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL53 Gwent Valleys
- Delivery Location
- TLL16 Gwent Valleys
-
- Local Authority
- Caerphilly
- Electoral Ward
- Ystrad Mynach
- Westminster Constituency
- Caerphilly
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052511-2025
29th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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