Notice Information
Notice Title
CLAIRE WALES TEXTILES & MEDIA MATERIALS REUSE & RECYCLING 2026 FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (MTCBC/CLAIRE/TMR02)
Notice Description
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is acting as Lead Authority (Contracting Authority) on this collaborative procurement on behalf of the CLAIRE (Wales) group of Councils and is seeking tenders for the collection of textile and media materials from Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC), Bring sites and kerbside for reuse and recycling. The tender will seek to put in place a Framework Agreement where participating CLAIRE (Wales) members will be able to create and award individual Call-Off Contracts with successful tenderer(s) for the Services described in the Specification. This will be an income arrangement whereby the successful tenderer(s) will pay tonnage rates based on the indexes stated in the tender documents for materials collected. The material types and collection methods have been divided into 5 Lots and further details concerning Lotting can be found in the tender documents. There will be one tenderer awarded per Lot. The successful tenderer in each Lot will cater for all CLAIRE (Wales) members requirements. To draw the tenderers attention at the earliest opportunity, the incumbent contractor has indicated TUPE will apply. TUPE information will be provided to tenderers during the tender process.
Lot Information
Textile materials from household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) and bring sites
Textile materials from household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) and bring sites as detailed in the tender documents.
Renewal: As detailed in the tender documents
Media materials from HWRCs and bring sitesMedia materials from HWRCs and bring sites as detailed in the tender documents
Renewal: As detailed in the tender documents
Textile materials from kerbside collectionsTextile materials from kerbside collections as detailed in the tender documents
Renewal: Textile materials from kerbside collections
Textile materials from HWRCs and bring sites AND Textile materials from kerbside collectionsTextile materials from HWRCs and bring sites AND Textile materials from kerbside collections as detailed in the tender documents
Renewal: As detailed in the tender documents
Duvets and Pillows from HWRCs and bring sitesDuvets and Pillows from HWRCs and bring sites as detailed in the tender documents
Renewal: As detailed in the tender documents
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e1b3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085099-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
90514000 - Refuse recycling services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,400,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,880,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 6 Mar 2026 - 5 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@merthyr.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MERTHYR TYDFIL
- Postcode
- CF47 8AN
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL12 Gwynedd, TLL13 Conwy and Denbighshire, TLL14 South West Wales, TLL15 Central Valleys, TLL16 Gwent Valleys, TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot, TLL18 Swansea, TLL21 Monmouthshire and Newport, TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, TLL23 Flintshire and Wrexham, TLL24 Powys
-
- Local Authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Electoral Ward
- Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085099-2025
19th December 2025 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074071-2025
14th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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