Notice Information
Notice Title
T2702 - Collection and Treatment/Recycling of Hard Plastics
Notice 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.
Lot Information
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.
Renewal: The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the Contract annually up to a further two years. Any extension may be subject to further approval by Council Committee and satisfactory performance of the Contractor.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f37d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081834-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
19 - Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
19520000 - Plastic products
90510000 - Refuse disposal and treatment
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £700,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Dec 20252 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Jan 20262 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Mar 2026 - 29 Feb 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- 2026-01-26
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BELFAST CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- cps@belfastcity.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 8DJ
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN06 Belfast
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081834-2025
11th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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