Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice

Published 15 May 2025, 16:46 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply and Delivery of Waste Collection Sacks

Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials (19)Construction Materials & Prefab (44) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)

Published estimate£800,000≈ £400k / year · £800,000 inc. VAT25% below final estimate

Submissions closed 16 Jun 2025awarded 2 Dec 2025

Awarded to Techniclean Supply T/A Blake & White Ltd2 awards

Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2027 · up to 31 Aug 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The supply and delivery of a range of waste collection sacks. Plastic sacks of various colours and logos and paper sacks are required across Belfast City Council departments. Please note that a PME was carried out under reference 2024/S 000-038425, procurement OCID ocds-h6vhtk-04c0b6

The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 May 2029, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Containers for waste material · Polythene waste and refuse sacks and bags

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£800,000

Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2029 with extensionsValue: £800,000 exc. VAT · £800,000 inc. VAT

Extensions: The Council reserves the right to purchase the following additional Goods or Services under this Contract during the Contract Period: Additional items to reflect the changing company requirements or changes to applicable legislation (e.g. H&S, environmental or COVID). This may include variants of the items listed in Schedule 4 – Pricing Schedules; The Council may if required seek quotations/ spot prices for other Goods throughout the Contract Period depending on operational needs. Any additional items shall be delivered within 4 weeks from placement of order Large scale projects by the Council where large bulk purchases are required may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in these circumstances where value for money is not demonstrated. The Council reserves the right to add or remove items from the Contract in line with the Council’s requirements. Where the Council identifies an item they require that is not listed within the Pricing Schedule, the Contractor must provide the product at the catalogue price less the discount level applied to similar items 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. · The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the Contract up to a further two years on an annual basis. Any extension may be subject to further approval by Council Committee, availability of funding and satisfactory performance of the Contractor.

19640000 Polythene waste and refuse sacks and bags 44613800 Containers for waste material

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 30%Price: 60%Social value: 10%

Published sub-criteria (5)

Ordering and Supply Management: 12%
Contract and Performance Management: 6%
Achieving Contract Objectives: 12%
Contract Value: 60%
Social Value: 10%

Published award criteria (5)

Ordering and Supply Management: 30% Quality Weighting applied. For this quality criteria there are 40 marks available out of 100 marks. The score obtained is then calculated as a percentage score out of 30%. i.e out of 12
Contract and Performance Management: 30% Quality Weighting applied. For this quality criteria there are 20 marks available out of 100 marks. The score obtained is then calculated as a percentage score out of 30%. i.e out of 6
Achieving Contract Objectives: 30% Quality Weighting applied. For this quality criteria there are 40 available marks out of 100. The score obtained is then calculated as a percentage score out of 30%. i.e out of 12
Social Value
Contract Value

What this means for your bid

Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Goods
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes · next expected 1 May 2029
First published: 15 May 2025, 16:46 BST
Last source update: 5 Jan 2026, 14:13 GMT
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 18 Aug 2025
Authority reference: T2516
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-021935
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Containers for waste materialPolythene waste and refuse sacks and bags
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0514fa Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Submission deadline: 16 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 10 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

15 May 2025 → 5 Jan 2026 · 8 dates

Tender notice published
15 May 2025, 16:46 BST
Clarification questions by
10 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
16 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Award decision expected by
18 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts
1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Assessment summaries sent323 days ago
2 Dec 2025
Standstill ends313 days ago
11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice published289 days ago
5 Jan 2026, 14:13 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2025

Tender notice published
15 May 2025, 16:46 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
2 Dec 2025, 16:17 GMT
UK6
Status changed to complete
2 Dec 2025, 16:17 GMT
Contract signature expected
1 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
5 Jan 2026, 14:13 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £600,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 55 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jan 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Techniclean Supply T/A Blake & White Ltd1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 · up to 31 Dec 2029Extensions: The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the Contract up to a further two years on an annual basis. Any extension may be subject to further approval by Council Committee, availability of funding and satisfactory performance of the Contractor · Options: The Council reserves the right to purchase the following additional Goods or Services under this Contract during the Contract Period: - Additional items to reflect the changing company requirements or changes to applicable legislation (e.g. H&S, environmental or COVID). This may include variants of the items listed in Schedule 3 – Pricing Schedules; The Council may if required seek quotations/ spot prices for other Goods throughout the Contract Period depending on operational needs. Any additional items shall be delivered within 4 weeks from placement of order Large scale projects by the Council where large bulk purchases are required may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in these circumstances where value for money is not demonstrated. The Council reserves the right to add or remove items from the Contract in line with the Council’s requirements. Where the Council identifies an item they require that is not listed within the Pricing Schedule, the Contractor must provide the product at the catalogue price less the discount level applied to similar items 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.	£600,000same award published again · counted once	2 Dec 2025standstill to 11 Dec 2025	Standstill
Techniclean Supply T/A Blake & White Ltd	£600,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 2 · Techniclean Supply T/A Blake & White Ltd
Signed
1 Jan 2026
Value
£600,000
Period
1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 · up to 31 Dec 2029 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the Contract up to a further two years on an annual basis. Any extension may be subject to further approval by Council Committee, availability of funding and satisfactory performance of the Contractor
Options
The Council reserves the right to purchase the following additional Goods or Services under this Contract during the Contract Period: - Additional items to reflect the changing company requirements or changes to applicable legislation (e.g. H&S, environmental or COVID). This may include variants of the items listed in Schedule 3 – Pricing Schedules; The Council may if required seek quotations/ spot prices for other Goods throughout the Contract Period depending on operational needs. Any additional items shall be delivered within 4 weeks from placement of order Large scale projects by the Council where large bulk purchases are required may be subject to price negotiation based on economies of scale. The Council reserves the right to explore/ use other procurement options in these circumstances where value for money is not demonstrated. The Council reserves the right to add or remove items from the Contract in line with the Council’s requirements. Where the Council identifies an item they require that is not listed within the Pricing Schedule, the Contractor must provide the product at the catalogue price less the discount level applied to similar items 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.
No agreed KPIs: Less than £5m in value

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
5final-stage tenders · 7 at stage one	5	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Belfast City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PQXY-5321-CGZM 9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8DJContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Techniclean Supply T/A Blake & White LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07348763 Winchester Road, Stockbridge, South East, SO20 6QTContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender5 Jan 2026, 14:13 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender2 Dec 2025, 16:17 GMT
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender15 May 2025, 16:46 BST