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AwardedAwarded 19 January 2026

T2656 - Provision of Skip and Hook Lift Service and Hire of Skips

Belfast City Council · Local authority

In brief

Belfast City Council awarded waste work to Avenue Recycling Limited on 19 January 2026.

The notice gives a value of £3,600,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 1 January 2026.

It is split into 2 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

The Council wishes to appoint an authorised Contractor to transport waste from Belfast City Council's Recycling Centre’s, Civic amenity sites, Parks and Cleansing sites, Duncrue Complex, the Zoo and other Council premises as required to the Councils Waste Transfer Station or onward to other contractors for further treatment. We also require a contractor to provide a range of skip containers to various council sites and facilities for long and short-term hire when required.

Lots

LotTradeValue
Removal, transportation, and emptying of Skips and Hook Lift Containers
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028
What this lot covers

Hauling skips and hook lifts from recycling centres or the council parks to the Council's Waste Transfer Station or to other contractors for further waste treatment.

Waste and street cleansing£3,400,000
Hire of Skip and Hook Lift Containers
1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028
What this lot covers

The Council require the hire of skips and hook lift containers for its 24 parks sites with various sizes of rear end loading open top skips and one closed skip, ranging from 8 yd3 to 12 yd3 capacity.

Waste and street cleansing£200,000

Who won

WinnerLotValueDates
Avenue Recycling Limited
1 bid received
Removal, transportation, and emptying of Skips and Hook Lift Containers£6,000,000
Awarded 22 December 2025
19 January 2026 to 31 December 2028
Avenue Recycling Limited
1 bid received
Hire of Skip and Hook Lift Containers£300,000
Awarded 22 December 2025
19 January 2026 to 31 December 2028

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 065927-2025
  2. Tender notice · UK4, notice 065946-2025
  3. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 085464-2025
  4. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 004600-2026

About the buyer

Belfast City CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

56

Awards

29

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From notice 065927-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 16 October 2025, last updated 20 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.