Waste textile collection and recovery service in two lots – bonnorange AöR 2026 Tender

Original: Refuse disposal and treatment – bonnorange AöR - Dienstleistungsauftrag zur Sammlung und Verwertung von Alttextilien in zwei Losen

bonnorange AöR

About this tender

The bonnorange AöR (Bonn, Germany) is procuring services for the collection and recycling of used textiles (Alttextilien), split into two lots. Lot 1 covers collection and transshipment: at least weekly emptying of the currently 100 front-opening textile containers at 93 locations in the City of Bonn, loose collection in bags without compaction, stand-area cleaning and fill-level documentation. Collected textiles must be transported dry and clean to a centralised transshipment facility, which the contractor must provide, approved under waste law and located within a maximum of 15 km straight-line distance from Lievelingsweg 110, 53119 Bonn. There, coarse contaminants (residual waste, small electrical appliances) are removed and the textiles are loaded into swap bodies (Wechselbrücken) supplied under Lot 2. Payment is a fixed price per container emptying, with social award criteria taken into account. Lot 2 covers acceptance, sorting and recycling: the contractor provides the swap bodies at the Lot 1 transshipment facility, hauls away the accepted quantities, and after officially calibrated weighing at intake, carries out enclosed dry storage and gentle inspection and sorting in line with LAGA M 40 (preparation for reuse under § 6 KrWG) through a certified waste management operator (or equivalent under EfbV). Billing is monthly at a fixed price or revenue per tonne, including annual detailed quota and recycling balances. If one bidder wins both lots, the obligation to maintain the transshipment facility and swap-body logistics is waived in favour of direct transport to the bidder's own sorting plant. The contract duration is not stated in the extracted text.

Bidder eligibility

Bidders for Lot 2 must operate as a certified waste management operator (zertifizierter Entsorgungsfachbetrieb) or demonstrate an equivalent qualification under the EfbV (Entsorgungsfachbetriebsverordnung). Bidders for Lot 1 must be able to provide a waste-law-approved central transshipment facility within 15 km of the stated reference address. Specific financial thresholds, prior reference contracts and other registrations were not stated in the extracted text.

How bids are scored

Social award criteria are to be taken into account in the remuneration of Lot 1. No price/quality split or numerical weightings were disclosed in the extracted text.

Lots

• Lot 1: Sammlung und Umschlag (Collection and transshipment)

  Weekly minimum emptying of 100 front-opening textile containers at 93 locations in Bonn; loose collection in bags; stand-area cleaning and fill-level documentation; transport to an approved central transshipment facility within 15 km; removal of coarse contaminants; loading into swap bodies provided by Lot 2. Fixed price per container emptying, with social award criteria.

• Lot 2: Annahme, Sortierung und Verwertung (Acceptance, sorting and recycling)

  Provision of swap bodies at the Lot 1 transshipment facility; haulage of accepted quantities; calibrated weighing at intake; enclosed dry storage; sorting per LAGA M 40 by a certified waste management operator (or EfbV-equivalent); monthly billing at fixed price or revenue per tonne; annual quota and recycling balances.

Key requirements

• ✓Weekly emptying of about 100 textile containers at 93 Bonn sites, with site cleaning and fill-level documentation
• ✓Approved transshipment facility within 15 km, with removal of contaminants and loading into exchange swap bodies
• ✓Certified waste-management operator (EfbV) for weighing, covered storage, sorting per LAGA M 40, and annual quota reporting

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About this sector

Waste reduction funding covers prevention, collection, sorting, recycling and recovery of municipal, commercial and industrial waste. Much of the activity is public procurement by local and regional authorities, alongside grants for new treatment technology. Bidders are typically assessed on service capacity, environmental permits and track record with comparable contracts.