Purpose

To approve the
proposed strategy for procuring and awarding contracts for the
provision of bulking and haulage services in respect of residual
waste (i.e. household waste that is not recycled or reused)
collected by Cheltenham Borough Council, Tewkesbury Borough
Council, Forest of Dean District Council and Cotswold District
Council. 
 

Decision

Cllr David Gray sought Cabinet approval for
the proposed strategy for procuring and awarding contracts for the
provision of bulking and haulage services in respect of residual
waste (i.e. household waste that is not recycled or reused)
collected by Cheltenham Borough Council, Tewkesbury Borough
Council, Forest of Dean District Council and Cotswold District
Council.
 
Having considered all
of the information, Cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:
 
1. Approve the procurement strategy set out in
this report for procuring bulking and haulage services in respect
of residual waste that has been collected by Cheltenham Borough,
Tewkesbury Borough, Forest of Dean District and Cotswold
District;

2. Delegate authority to the Executive
Director of Economy, Environment and Infrastructure in consultation
with the Cabinet member for Environment, Economy and Planning
to:

a) Conduct a competitive procurement process
in respect of a contract or (as appropriate) contracts divided into
the following three lots for the provision of the residual waste
bulking and haulage services described in Recommendation 1
above:

- Residual waste collected in Tewkesbury
and
Cheltenham Boroughs (Lot 1)

- Residual waste collected in Forest of Dean
District (Lot 2)

- Residual waste collected in Cotswold
District (Lot 3)

The proposed services may be awarded to the
same tenderer under a single contract or awarded to a number of separate tenderers under not more than
three separate contracts, whose term(s) shall continue for an
initial period of 7 years and include an option to extend such
term(s) for a further period of not more than 3 years (i.e. 7 + 3
years).

b) Award the proposed contracts to the
preferred tenderer(s)

c) Determine whether to exercise the
council’s option to extend the term of the proposed
contract(s) for a further period of three years on their seventh
anniversary.