Purpose

Pursuant to an Authorisation from Cabinet 4th
December 2024, authorising the Executive Director of Economy,
Environment and Infrastructure in consultation with the Cabinet
member for Environment, Economy and Planning to:?

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).

Award the proposed contracts to the preferred tenderer(s)

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.

Decision

Following the conclusion of a competitive
procurement process in respect of a contract for the provision of
bulking and haulage services in respect of residual waste collected
in Tewkesbury and Cheltenham Boroughs (Lot 1) and having consulted
with Cllr Horwood Cabinet Member for Nature, Climate and Waste
Reduction in accordance with the Cabinet decision of 4th
December 2024: 
 
DECISION 
 
To award the above contract to the preferred
tenderer, namely Grundon Ltd.  The contract shall continue for
an initial period of 7 years and include an option to extend its
term for a further period of 3 years on its 7th
anniversary (i.e., 7+3 years).