Purpose

Purchase of vehicles to deliver waste contract
services

Decision

To instruct the waste, recycling and
street cleansing contractor to purchase five diesel refuse collection vehicles on behalf of the
Council, at a total one-off capital cost of £1,346,500.

 
 

Reasons for the decision

The decision will allow the Council to save
hire costs on vehicles required to deliver the core services of the
Contract whilst still allowing a level of flexibility to transition
to electric vehicles as the required infrastructure becomes
available.
 

Alternative options considered

Option 1: Not to
approve the capital requirement for the purchase of the Authority
Financed Assets and continue to hire the comparable vehicles.
 
This is not the recommended option as the
required vehicles to deliver the services would have to be hired,
with the contractor operating an older overall fleet and unable to
obtain any residual value from the vehicles in the future.
 
Option 2: To approve
the capital requirement for five already built diesel RCVs for the
reasons set out in paragraphs 8-12 of this report.
This is the recommended option.
 
Officers will continue to look for
opportunities to purchase suitable diesel vehicles to replace hired
fleet to enable further savings, providing this does not compromise
the Council’s move to a greener fleet.