Purpose

This report seeks to
update on the procurement of the new waste collection service. This
follows the adoption of the council’s new Waste Management
Strategy in July 2021 and the subsequent Cabinet decision to adopt
a new waste collection model in November 2021.

Decision

That:
 

a)      Cabinet
approves the delivery of the Waste Management Strategy objectives
and environmental improvements, by continuing the procurement
process for the provision of a waste collection service under the
existing collection model, within the proposed 2024/25 annual
revenue budget, for an initial term of 8 years, including options
to extend by up to a further 12 years (following budget
approval);
 

b)      Cabinet
approves a phased implementation of the new collection model and
that the procurement process should include a mechanism within the
contract to enable the services to transition to:
 

i.            
a three weekly, twin stream recycling service,
 

ii.           
introduce a weekly food waste collection service and:
 

iii.     
introduce a non-mandatory, seasonable,
two weekly, chargeable garden waste service;
 

c)      Cabinet
confirms that the remaining aspects of the future collection
service, as set out in b), are introduced at the appropriate time,
subject to funding, legal responsibilities and approved business
case(s);
 

d)      Approval to
spend up to £12.29m to purchase the new waste collection
fleet, in consultation with the Director of Resources and
Assurance;
 

e)      Delegate all
operational decisions in order to implement the above
recommendations to the Corporate Director for Economy and
Environment, in consultation with the Director of Resources and
Assurance;
 

f)      
Delegates, to the Corporate Director for Economy and Environment,
in consultation with the Director of Resources and Assurance the
authority to negotiate and enter into a deed of variation to the
Waste Disposal contract to accommodate the above recommendations as
required; and
 

g)      The decision
to award the contract to the successful bidder will be subject to a
final decision of Cabinet.