Decision details

Award of the Waste, Recycling and Street Cleansing Contract

Decision Maker: Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Following a competitive dialogue procurement, this report seeks to award the contract for waste, recycling and street cleansing services to the preferred bidder.

Decision:

a)    That the Executive agrees to North Herts District Council awarding the waste, recycling and street cleansing contract to the preferred bidder, on behalf of East Herts Council, as identified in Appendix 1 Part 2 of this report;

b)   That the Executive agrees to approve the formation of a joint mobilisation project board to include the Executive Members responsible for digital transformation as well as the Executive Member covering waste, recycling and street cleansing services for both EHC and North Herts to monitor the progress of the mobilisation of the waste, recycling and street cleansing contract;

c)    That Executive has regard for the draft statutory guidance in Appendix 6 and taking into account the matters set out in this Part 2 report and any Part 2 clarifications, reconfirms the decision on the 3-weekly collection frequency of residual waste collections made by Executive as per 2.5 and provides clear reasons for the decision;

d)   The Executive agrees to the commencement of a procurement exercise for the provision of a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) and haulage.

Report author: Chloe Hipwood

Publication date: 10/07/2024

Date of decision: 09/07/2024

Decided at meeting: 09/07/2024 - Executive

Effective from: 18/07/2024

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