Decision details

1. 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.

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.

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.