The Waste Collection, Recycling and Street
Cleansing Service is currently provided by Serco and the current
contract has been in place since 2008. The original contract was
extended by Deed of Variation in 2014 and is due to expire in June
2021.
The Cabinet considered a Report on the 7th October that set out the
options for the service beyond June 2021 and agreed to delegate the
decision either to extend the existing Waste Collection, Recycling
and Street Cleansing Contract or to procure a new contract to the
Strategic Director of Environment in consultation with the Cabinet
Member for Environment.
The Cabinet also approved the introduction of a prototype container
collection service for domestic, recycling and food waste service
across 6,000 properties for a 2-year period. It committed Council
Reserves to fund the new container service and resources to
continue the work on the preferred option.
The Cabinet also agreed that the outcomes from any negotiations
would be reported to a future Cabinet and that a decision on any
potential contract extension (and associated variations) would not
be awarded without Cabinet approval.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Expenditure/Income - Revenue between £500,000 and £5m and Capital between £1.5m and £5m;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 20/01/2020
Reason for urgency:
This decision is necessary to deliver waste collection, recycling and street cleasing in the borough.
Report access: Open report with exempt appendix;
Report Type: Key Decision;
Decision due: 3 Feb 2020 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member for the Environment
Lead director: Strategic Director for the Environment
Department: The Environment department
Contact: Richard Shwe, Interim Assistant Director of Street and Environment Services Email: Richard.Shwe@lbhf.gov.uk.