Cabinet are asked to approve a new operating model whereby waste and street cleansing ,trunk road cleaning, recycling collection and weed control services are combined in one single integrated contract.

Cabinet is further asked to approve that the Director for Neighbourhoods in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and the Director of Legal & Governance, take all necessary steps to deliver an integrated contract for street cleansing, trunk road cleaning, waste and recycling collection and weed control.

Cabinet:

1.    APPROVED the new operating model whereby waste and street cleansing, trunk road cleaning, recycling collection and weed control services are combined in one single integrated contract offering and the commencement of the procurement of that contract; and

2.     DELEGATED authority to the Director of Neighbourhoods, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment and Director of Legal & Governance, to take all necessary steps to award the contract post procurement at the estimated value of £10 million per year and deliver an integrated contract for street cleansing, trunk road cleaning, waste and recycling collection and weed control.