To seek approval from Cabinet for the Integrated Recycling, Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Contract to be awarded to the preferred bidder following a competitive tendering exercise.

Cabinet:

For the reasons stated in the report and its appendices Cabinet is recommended to award the Integrated Recycling, Waste Collection and Street Cleansing Contract (the Contract) to the preferred bidder, subject to the statutory standstill period, for an initial term of eight years with the option to extend for up to a further eight years, by mutual agreement.

·       That in light of the process followed and the consensus reached during evaluation, the preferred bidder’s Final Tender submission represents the Most Economically Advantageous Tender;

·       The preferred bidder’s Final Tender submission is capable of meeting the Authority’s needs and requirements from a qualitative perspective;

·       That the preferred bidder’s Final Tender submission is capable of meeting the Authority’s needs and requirements from a financial perspective; and

·       That the preferred bidder’s Final Tender submission is capable of meeting the Authority’s needs and requirements from a legal and commercial perspective.

Three options were considered and set out in the Cabinet report of 18 September 2019 and were reiterated in the Cabinet report of 7 July 2021 which included:

·       Option 1 - Contracting services out (outsourcing);

·       Option 2 - Combination of keeping and bringing the services in-house; and

·       Option 3 – setting up a Local Authority Company.