Decision details

• The East London Waste Authority (ELWA) is the statutory waste disposal

authority responsible for the disposal of municipal and commercial waste

collected by the London Boroughs of Havering, Barking and Dagenham,

Newham and Redbridge (the Constituent Councils).

• ELWA entered into an Integrated Waste Management Services (IWMS)

Contract in December 2002 to arrange for the treatment and the disposal of

this waste. The IWMS Contract runs until December 2027.

• ELWA and the Constituent Councils have developed a new Joint Strategy for

East London’s Resources and Waste for the period from 2027 to 2057 and the

Joint Strategy has been ratified by all five authorities.

• ELWA and the Constituent Councils are now looking at the steps required to

ensure that new arrangements for waste treatment and disposal are in place in

time for expiry of the IWMS Contract.

• This report will include the recommendation to implement the preferred

option arising from an Outline Business Case for how the services will be

commissioned in future.

The Cabinet agreed to the East London Waste Authority (ELWA) – Outline Business Case

2.1           Cabinet agreed to supports the East London Waste Authority’s (ELWA) Outline Business Case (OBC) included at Exempt Appendix A.

2.2           Cabinet agreed in principle to the future use of Gerpins Lane (RRC), Gerpins Lane, Upminster, RM14 2XR being made available as a site on the future procurement by way of a property agreement and delegate authority to the Director of Asset Management to enter into the relevant property arrangements.

2.3           Cabinet noted:

2.3.1     Noted that the OBC is necessary to deliver the aims and objectives of the Joint Strategy, as adopted by Cabinet at its meeting on 16^th February 2022 and so that ELWA can commence the procurement of the waste treatment and disposal services to be in place at the expiry of the Integrated Waste Management Services Contract (IWMS Contract).

2.3.2     Noted that subject to all Constituent Councils agreeing to the recommendation in 2.1, ELWA Authority Members will then be asked to approve the OBC at the ELWA Authority Meeting to be held on 29 September 2023.

2.3.3     Noted that ELWA will be the contracting authority for the procurement of the new service arrangements and, at the completion of the procurement process, ELWA will develop a Full Business Case (FBC) which will be subject to further confirmation of support by each of the Constituent's Councils Cabinet.

2.3.4     Noted that the OBC is not seeking to set a budget for the years following the expiry of the IWMS Contract. There will be a future Cabinet report to formalise new levy arrangements from 2028/29 onwards. The timing will need to be considered alongside that of the FBC.

2.3.5     Noted that there is a programme of work that ELWA is preparing to undertake in relation to the expiry and demobilisation of the IWMS Contract.