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Contracts for the Receipt, Bulking, Haulage, and Treatment of Food Waste and Green Waste

Meeting: 15/11/2021 - Cabinet (Item 160)

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Cabinet Member: Cabinet Member for Sustainable Croydon, Councillor Muhammad Ali

Officer: Interim Corporate Director of Sustainable Communities, Regeneration & Economic Recovery, Sarah Hayward

Key decision: yes

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED: To

 

1.    Following the procurement process detailed in the report and subject to approvals through the relevant governance processes in LBs Merton, Kingston and Sutton, approve the South London Waste Partnerships (SLWP) recommendations for the RB Kingston (procuring authority on behalf of SLWP) to award the following contracts for the handling and treatment of food and green garden waste for an initial period of 4 years and 7 months commencing on 1 September 2022 with options to extend until 31 March 2030 for a maximum contract value of £16m (which for Croydon represents £1.4m for the initial term, and £4m over the life of the contract)

 

1.1         award Lot 1 to BioCollectors (Direct Delivery of Food)

1.2         award Lot 3.1 to CountryStyle (Villers Road Green Waste)

1.3         award Lot 3.2 to Olleco (Villers Road Food Waste)

1.4         award Lot 5.1 to SUEZ (Transfer, haul, treat Green)

 

2.    Approve that the Council enters into an Inter Authority Agreement (IAA) substantially in the form appended to the Part B report on this agenda (which sets out the roles and responsibilities of each of the SLWP boroughs in respect of the procurement, sharing of costs, contract management and other responsibilities in respect of the new food and green garden waste contract) with the agreement and finalisation of terms of the said IAA being delegated to the Corporate Director of Sustainable Communities, Regeneration & Economic Recovery. 

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Sustainable Croydon (Councillor Muhammad Ali) introduced the report and highlighted that the contract extension brought a saving for Croydon, would provide a medium to long term continuation of the service and that the local and regional recycling targets would be achieved.

In response to Members questions, the following was clarified:

·         That the procurement project was high risk due to the complexity and high risks due to the shortage of local waste transportation facilities, therefore there would be a new transfer station located in Mitcham.

·         That there were significant environmental benefits to be gained from the recommendations, in the context raised of COP26 and the Croydon Climate Commission, and that none of the waste processed would go to landfill. He added that even the small amount of containments in the waste collected would be treated to create refuse derived fuel.

 

In response to queries on how outcomes would be measured using data, the Net Zero Carbon Action Plan would be reporting to Cabinet in the new year. One of the key elements of that report would be to quantify as many indicators as possible and where the council could benefit from and track their interventions, which would follow consultation across the borough.

 

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions:

 

RESOLVED: To

 

1.    Following the procurement process detailed in the report and subject to approvals through the relevant governance processes in LBs Merton, Kingston and Sutton, approve the South London Waste Partnerships (SLWP) recommendations for the RB Kingston (procuring authority on behalf of SLWP) to award the following contracts for the handling and treatment of food and green garden waste for an initial period of 4 years and 7 months commencing on 1 September 2022 with options to extend until 31 March 2030 for a maximum contract value of £16m (which for Croydon represents £1.4m for the initial term, and £4m over the life of the contract)

 

1.1         award Lot 1 to BioCollectors (Direct Delivery of Food)

1.2         award Lot 3.1 to CountryStyle (Villers Road Green Waste)

1.3         award Lot 3.2 to Olleco (Villers Road Food Waste)

1.4         award Lot 5.1 to SUEZ (Transfer, haul, treat Green)

 

2.    Approve that the Council enters into an Inter Authority Agreement (IAA) substantially in the form appended to the Part B report on this agenda (which sets out the roles and responsibilities of each of the SLWP boroughs in respect of the procurement, sharing of costs, contract management and other responsibilities in respect of the new food and green garden waste contract) with the agreement and finalisation of terms of the said IAA being delegated to the Corporate Director of Sustainable Communities, Regeneration & Economic Recovery.