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Gateway 5 Contract Management Report: Waste Collection and Disposal

 

 

Meeting: 14/04/2015 - Cabinet (Item 15)

15 Gateway 5 Report: Waste Collection and Disposal Contracts pdf icon PDF 88 KB

Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the review of the waste collection and disposal contracts. These contracts were delivered by Veolia and consisted of a number of elements including waste collection and street cleansing services, for example, residual waste collection, recycling collection from kerbsite and bring sites and the disposal of residual waste via a combination of landfill and energy form waste.

 

The Veolia Annual Service Report was attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

 

An exempt appendix provided details of the whole life costings of the contracts.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

 

The Cabinet noted the progress made to date with the waste collection and disposal contracts.

82/2015

The Cabinet agreed that the Council continue with the current waste collection and disposal contracts with a requirement for further Gateway 5 reporting at end of year five.

Reasons:

 

The contracts provide value for money and Veolia have a track record of delivering high quality services for the residents of Medway with very high satisfaction levels recorded.

 

Further to this, the contracts have been well managed by the client department, through the adoption of contract management and the forming of a strong working relationship between Veolia and the Council.