Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided an update on the activities carried out by Veolia Environmental Services (waste and recycling collection, waste disposal and street cleansing services) and FCC Environment (management of the three household waste recycling centres).

The annual report from Veolia Environmental Services was set out at Appendix 1 to the report.

The report stated that the FCC contract ended on the 26 September 2017 following the Cabinet’s decision to enter into a Teckal agreement with Medway Norse (decision no.122/2016 refers). As such, a review of the performance of FCC over the last 7 years (October 2010 to September 2017) was set out in the report. It was noted that this was the final annual service report from FCC.

The Procurement Board considered this report on 14 February 2018 and supported the recommendations set out in the report.

Reasons:

This is on the basis of value for money and that both contractors have a track record of delivering high quality services for the residents of Medway with 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.