Issue - meetings

Waste, Street Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance Services

Meeting: 15/07/2020 - Cabinet (Item 24)

24 Waste, Streetscene and Grounds Maintenance Services Options Report pdf icon PDF 153 KB

To consider the report of the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Environment seeking to provide an assessment of the options available as a consequence of the current contract for the delivery of Waste, Streetscene and Grounds Maintenance Services coming to an end in March 2022, to recommend the next steps and to report the recommendation made by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 29th June 2020.

 

Please note that Appendix A of the WYG Report (Appendix 1) is exempt from disclosure to the press and public by virtue of Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended (information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person including the authority holding that information). If Members wish to discuss Appendix A the Cabinet will need to resolve to exclude the press and public before doing so.

 

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Decision:

RESOLVED that:

 

(1)  the Options Report is received and welcomed

 

(2)  the recommendations made by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Paragraph 3.4 of the report) are considered and subject to that consideration…

 

(3)  in the period June to mid-September 2020 both Ubico and Amey are invited to submit proposals for service delivery

 

(4)  a Best Value Review is undertaken to provide a benchmark against which to assess the proposals identified above in early October

 

(5)  if neither of the options presents a suitable proposition move to commence a formal procurement exercise to secure an external service delivery partner having first determined whether to offer a fully or partially integrated service

 

(6)  delegated authority be given to the Corporate Director (after consultation with the Cabinet Lead for the Environment) to implement these decisions.

 

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the report of the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Environment that sought to provide an assessment of the options available as a consequence of the current contract for the delivery of Waste, Streetscene and Grounds Maintenance Services coming to an end in March 2022, to recommend the next steps and to report the recommendation made by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 29th June 2020.

 

The Leader of the Council summarised the report in detail and advised that due to the complexity of the matter some elements could be separated.  He drew Members’ attention to the recommendations of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (29 June 2020) which had been included for consideration.

 

RESOLVED that:

 

(1)  the Options Report is received and welcomed

 

(2)  the recommendations made by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Paragraph 3.4 of the report) are accepted and, as a consequence…

 

(3)  in the period June to mid-September 2020 Ubico and Amey are invited to submit proposals for service delivery to be considered alongside an option for in-house service delivery

 

(4)  the proposals outlined in (3) above and (6) below incorporate a requirement to pay employees the real living wage

 

(5)  a Best Value Review is undertaken to provide a benchmark against which to assess the proposals identified above in early October

 

(6)  if none of the options presents a suitable proposition move to commence a formal procurement exercise to secure an external service delivery partner having first determined whether to offer a fully or partially integrated service

 

(7)  delegated authority be given to the Corporate Director (after consultation with the Cabinet Lead for the Environment) to implement these decisions.

 


Meeting: 17/06/2020 - Cabinet (Item 10)

10 Waste, Streetscene and Grounds Maintenance Services Options Report pdf icon PDF 153 KB

To consider the report of the Leader of the Council providing an assessment of the options available to the Council as a consequence of the current contract for the delivery of Waste, Streetscene and Grounds Maintenance Services coming to an end in March 2022 and seeking to recommend the next steps.

 

Please note that Appendix 2 is exempt from disclosure to the press and public by virtue of Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended (information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person including the authority holding that information). If Members wish to discuss Appendix 2 the Cabinet will need to resolve to exclude the press and public before doing so.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Leader of the Council announced that his report to provide an assessment of the options available to the Council as a consequence of the current contract for the delivery of Waste, Streetscene and Grounds Maintenance Services coming to an end in March 2022 and to recommend the next steps would be considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 29th June 2020.  He advised Members that a report would be brought to Cabinet at a later date.