Issue - meetings

This report provides information concerning a proposed decision to procure providers to receive, handle, store and process approximately 19,000 tonnes of household food waste per annum.

(1)       The Cabinet Committee received a report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport and the Corporate Director of Growth, Environment and Transport detailing the proposed award of tenders for Food Waste Processing in Kent.  Roger Wilkin, Waste Manager, was in attendance to introduce the report and in particular referred to the following:

(2)       That a number of the Council’s current waste collection partners now also carried out separate food waste collection.  As the waste disposal authority KCC had a duty to take household waste from those collection partners and dispose of it appropriately.

(3)       That the forthcoming procurement and award of Food Waste Processing Contracts would be undertaken in accordance with the chosen evaluation methodology and this would be included in the published Food Waste Invitation to Tender.  The evaluation would be undertaken by KCC Waste Management Officers, who would identify providers to receive, handle, store and process approximately 19,000 tonnes of household food waste per annum.

(4)       The tendering process would be open to existing and new suppliers and the contract would be for a period of 6 years.  This timeframe had been agreed to reflect the likelihood of investment being required by a successful tenderer and the need for this to be viable and attractive to bidders.

(5)       Concern was expressed that Members were being asked to make comment without sufficient information being provided or at a time when comments could not be acted upon by officers. 

(6)       Members were advised that all tenders were published online prior to engaging in the democratic decision making process and that this particular procurement had been included in the Directorate Business Plan.   

(7)       RESOLVED that the Cabinet Committee agree the completion of a procurement process for the provision of Food Waste Processing as follows:

a)        Lot 1: indicative tonnage of 14,000 p.a.

b)      Lot 2: indicative tonnage of 5,000 p.a.