Decision details

Decision:

The Cabinet Member for Environment agrees to provide delegated authority to the Director of Highways, Transportation and Waste to award a new contractual arrangement for the collection and processing of textiles and shoes collected at the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRCs).

Background:

Kent County Council, as the Waste Disposal Authority provide Household Waste Recycling centres for the disposal of household waste. This includes making provision for the deposit of Textiles and Shoes at Kent’s 18 Household Waste Recycling Sites.

The current contract is in an extension period that expires 31st October 2020 and to ensure that KCC’s statutory obligations are met, and that there is continuity of service a commissioning exercise is required.

Options:

Option 1 – Do nothing – the current contracts will elapse with no arrangement in place and thereby incurring significant contingency disposal costs.

Option 2 – continue with the existing contractor out of contract – this is not necessary as there is sufficient time to conduct a commissioning activity.

Option 3 – undertake a commissioning exercise to secure a provider.

Preferred option:

Option 3 is the preferred option. The authority is seeking to appoint a new provider to secure an income-based contract (5-year term) that will benefit and achieve the best outcomes for the authority and Kent households and fulfil the Statutory duty of KCC operating under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, to dispose of collected municipal waste.