Issue - meetings

Councillor Holden submits a report updating the Cabinet on the progress of the PFI Waste Management project. The Cabinet is asked to approve actions to be taken for the implementation of the PFI Waste Management procurement process.

Councillor Holden submitted a report updating the Cabinet on progress with the Private Finance Initiative Waste Management Project and seeking approval for actions to be taken to facilitate the implementation of the procurement process which would contribute to the overall deliverability of the project.

RESOLVED:

(1)that the Director of Environment and Development prepare and issue a notice in the Official Journal of European Community (OJEC) inviting interest to be declared from potential contractors to provide the Council with a new integrated waste management service, as detailed in paragraph 5 of the background report;

(2)that the Director of Environment and Development, in consultation with the Cabinet Member with lead responsibility for Arts, Leisure and the Environment be responsible for approving all key decisions (as detailed in Appendix 1) relating to the PFI procurement, including the preparation and award of the 25 year contract for the new integrated waste management service; and

(3)that a Council owned site at Bursom Industrial Estate be offered to contractors as part of the procurement process, and that the Director of Environment and Development approve the disposal whether freehold or leasehold of the site and the terms and other matters to which the disposal is subject.