Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Place, Environment and Climate Action

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/057

Non-key decision

Contact: Caroline Coyne, Project Manager (BPSI Team)

Caroline.coyne@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Economy and Place (CA11)

Oxfordshire County Council’s current household waste recycling centres management contract is in its final extension period and comes to an end on 30th September 2027. A future model for the service delivery is required to be in place and mobilised prior to the expiry of the existing contract. The paper is to approve the preferred model.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

a)    Approve the preferred approach to the reprovision of the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) management as set out in paragraphs 5 and 31.

b)    Authorise Officers to prepare and commence the procurement of a new 8-year HWRC management contract to start on 1 October 2027 (following a mobilisation period) with options to support flexibility in Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). 

c)    Endorse exploration and feasibility of the capital purchase of HWRC plant and equipment during the tender bidding, with a view to having an agreed final revenue and capital cost of the contract at the final tender stage.

d)    Delegate the decision to award the contract, and any extension to the Director of Environment and Highways in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Place, Environment and Climate Action.