Newcastle City Council

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Report by Director of Neighbourhood Services

Procurement Committee agreed to:

i)  Approve the proposal to terminate the current residual waste procurement project. 

ii)  Authorise the Director of Neighbourhood Services in conjunction with the Head of Efficiency and Procurement and Head of Commercial Law to liaise with SITA to agree and finalise the necessary amendments to the current waste management contract as set out in this report.  These revised arrangements will then continue until the end of the contract in 2024.

iii)  Undertake further procurement by 2016 for waste currently being sent to Energy from Waste facility in Teeside with all optional technologies to be considered

iv)  Review targets once  the contract for SRF is in place to ensure these remain challenged.