Preferred Bidder Selected For New Recycling, Waste and Street Cleansing Contract

March 29, 2015 by Mike

Preferred bidder selected for new recycling, waste and street cleansing contract

Friday 27th March 2015

Veolia, the UK’s leading environmental services solutions provider, has been selected as Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s preferred bidder for the award of the Recycling, Waste and Street Cleansing Services contract subject to the formal contract award and the mandatory ten day ‘standstill’ period required under European procurement law.

The decision was approved unopposed at last night’s Full Council meeting (Thursday 27th March).

The new contract will be for fifteen and half years, (with a break clause after eight years), starting on 5 October 2015, delivering significant savings to the council and several service enhancements.

Cllr Martin Terry, Executive Councillor for Public Protection, Waste and Transport, said:
“Throughout this process, our aim has been to secure the company that can best serve the interests of Southend-on-Sea in the long term.
“This thorough, proper and comprehensive procurement process has ensured just that and we are delighted to announce Veolia as the preferred bidder who has a first class track record, and subject to the relevant processes being completed I look forward to working with them.
“Veolia has committed to further improving upon our recycling rates, maintaining weekly collections, delivering a first-class service to our residents and businesses, maintaining an attractive street scene across the Borough and providing the best possible value for council tax-payers’ money by delivering significant savings. Residents can also be assured that services will remain uninterrupted.
“To deliver savings, whilst getting an expanded and improved service cannot be underestimated in a time of on-going central Government cuts.
“It is also important to add that staff working for our current contractor, Cory Environmental, will transfer to the new contractor, therefore protecting local employment.”
Estelle Brachlianoff, Veolia’s Senior Executive Vice President UK and Ireland said “We are extremely pleased to be announced as preferred bidder and are looking forward to working in partnership with Southend-on-Sea Borough Council to deliver increased recycling rates and high quality services for all residents.”

The new contract includes the following services:

• Waste and Recycling Collection Services
• Operation of Household Waste Recycling Centres
• Street and Beach Cleaning
• Gully Cleaning and Emptying
• Winter Maintenance
• Cleaning of Public Toilets
• Graffiti Removal Services
• Weed Spraying and removal
• Build and operation of a Waste Transfer Station
• Provision for commercial waste services

A fuller and more detailed statement will be released once the mandatory standstill period has finished and the contract documentation signed. Further information and regular updates will also be available on the Council’s website. www.southend.gov.uk/recycling

About Veolia UK

We are committed to protecting the environment and improving the lives of the communities in which we operate and have been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development and received a Four Star rating in Business in the Community’s Corporate Responsibility Index for 2014.

Veolia group is the global leader in optimised resource management. With over 179,000 employees* worldwide, the Group designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and helps to replenish them.

In 2014, the Veolia group supplied 96 million people with drinking water and 60 million people with wastewater service, produced 52 million megawatt hours of energy and converted 31 million metric tons of waste into new materials and energy. Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE) recorded consolidated revenue of €24.4 billion* in 2014.

(*) 2014 pro-forma figures including Dalkia International (100%) and excluding Dalkia France

For more information visit us at www.veolia.co.uk or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/veoliauk