Decision details

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The Cabinet Member for Waste, Street Scene and the Environment:

1.         Considered and approved the release of capital funding from the capital programme to purchase new refuse freighters.

2.         Awarded the purchase of 24 refuse freighters to Dennis Eagle for the sum of £5,108,131.00

The current refuse freighters being used to deliver environment services are reaching the end of or have surpassed their economic life. Maintenance costs have significantly increased as a result, which has also increased down time during which the vehicles are not in productive use.

The proposed new fleet is programmed to last until 30/05/2029, to be co-terminus with the end of the OSA initial contract term. This will also enable a non-diesel fleet to be implemented at this time to meet the Council’s carbon commitment to have no diesel vehicles by 2030.

The competitive tendering exercise looked at both price and quality and the successful contractor gave the most economically advantageous quotes.

Do nothing – this was not considered viable as we would continue to see machinery down time and increasing costs of mechanical failure.

It was considered as to whether options to lease vehicles on a short- or long-term basis should be used. This was rejected as the business cases for each area showed that this would be a more expensive option for service delivery.

Investigations into purchasing electric vehicles are ongoing and will be pursued in the future if economically viable and currently available. Due to the need to collect weekly food waste we require Food Podded vehicles and at this time electric options for these vehicles are not available.

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