a) The Chief Officer for Waste Management approved the utilisation of Regulation 72 (1b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in order to vary the contract end date by 2 years from 7th November 2021 with HW Martin Waste Ltd to treat the Recyclate collected through the green bin kerbside collections at a maximum cost of £2 million. This would see the ultimate expiry of the contract being 6th November 2023.
b) The service is granted the approval to commence a new procurement exercise to replace the current contract with HW Martin Waste Ltd once it expires in November 2023.
c) The Chief Officer Waste Management and Executive member for Environment and Housing approves the decision that this report is exempt from call in/prior publishing due to reasons given in the report and below.