Norfolk county council has awarded separate six-year waste transfer station services contract to FCC Waste Services and to Norwich-based family-run firm PSH Environmental.
Worth £8.85 million, the contracts cover the reception, handling and storage of approximately 85,000 to 90,000 tonnes of local authority collected residual waste.
Norfolk county council had a recycling rate of 44.4% in the 2019/20 financial year (picture: Shutterstock)
A spokesperson for Norfolk county council told letsrecycle.com: “The two contracts were awarded by Norfolk county council following a competitive procurement process and the two contractors, FCC Environment and PSH Environmental, will provide local waste delivery points that serve waste collection authorities in the greater Norwich area, using their existing waste transfer station facilities located at Costessey and Rackheath respectively.
“These new contracts are for six years with the ability to extend for up to two years and will see a continuation of these facilities being used by local waste collection authorities as local delivery points for the residual waste they collect.”
The contract covers waste collected by Broadland district council, Norwich city council and South Norfolk district council, amongst others, as well as residual waste received at the county council’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs).
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A contract award notice explaining the details of the deals was published on 8 March. The new contracts represent an extension of the relationships the council already had with the contractors.
The tenders submitted by FCC and Environment and PSH Environmental represent the only ones received by the council.
The contracts include the receipt, handling and storage of a range of other materials routinely collected by waste collection authorities, such as waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), plasterboard, tyres and gas bottles.
However, haulage to the final treatment destination is not covered, as it has been procured separately.
Norfolk county council had a recycling rate of 44.4% in the 2019/20 financial year, according to statistics published recently by Defra. This is slightly below the national average of 45.5%.
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