Contract Variation to Recycling, Waste Collection and Cleansing Contract with Serco (CPA increase)
September 22, 2026 Deputy Leader (Environment, Climate Crisis and Transport) (Cabinet member) Key decision Unknown View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
The Deputy Leader (Environment, Climate Crisis and Transport) approved a contract variation to increase the annual contract value for recycling, waste collection, and cleansing services from circa £19m to £23m. This decision was made on 22 September 2026 to allow purchase orders to be raised for forecast monthly costs from September 2026 to September 2027, ensuring service continuity. The variation includes provisions for core contract payments, inflation, variable costs, depot utilities, project costs, and vehicle purchases.
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Purpose
The report seeks to increase the CPA to take into account costs arising from a range of variable costs (monthly variable costs, depot utilities, vehicle and asset purchases and project costs) and inflation over the life of the contract.
The decision is to approve the Contract Variation to increase the current contract value for £118.7M to £155.1M to allow further spend to be incurred covering monthly costs from September 2026 to September 2027 and to ensure continuity of service
Decision
To approve the Variation to increasing the annual contract value from circa £19m to £23m to allow Purchase Orders to be raised to cover forecast monthly costs from September 2026 to September 2027 and to ensure there is continuity of service.
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Details
| Reference | Call-ins |
| Outcome | For consultation |
| Decision date | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Lead officer | Doug Perry |