Household Waste Collection, Transfer and Associated Services

Leicester City Council is conducting a Competitive Flexible Procedure for the collection of kerbside household waste in Leicester, management and operation of a waste transfer station, and associated services. This contract will replace the existing PFI arrangement on expiry in 2028. The Authority's key objectives are to:

• Provide good quality, cost-efficient, value for money waste services. • Engage, educate and support residents to minimise their waste, maximise repair, reuse, recycling and composting, and to understand how to access, and make the most of, reuse services. • Minimise the carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases arising from the collection, treatment and disposal of waste. • Minimise the amount of waste sent to landfill. • Provide waste services that can evolve as necessary to support anticipated growth of household and population numbers in the City. This will include:
• Household residual waste and dry mixed recycling (DMR) collections on an alternate weekly basis (fortnightly) instead of weekly. • The introduction of wheeled DMR bins to replace single use bags as standard. • Implementation of weekly food waste collections as early as possible. • Retention of bespoke and / or more frequent arrangements for communal collection points and others as appropriate, as well as exception processes for households with specific requirements for assistance. • Continuation of fortnightly garden waste collections from March to November. • Continuation of clinical waste collections from households on request. • Continuation of bulky waste collections from households on request. Scope

The Contract shall include the following Services:

• Household Waste and Recycling Collection including:
• Residual Waste Collection Service
• Dry Mixed Recycling Collection Service
• Food Waste Collection Service
• Garden Waste Collection Service
• Bulky Waste Collection Service
• Clinical Waste Collection Service
• Other provisional items such as