The deal, estimated to be worth up to £16 million over the contract period, will see AmeyCespa process materials including plastics, metal and card at its Waterbeach materials recycling facility (MRF) near Cambridge, which opened in 2012.
The procurement was divided into two lots; the first for the bulking and storage of dry recyclables; the second for the receipt, sorting and onward sale of the recyclables, with an option to extend both to a further five years.
The first lot has been valued at between £1 million and £8 million with 65,752 tonnes handled on behalf of the partnership per year, while the second lot will see AmeyCespa sort and sell 73,088 tonnes per annum with a value range of between £1 million and 7.3 million. Tonnages are based on 2012/13 recycling figures.
Procurement
Prior to the procurement, all six councils in RECAP had three separate contracts in place for the bulking, sorting and onward sale of recyclable materials.
This contract represents the first time they have worked jointly to process recyclables, and each local authority will phase in the new service at different times.
Peterborough city council, which introduced the service from September 1 2014, has held an interim with AmeyCespa since May 2013. Prior to this recyclables were processed at the council’s own MRF by Viridor.
AmeyCespa also holds the collection contract for the council, which had previously been held by Enterprise, and operates alternate weekly collections of commingled recyclables from households. However, the council continues to operate its own bulking facility.
Commingled
The contract started in Cambridge city council and Fenland and Huntingdonshire district councils this week, all of which also operate a commingled collection system for recyclables.
Meanwhile, the contract for South Cambridgeshire is due to start in 2015, following a separate procurement exercise for the reprocessing of its paper, which is collected separately from other recyclables. In East Cambridgeshire the contract is set to begin in 2016.
Paul Greenwell, managing director of AmeyCespa, said: “We are delighted that the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Waste Partnership has chosen AmeyCespa to process the county’s household recyclables. We are able to provide a local solution for processing this waste, using state-of-the-art technology.
“We look forward to drawing on our existing waste contracts and local expertise to support RECAP in increasing recycling rates and reducing waste across the county.”
The contract win continues to strengthen AmeyCespa’s presence in the region. The firm already provides waste management services on behalf of Cambridgeshire county council as part of a 28-year PFI contract and delivers waste disposal and treatment services for Northamptonshire county council. And, it also manages Hertfordshire county council’s 17 household waste recycling centres.
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