The Australian owned company said that it needed to concentrate all its energies on Lancashire because it is its first UK venture and it would be essential to get it right.
” There is no point in us winning the contract and not delivering “
– Melanie Siggs, Global Renewables
It moved into this country specifically to bid for the Lancashire contract.
Melanie Siggs, Global Renewables' head of corporate affairs, said: “There is no point in us winning the contract and not delivering, so we feel that at the moment we need to concentrate 100% on getting it right.
“The financial close for the contract is scheduled for the middle of next year and after that we will of course be looking to get involved in other UK contracts,” she said. “Unfortunately though, the timetables for Lancashire and Wakefield overlap too closely.”
Remaining bids
Global Renewables was named by Wakefield as one of the four companies invited to negotiate earlier this year, alongside Cleanaway, Estech Europe and the Waste Recycling Group. Bids are still expected from these three companies.
Ian Stephenson, Wakefield's corporate director of environment, said: “Obviously the council is sorry to lose Global from the bidding process but we are sure that the other three companies will provide high quality submissions.”
Wakefield has put back the deadline for tenderers to return their bids from December 2 to the end of February, citing internal reasons.
John Nortcliffe, the council's waste procurement manager, said: “Because of the original return date being put back a couple of months the start date of the contracts has now slipped from March 07 to April 07.”
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