One or more of the four companies – Shanks, SITA UK, WRG and Viridor – look likely to have proposals for the multi-billion pound Greater Manchester PFI deal rejected.
Officers from the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority are to submit their recommendations to the full authority on Tuesday (May 2) in an attempt to cut down the shortlist for the contract.
The Authority, which runs waste disposal services for the metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Manchester city, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tamesire and Trafford, has 100 million in government PFI credits to support the contract.
The 25-year contract is expected to begin on April 1 2007.
The GMWDA is remaining tight-lipped concerning its recommendations at this stage, particularly because of difficulties suffered by Cornwall county council when information leaked from the procurement process for its PFI contract.
Decisions
The authority is remaining tight lipped about its recommendations following leaked information during the procurement of Cornwall's PFI-backed contract. But Tim Date, GMWDA solicitor, told letsrecycle.com that a number of options were open to the authority in terms of reducing the shortlist at this stage.
Mr Date said: “There are a set of decisions to be taken by the council, and a number of options are open. The authority could take forward one, two, three or all of the bidders.”
The meeting on Tuesday will also see Authority members discussing the future timeline of the contract, which could be worth as much as 4 billion over its 25 year period. Options for the Authority's existing waste management company, the local authority-owned Greater Manchester Waste, also look likely to be discussed along with possible treatment technologies proposed by the four bidding companies.
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Under the terms of the contract, the GMDA is aiming to stop the growth in the generation of household waste among its 958,000 households. It will also see new waste processing infrastructure established to divert more waste from landfill, to meet government landfill targets.
The Authority hopes eventually to achieve recycling rates of 50% for household waste generated in Manchester.
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