The council will be looking for a long term contract or contracts for the treatment and disposal of waste, collection of organics – recycling and waste and management of its materials recycling facility.
” In finalising our approach for the procurement of these services we wish to consult with technology suppliers, and businesses involved in all other aspects of waste management “
– Milton Keynes council
The MRF is currently run by Cutts Brothers and is undergoing an overhaul following a fire in 2005. The plant is expected to be up and running again by late February.
Milton Keynes will see its current contracts for each waste element end towards the end of 2007. It now wants a contract in place to cover all of its waste management duties.
To ensure that it takes up the best possible approach towards waste it has organised the open day to find out from the companies that it will be looking to enlist what they think the best way of securing a long term waste contract is.
Milton Keynes council said: “In finalising our approach for the procurement of these services we wish to consult with technology suppliers, and businesses involved in all other aspects of waste management.”
The council added that it was particularly interested in discussing the packaging of the contract or contracts and its duration, possible funding mechanisms, how to handle Milton Keynes' high growth rate and procurement timescales.
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A spokesman for Milton Keynes council said that the council would be revealing more details about its future contract after the day itself.
Milton Keynes is a unitary authority with landfill targets to meet as well as recycling targets to uphold. It is an area of rapid growth and likely to double in size in the next 30 years.
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