The South London Waste Partnership (SWLP) is considering whether it will renew its waste collection and street cleansing contract with Veolia ahead of the agreement coming to an end in March 2025.
The SLWP is a joint waste authority made up of the four local councils in Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton.
Veolia’s contract, which started in 2017 with an initial duration of eight years, was procured by Croydon on behalf of the SLWP partner boroughs (see letsrecycle.com story). It has an annual value of £30 million and the SLWP may extend the contract by up to two further eight-year periods.
Each partner authority is to decide on whether there should be an extension of the jointly held contract, with Merton council to meet first on 10 October.
Veolia has proposed that the contract is renewed in 2025. Andrea Keys, the SLWP’s partnership director, noted that there had been a detailed options appraisal of Veolia’s proposal.
She said: “After taking all things into account, officers in the four partner boroughs have decided to recommend to their members that recommissioning the services would be in the boroughs’ best interests.”
Veolia told letsrecycle.com it “looked forward” to reviewing new contract specifications when these became available.
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