Exempt report of the Corporate Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) on the award of contract for this service.

The General Procurement Board recommendation that a three year contract (with an optional one year extension), commencing on 1 April 2019 be awarded to Hotpursuit Enterprises Ltd (T/A Cookstown Textile Recyclers) was approved.

Exempt report of the Corporate Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) on the award of contract for the sale of textiles through a consortium of Hertfordshire Councils of which this authority was the lead Council.

(1)        The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

That the General Procurement Board recommendation that a three year contract (with an optional one year extension), commencing on 1 April 2019 be awarded to Hotpursuit Enterprises Ltd (T/A Cookstown Textile Recyclers) be approved.

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

The Council was the lead authority in a consortium of Hertfordshire Councils (known as the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership) for the sale of textiles which the public deposited in recycling banks.

A procurement process to appoint a contractor to provide the service was undertaken and overseen by the Council’s Member General Procurement Board.