1.    Cabinet noted the Pre-procurement Business Case for a range of environmental services contracts (attached at appendix A of the report).

2.    Cabinet noted that the current contract for the treatment of residual waste will require a 1 year extension to align the expiry date to 31/03/2022, along with the other current key contracts.

3.    Cabinet noted that, the £80k budget earmarked to fund external consultancy advice in 2020/21, may need to be subject to an early draw down in Q4 of 2019/20. This advice being to shape detailed proposals for the procurement.

4.    Cabinet noted that this procurement would be subject to a soft market testing exercise.

5.    Cabinet noted that a new draft waste management and streetscene strategy would be subject to a public consultation.