Decision details

To exercise officer delegations in the Contract Procedure Rules to enter into a contract for the capital purchase of food waste caddies, with a value of £154,000.

The Environment Act 2021 introduced the mandatory requirements for all councils in England to introduce a separate weekly collection of food waste to all households in their area. Food waste is stored in kitchen caddies ahead of presentation at the kerbside in a larger caddy for collection by the Council’s waste service. Defra has provided New Burdens funding of £217,146 for this purpose.
Following a procurement exercise across Lincolnshire waste collection authorities for food waste caddies, this decision is to enter into a contract with the supplier of caddies offering the lowest cost, securing best value from the economies of scale for the Council.

Do nothing – Waiting until nearer the implementation date for the introduction of food waste collections in 2026 risks prices increasing as the demand for caddies increasing across the country. As demand increases suppliers may be unable to manufacture sufficient caddies in the numbers required to ensure all waste collection authorities in England have stock in place ahead of collections being introduced.