Management of operation of a household recycling centre in Welshpool, Powys

Powys County Council provides five household recycling centres (HRC) within the County of Powys for residents to recycle waste items that are not usually collected as part of the waste and recycling collection service. Of the five HRC’s, four are owned by the Council (Lower Cwmtyrch, Brecon Llandrindod Wells, Newtown) with the fifth HRC (Welshpool) being owned by an external organisation, Sundorne Products (Welshpool) Limited t/a Potters Waste Management.

The four Council owned sites are now managed under contract by Bryson Recycling Ltd. Over several years, the Council has explored the option to establish a Council owned site in the Welshpool area but has been unsuccessful in securing a suitable site in the area to operate a HRC from. As part of the Council’s review of the current operating model for the management and operation of the HRCs, the marketplace has been engaged with via a soft market test which, amongst other points, explored the lotting of the contract with feedback from all respondents being that the four Council owned sites should be offered as one lot with the Welshpool HRC being treated as a separate lot.

The Council published a a Voluntary ex ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice on 28th March 2024 to advise of its intention to make an award of a seven-year contract (with an option to extend for a further three years) to Sundorne Products (Welshpool) Limited t/a Potters Waste Management, for the management and operation of the Welshpool HRC to reflect the contract term for the contract opportunity for the remaining four HRC’s which is planned to be published following completion of this notice. The contract has now been agreed, starting on 1st April 2025, expiring 31st March 2032.