Bulk and Persistent Organic Pollutants Waste Disposal Services - Portsmouth 2026

Local Government Review

As part of the wider Local Government Review (LGR), the Council is required to actively engage in discussions with neighbouring authorities to explore potential opportunities for collaboration, shared service delivery, and governance alignment. While this engagement is ongoing, no formal decisions or agreements have been reached at this stage.

Under current LGR proposals, it is likely to require Portsmouth City Council to form a new Authority by merging with other neighbouring Authorities. For Portsmouth, this will result in a new Council being created to provide the same services to everyone in the city, whilst covering a larger area and have a different name. Effectively all the current council services in the area of the new council boundary would be merged to create a new Council.

The impacts of Local Government Review cannot be fully understood at this stage. However, throughout this document references are made on how LGR may impact this service provision and the Contract to be awarded.

For further details in respect of LGR see the following link -

www.portsmouth.gov.uk/services/council-and… ↗

Known Risks

This is a demand led service; therefore, actual expenditure may vary significantly for both Lots. The Council notes that the final contract value may be lower than the stated estimate; however, it may also exceed this value considerably should service demand increase, particularly due to fluctuations in the volume of waste requiring disposal.

The Council has identified the following known risks that are likely to occur during the duration of the term of the contract -

• An increase in volume of waste to be disposed of due to an increase in disregard bulk and POP waste across the Council land.
• In the event the Council needs to include the other waste types identified in the Specification, this will increase the volume and value of the contract.

Other Risks

• Local Government Reorganisation leads to Authorities becoming amalgamated with the Council and consequently the contract requires to dispose of disregarded bulk and POP waste across a larger area, which increases the volume and value of this contract.
• Local Government Reorganisation leads to the Council becoming amalgamated with other Local Authorities who have an alternative contract or supplier, therefore having lack of impact on the contracts volume and value
• KPIs reduce relevance or are found to be ineffective during the contract, potentially following changes in legislation and compliance monitoring, or do not effectively monitor the performance of the contract in practice and need to be amended.
• Workstreams are added to provide contingency for other suppliers particularly in relation to
• Amendment or introduction of new legislation or changes in the waste industry that could increase/decrease the cost in delivering the service.

The Council has identified the risks above associated with the delivery of this contract. In accordance with Schedule 8 of the Procurement Act 2023, the Council reserves the right to modify the contract, without initiating a new procurement procedure, should any of these known risks materialise during the contract term.

Any such modification will be limited to addressing the consequences of the known risk and will not alter the overall nature of the contract. Where applicable, a Contract Change Notice will be published in accordance with the requirements of the Act.