Title: Municipal Waste and Software Applications
Dear Eastbourne Borough Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request the following information in the context of domestic waste bin/sack collection services, as opposed to trade/commercial collections or waste disposal.
1. Are you currently in a partnership with other councils for waste IT system operations or procurement? If in a partnership please name the partner councils?
2. Do you currently operate waste services (collections) directly, or through a waste contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If through a contractor, please name them.
3. Which of the IT systems below do you use for the management of day-to-day municipal bin collections:
a. Yotta
b. Bartec Collective
c. Whitespace/Powersuite
d. Selected Interventions / Echo
e. Core (Suez)
f. Webaspx
g. Other: [please name]
Response:
4. When is your current contract for the IT system OR outsourced waste contract for waste collections management due to expire?
What main software do you use for operational management of:
5 Grounds/parks maintenance
6. Street cleansing
7. Pest control
8. Cemeteries
9. Playgrounds and play equipment
10. Geographic Information System (GIS)
11 Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
I would like to thank you in advance for your help with this.
Yours faithfully,
DPatrick
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Information Governance Officer
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Dear Mr. Patrick,
Information Request: EFOI 16132
Thank you for your information request dated 9 May 2022 received in our
office on the same day.
I have reviewed your request and investigated whether there is any
information which can be disclosed to you. Please find below the
information the council holds, and which I am pleased to provide to you.
Eastbourne
1. Are you currently in a partnership with other No
councils for waste IT system operations or
procurement? If in a partnership please name the
partner councils?
2. Do you currently operate waste services In house (SEESL – council
(collections) directly, or through a waste owned company)
contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If
through a contractor, please name them.
3. Which of the IT systems below do you use for
the management of day-to-day municipal bin
collections:
a. Yotta M3 , W360, Whitespace
b. Bartec Collective
c. Whitespace/Powersuite
d. Selected Interventions / Echo
e. Core (Suez)
f. Webaspx
g. Other: [please name]
4. When is your current contract for the IT Rolling contract
system OR outsourced waste contract for waste
collections management due to expire?
What main software do you use for operational
management of:
5 Grounds/parks maintenance Nil
6. Street cleansing Nil
7. Pest control Civica W360
8. Cemeteries BACCAS
9. Playgrounds and play equipment PSS Live
10. Geographic Information System (GIS) CMPRO Civica GIS
11 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Civica W360
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