Title: Municipal Waste and Software Applications
Dear South Norfolk District 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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· Education and Learning - schools
· Care, support and health – adult social care, blue badges
· Children and Families – adoption
· Libraries, local history and archives
· Trading Standards
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· Business Rates - refer to details about all Business Rate
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Hello
I refer to your Freedom of Information request to which I am now in a
position to respond on behalf of South Norfolk Council. My response is
outlined below along with your questions for ease of reference.
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?
No
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.
In-house
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: Webaspx
4. When is your current contract for the IT system OR outsourced waste
contract for waste collections management due to expire?
Rolling contract August 2022
What main software do you use for operational management of:
5 Grounds/parks maintenance Uniform
6. Street cleansing Uniform
7. Pest control Uniform
8. Cemeteries Cemeteries do not fall within the remit of the Council
therefore no data is held
9. Playgrounds and play equipment PSS Live
10. Geographic Information System (GIS) Esri – ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro,
ArcGIS Online
11 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) No system in place
I hope this is of assistance and is sufficient to meet your requirements,
but if, for whatever reason you wish to get back to me, please feel free
to do so. In particular, if you are unhappy with the information provided
or how your request was handled, please let me know and I will explain how
you can request an internal review of our decision.
Please quote SFOI 22-186 in any further correspondence concerning this
request.
Regards
Sue
Sue White
Senior Governance and Deputy Monitoring Officer
t 01508 533800 e [email address]
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