Waste management, litter picking and the like in TMBC

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Dear Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council,

For the current contract(s) tendered/won and now in place for waste management, litter picking and the like in the borough, please respond to the following with supporting documentation:-

1. The appointed contractor/contractors
2. The scope of their services to TMBC.
3. The specification to which the services must be provided including a list of legal requirements, acts of Parliament, codes of practice, QA standards & benchmarks and council specific requirements.
4. Was ISO 9000 accreditation a pre-requisite at tender stage?
5. Do the contractors or contractor have an accredited QMS system?
6. Please provide full details of the QA/QC requirements for this contract - inspection and testing regime for all works including works sign off process/evidencing and by whom and the control of non- conforming works procedures.
7. Please confirm when the current contract(s) started and when it / they will end.
8. Please confirm how many NCRs (or non compliance notices or similar) have been issued to the contractor(s).
9. Does the contract provide for any financial penalties for non delivery / poor performance?
10. If yes please confirm examples of what would be a penalty.
11. How many financial penalties have been issued?
12. Please provide a copy of the council’s management org chart to manage / oversee the contract(s) including names / positions/ duties / pay grades.
13. Please provide a copy of the contractor (s) org chart for delivering the contract(s) - no names necessary so if no org chart provided or available from please just list the minimum management roles /positions and staffing / resources expected by the council under the contract(s).
14. Please confirm the value of the current contract(s).

Yours faithfully,

Danny Lucas

foi, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

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Please quote the reference number at the top of this email in any future correspondence about this request.

Adrian Stanfield
Freedom of Information Co-Ordinator

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David Campbell-Lenaghan, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

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Dear Danny

Thank you for your FOI request which has been forwarded to me for
response. I have provided the requested information against your original
email below.

If you are dissatisfied with this response, then you may ask the Council
to conduct an internal review of your case by writing to the Council’s FOI
Team ([1][Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council request email]). If you are still not content after the Council
has conducted an internal review of your case, then you may apply directly
to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO
cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the internal review
procedure provided by the Borough Council.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted in writing at: The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Please quote the reference number at the top of this email in any future
correspondence about this request

Regards

David

 

David Campbell-Lenaghan

Partnership Manager

South West Kent Waste Partnership

 

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