Our Reference: 0000 FOI

Our Reference: 0000 FOI

Our reference: 4711EIR

20th November 2012

Dear Ms Banton-Ford,

Thank you for your request on12thNovember 2012 where you asked for details for any contracts for landfill site monitoring, management or maintenance held by Oxfordshire County Council.

Our response is below in blue

Oxfordshire County Council maintains a public contract register and publishes details of all contracts awarded with a value greater than £25,000. These can be viewed on the South East Business Portal from the following link.

We currently hold two contracts for landfill site monitoring, management or maintenance which are as follows:-

Contract 1:

Contractor’s name:

Initial Projects Ltd. t/a enitial

Date contract awarded:

01/04/10

Contract expiry date (if fixed term):

31/03/2013 with an option to extend by up to 2 years

Contract value:

£500,000

Services provided:

Gas, leachate and groundwater sampling; gas field balancing; CoTC; flare and pump servicing; reporting

Contact details for the council officer responsible for management of these contracts;

Mark Watson, 01865 816043

How many improvement notices in respect to landfill operations were received by EA in the last 12 months and what were they for?

None were received

How many enforcement/prohibition notices in respect to landfill operations were received by EA in the last 12 months and what were they for?

None were received

Contract 2:

Contractor’s name:

Bridmin Ltd

Date contract awarded:

17/06/2011

Contract expiry date (if fixed term):

16/06/2013 with an option to extend by up to 1 year

Contract value:

£60,000

Services provided:

Leachate tankering and disposal from Dean Pit closed landfill site

Contact details for the council officer responsible for management of these contracts;

Mark Watson, 01865 816043

How many improvement notices in respect to landfill operations were received by EA in the last 12 months and what were they for?

None were received

How many enforcement/prohibition notices in respect to landfill operations were received by EA in the last 12 months and what were they for?

None were received

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Please let me know if you have further enquiries. I would be grateful if you could use the reference number given at the top of this email.

Yours sincerely

Andrew Pau

Strategic Manager – Waste and Transport