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Robert Long Consultancy assists Rushmoor Council

Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire has announced the appointment of new contractors for a range of services including refuse collection, street cleaning, grounds maintenance and management of leisure facilities. From late April 2002, DC Leisure will be running the leisure facilities and other services will be carried out by Serviceteam.

Overall, the Council will be getting an improved service for a relatively modest increase in costs. This is in marked contrast to the situation in other Councils in Hampshire where earlier this year re-tendering in Basingstoke & Deane, East Hampshire and Winchester saw substantial cost increases, reportedly over 20% in one case. In contrast, the overall increase at Rushmoor is around 5% and the new contracts provide higher specifications in areas such as street cleaning.

Rushmoor's Director of Environmental Services, John Edwards, said "we are please with the outcome of the tender exercise and believe we have secured a deal representing value for money for the residents of Rushmoor. A lot of people thought that we would have to pay a lot more for this standard of service, but we appear to have confounded the critics."

Cabinet Member for Environment, Councilor Roland Dibbs, said "the tender exercise was an exhaustive one, allowing us to weigh up all the options. We have changed the contracts to take account of the improvements local people want to see. These included cleaner streets and reliable refuse collection."

A spokesman for Serviceteam welcomed the news: "we are delighted to be appointed as service partner for Rushmoor and look forward to working together and delivering improved services for residents of the Borough. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome the existing workforce who will now have a long-term, secure future as a result of the new partnership."

Robert Long Consultancy Limited assisted Rushmoor Borough Council in the contract and award process. John Edwards said "Robert Long's have proved most helpful to us in this exercise." Len Attrill of Robert Long Consultancy said "there has been some criticism of procurement skills within local authorities, but this looks to be a very promising arrangement and we are delighted to have been involved in this project."

The contract with Serviceteam covers the assessment of options and implementation of schemes to help meet Rushmoor's recycling targets of 16% by 2003/4 and 24% by 2005/6. This may include the introduction of fortnightly kerbside collection of mixed dry recyclables and a green waste service.

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