WHEREAS:
(A) The Waste Strategy 2007 issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (the EPA) requires local authorities to achieve certain targets for recycling and composting which have been enshrined in national indicators (NIs). The 1999 Landfill Directive (99/31/EC) requires all local authorities to divert prescribed amounts of biodegradable municipal waste from Landfill and this is enforced by the Waste Emissions and Trading Act 2003 (together the NIs and landfill diversion requirements shall be known as the Statutory Targets).
(B) The Authority is a Waste Disposal Authority under Section 30(2)(a) of the EPA.
(C) In accordance with the Government's Private Finance Initiative ("PFI") and pursuant to a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union on [ ], the Authority invited expressions of interest from appropriately qualified organisations for services relating to the design, installation, operation and maintenance of residual waste treatment facilities with a view to assisting the Authority discharging its statutory obligations and in meeting its Statutory Targets on the basis set out in this Contract.
(D) The Contractor has submitted proposals to the Authority setting out how it will meet the Authority's Requirements relating to the design, construction, installation, financing, operation and maintenance of the Facility and the provision of the Services.
(E) The Authority has selected the Contractor as the most economically advantageous tenderer to provide the Services pursuant to this Contract.