WasteServ welcomes the Opposition’s request for the National Audit Office to investigate the waste-to-energy procurement process as it will present WasteServ with another opportunity to showcase the work conducted for the procurement of the €600 million project.
Throughout, WasteServ adhered to the best practices, engaging COWI — a leading global engineering firm that ranks first internationally in solid waste management consultancy services.
WasteServ went a step further and engaged UK-based consultancy firm Frith Resource Management to independently audit the entire procurement procedure right up to the evaluation of the submitted bids. Frith’s report confirmed that the recommended award, and the procurement process, were conducted in a fair, equitable and just manner.
In fact, the Court of Appeal’s judgment did not take issue with the procedure adopted by WasteServ to rank bidders or the scoring issued therein — which was green-lighted by the best international players in the field — but concentrated solely on what it deemed as perceived conflicts of interest related to the Public Contracts Review Board.
WasteServ now awaits direction from the NAO, and will deliver the procurement file in full as soon as it is requested to do so. The file, containing 47 individual box-files, is still sealed under signatures since the day it was deposited in Court on 27 March, 2024.
“WasteServ will cooperate fully with the NAO office,” the company said, adding that the proposed project had already been subjected to all the required environmental studies which confirmed the net environmental positive impacts it would have.
WasteServ also reiterated the outstanding results attained by the Maltese public — household recycling figures increased by 266 per cent over the last 10 years, household black bag decreased in total by 31.5 per cent, and organic waste collection and conversion into energy are at the highest ever recorded levels.
