The ACCC has decided to revoke authorisation AA1000448 and grant substitute authorisation AA1000616 to enable the State of Victoria, represented by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (the Applicant) and 16 councils in the south eastern metropolitan Melbourne region (the Participating Councils) to conduct a joint competitive tender process to investigate, and potentially procure, the provision of advanced waste processing services.
Advanced waste processing services involves processes to recover alternative resources, such as electricity or fuel, from municipal residual waste.
The ACCC considers the proposed conduct would be likely to result in public benefits in the form of environmental benefits, transaction cost savings, increased efficiencies and increased competition for the supply of advanced waste processing services.
The ACCC considers that the arrangements would be likely to result in limited public detriment.
The ACCC has decided to grant authorisation for 32 years, until 25 October 2054. This period of authorisation will allow the Applicant and the Participating Councils time to complete the tender process and negotiate and execute contract(s), and to give effect to or administer the contract(s) for the supply of advanced waste processing services.
Further information about the ACCC’s determination is available on the ACCC public register at State of Victoria, represented by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.