Cebu City to outsource collection of garbage

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2016/07/08/cebu-city-outsource-collection-garbage-484199
• Saturday, July 9, 2016

By Razel V. Cuizon

THE Cebu City Government plans to outsource and lease garbage trucks to address the problem of uncollected garbage.

In a press conference yesterday, Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the City will initially lease five dump trucks from a private supplier to collect garbage in different parts of the city 24 hours a day, every day.

“We’re going to have a much more manageable situation. We’re reengineering, reinventing government,” he said.

Advantages

After reopening the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill, Osmeña said he discovered many of the garbage trucks have problems that was why he proposed renting dump trucks.

By outsourcing garbage collection, Osmeña said, the City won’t have to hire additional manpower since the winning bidder will provide a driver for the truck. It will also be responsible for the truck’s maintenance and fuel.

The supplier also needs to have trucks on standby in case its vehicles malfunction.

The City, though, will still provide the loaders for each truck.

Although the City has yet to schedule the bidding, the mayor said two firms have shown interest in supplying the trucks.

Wanted: bidders

“We are going to be embarking on a bidding and those who want to participate are welcome to participate. We need more (bidders) to compete with each other,” Osmeña said.

Since the bidding has yet to take place, rent for the trucks was not discussed.

As proposed, the running hours of each truck will be divided among different barangays, particularly those that need the City’s assistance in their collection.

The City will soon take over garbage collection in the barangays, Osmeña said, so they won’t have to blame the former when there are uncollected garbage.

“Many of the barangays who are not identified with us seem to be deliberately slowing down the operation. So they can’t pass the blame on us, we’re slowly taking over the collection of garbage (in their areas),” he said.