My consulting services ensure efficiency and value-for-money across waste management projects, tailored for local authorities and service providers. If you have a challenge you need help with please get in touch.

Consultancy Support

Impacts of Policy and Legislation

Do you want to gain a better understanding of how your services align with current and developing national policy? Has your organisation made policy commitments that you need support to make a reality?

Victoria has an in-depth understanding of national policy and the additional burdens this places on local government and businesses. Victoria can help you to understand where your risks lie and how to align your services to legislative requirements, statutory guidance and local policies.

Maximising Efficiency and Sustainability

Are you looking to reduce costs, improve environmental performance, and streamline your waste and resource management services? Victoria’s expert consultancy service offers a comprehensive review to help your organisation achieve these goals.

With Victoria’s data-driven insights and strategic recommendations, you’ll receive a tailored plan to develop and implement a more effective, compliant and economically viable service.

Efficiency and Effectiveness

Commissioning and Procurement

Procurement Support

Procure a high-quality, cost-effective and future-proof environmental services contract.

Are you coming to the end of your current contract term for providing environmental services? Do you need to prepare for reprocurement? Victoria can provide “critical friend” advice throughout your entire procurement process to support the delivery of an affordable, high-quality and compliant contract, including through:

• Assistance in developing a document suite that is attractive to the market.

• Advice on balancing risk to avoid excessive risk pricing or exposing the local authority to risks that the private sector is best placed to manage.

• Responding to clarification questions from the market.

• Supporting negotiations or dialogue, including suggested topics and formats.

• Support for tender evaluation and contract award.

Commissioning Options

Are you considering whether your current service commissioning strategy offers the best solution for your authority? Local authorities are increasingly examining a range of service delivery models to determine whether delivering services in-house, through a LATCo, or via a private contractor offers the most effective way to achieve their service ambitions. Victoria’s independent insights, gained through extensive experience in delivering a diverse range of project strategies, can help your organisation determine which solution will best help you achieve your goals.

Victoria will use her experience from supporting many authorities in determining which service model offers the best solution to advise you on which solution aligns with your goals. She will assess current methods of operation and the range of potential impacts different service models afford, from costs to flexibility and compliance. Victoria will assess the risks and opportunities and present these with recommendations for implementation, taking account of timescales, costs, feasibility, political aims, policy compliance and potential consequences.

Private Sector Support

Bid Writing and Development

Are you tendering for an environmental services contract and need some additional support to get the bid over the line? Do you want to better understand how policy and legislation changes might impact your service proposals? Do you want an independent view on how your bid might be perceived by evaluators? Victoria can provide “critical friend” advice throughout your entire bid process to support the delivery of a high-quality and compliant bid, including through:

• Method statement writing.

• Reviewing of method statements or proposals and advising on gaps or potential improvements.

• Providing advice on potential impacts of policy and legislation.

• Trend analysis and market research.

Research and Analysis

Do you want to better understand the trends and future opportunities in your markets? Victoria can provide research, insights and analysis to help you to:

• Understand current and emerging trends in the global and UK waste management sector, focusing on technological innovations, such as advanced sorting systems and AI, and the broader push towards a circular economy.

• Evaluate activities in the current market landscape for example, trends in social value and reuse

• Synthesise how major regulatory changes, such as the UK's packaging EPR, DRS, Simpler Recycling and plastic packaging tax, are creating both challenges and new business opportunities for private waste firms.

• Critically examine the key drivers and barriers to growth within the recycling and reuse markets for private firms.

Consulting Services FAQ

What services do you offer?

I provide consulting on waste management effectiveness, efficiency, and environmental benefits.

How can you help us?

I support local authorities and businesses in optimising waste services for better value and sustainability.

Who are your clients?

My clients include local authorities, service providers, and businesses seeking to enhance their waste management strategies.

What is your approach?

I focus on tailored solutions that maximise efficiency and deliver social and environmental benefits.

Do you offer training?

Yes, I provide educational and informative sessions for staff and stakeholders on a range of topics such as changes to policy and legislation.