The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has set plans to hire more trucks to bolster refuse collection services in residential areas and the central business district.
The local authority has been struggling with refuse collection due to broken-down vehicles, resulting in poor service delivery as far as garbage collection is concerned.
Less than ten compact trucks are operating and the city needs at least 25 trucks to service the 29 wards.
This has resulted in a backlog with some areas going for weeks without the refuse being collected.
In a statement issued Thursday, Town Clerk, Christopher Dube, said interested truck owners can submit their tender forms before Friday, May 5, 2023.
“The City of Bulawayo invites interested members of the community owning trucks ranging from between 3 (three) tonnes and 7 (seven) tonnes to submit their details to the Town Clerk’s Department for consideration and possible hire of their vehicles for refuse removal in residential suburbs and CBD. The project will involve refuse removal from the households and streets to designated sites within the suburbs,” Dube noted in the statement.
“Tender forms can be obtained from Office 203, second floor, City Hall under the clock, corner Fife Street and Leopold Takawira Avenue during office hours (08:30-16:30) as from Wednesday 26 April 2023. Completed forms in sealed envelopes clearly marked “Hire of community refuse removal trucks in residential areas and central business district” must be deposited in the tender box of the municipality’s Town Clerk’s Department, Room 126 between Fife Street and Leopold Takawira Avenue, P O Box 591, Bulawayo on or before 10AM on Friday, May 5, 2023.”
Dube said a non-refundable deposit of $10 or equivalent is payable upon collecting the forms. No faxed, e-mail or late submissions will be considered.
