the essential After some mishaps that La Dépêche du Midi had echoed, Decoset, a joint waste treatment union, chose the Suez group to completely rebuild the Mirail incinerator. It is currently considered one of the most polluting in France.
The white smoke has finally come out, in this procedure as secret as a conclave. Suez will be in charge of the future Toulouse incinerator. A resounding success for the one that was regularly overtaken by Veolia. According to several concordant sources, the French group won the call for tenders and was chosen to rebuild the future “Energy Recovery Unit” (UVE) whose work should begin in 2027, for an inauguration between 2030 and 2032. The current Société d’Exploitation Thermique du Mirail (SETMI), a subsidiary of Veolia, is considered one of the most polluting incinerators in France by the Zero Waste association.
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A contract worth 1.4 billion
The highly sensitive dossier includes the construction and operation of a new waste treatment plant in Toulouse and its equivalent in Bessières, a contract worth €1.4 billion over 20 years. The current SETMI is located in a densely populated area: 40,000 people live near the plant.
The tender procedure is therefore approaching its end. According to information from The Dispatchthe president of Decoset, Vincent Terrail Novès, and Pierre Trautmann, vice-president in charge of public service delegations, announced this to the three candidates in the running: Véolia, Paprec, and therefore, Suez. The two managers are said to have justified their decision.
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The hiccup in the call for tenders
The Midi Dispatch revealed last May the error that could have cost Decoset dearly. An employee is said to have mistakenly sent confidential documents to the wrong company as part of the call for tenders. “A hiccup worth more than 1 billion” which is reminiscent of the controversies surrounding the concession contract of the Syndicat des eaux d’Île-de-France or those surrounding the public service delegation (DSP) of the Nice incinerator. In Toulouse, the procedure was therefore suspended, and after tough negotiations, was able to resume. The protagonists are said to have agreed to submit a final offer, “without competitive dialogue which would have allowed the communities to improve the financial conditions” we are told.
A new chapter of consultation opens
In order to play the transparency, the mixed waste management union has set up a consultation for several months, it is in this framework that an “expanded annual conference” is being held on September 17 in Toulouse. Decoset stated this summer that “the delegate will not yet be known at the time of the expanded annual conference”. The union committee of October 16 should, in fact, approve the choice of the concessionaire. Decoset did not wish to confirm our information. Same story at Suez, “the call for tenders procedure is not finished”.
