RFT 21-0540 - Carpentaria Waste Operations

Summary and scope

Carpentaria Shire Council is seeking tenders from suitably qualified tenderers to operate the Normanton Landfill and Karumba Transfer Station. Council proposes an initial period of three years with allowance for a three-year extension at Councils discretion. Council currently operates both sites and proposes to hand over operations to a suitably qualified tenderer. The Normanton landfill site receives refuse from within the Shire including from the Karumba Waste Transfer Station. Council proposes to contract out the operations of both the Normanton and Karumba refuse sites (including the transport of refuse from Karumba to the Normanton Landfill). Council will continue with the refuse collection using their refuse truck. The tenderer will be responsible for all operations at the site with Council to undertake no work in the operations or maintenance of the sites. Council has a recently refurbished Bomag 28t landfill compactor on a long-term dry hire until approximately August 2023 which is to be used by the successful tenderer until the end of the plant hire arrangement. The facilities are currently compliant with legislative requirements and are meeting Council’s Environmental Authority (EA). The successful tenderer must ensure the facilities continue to meet these requirements when in their operation. Further details are provided in Schedule 1 Special Conditions of Part 4 – “The Contract”.