2026/312 Landfill Environmental Monitoring

### 🌍 Tender Overview: Landfill Environmental Monitoring Mildura Rural City Council is inviting tenders from qualified organizations to provide **comprehensive environmental monitoring services** for the Mildura Landfill and, as required, the former Murrayville Landfill. This contract is critical for maintaining environmental compliance and data integrity for the municipality. ### 📋 Key Scope & Requirements - **Methodology:** The contract strictly requires **low-flow purging and sampling methodology**. Passive sampling devices (e.g., Hydrasleeves) are not permitted. - **Monitoring Scope:** Includes groundwater, leachate, and landfill gas monitoring. Note that specific gas bores (GB46–GB49) and leachate bores (LB01–LB04) are included in the scope. - **Laboratory Analysis:** Bidders must adhere to a specific, consolidated analyte list provided by the Council, including general chemistry, major ions, nitrogen compounds, organics, metals (filtered to 0.1 µm), and volatile fatty acids (VFAs). - **Field Activities:** The scope is divided into field monitoring (inspections/water levels) and sample collection (purging, stabilization, field measurements, and transport to NATA-accredited laboratories). ### 📅 Important Dates - **Site Inspection:** Friday, 1 May 2026, at 9:00 AM (Highly recommended). - **Supplier Query Cut-off:** Monday, 18 May 2026, 2:00 PM. - **Tender Closing:** Thursday, 21 May 2026, 2:00 PM. ### 💡 Submission Notes - Submissions must be uploaded electronically via the **VendorPanel** system. - Bidders must provide necessary corporate documentation (Certificate of Incorporation, Company Extract, or Trust registration) and signed tender schedules/statutory declarations. **Keywords:** Environmental Monitoring, Groundwater Sampling, Leachate Monitoring, Landfill Gas, Mildura Rural City Council, Environmental Testing, NATA, Low-flow Purging.