Contact for Site Management Services for the Lightning Ridge Waste Facility

⁠⁠⁠Walgett Shire Council is inviting tenders for Site Management Services of the operations of the Walgett and the Lightning Ridge Waste Facilities located within the townships of Walgett and Lightning Ridge in north western NSW. The scope of works includes site supervision, transfer station management (Walgett Waste Facility), the placement, compaction and covering of waste materials, resource recovery, litter control and related landfill operational tasks.

It is intended that the Contracts to be awarded will each be for a period of five years (5) years with a five year option commencing on 1st July 2019 and concluding on 30th June 2024. Tenders may be submitted for either or both facilities.

The Lightning Ridge Waste Facility is located about 2 kilometres to the north east of the town of Lightning Ridge on the Lightning Ridge Tip Road. It is a controlled and supervised site operated under contract which expires on 30th June 2019. The facility occupies a site area of approximately 1.5 hectares and has been operating since 1980s or perhaps earlier, receiving mixed solid waste from Lightning Ridge and the surrounding district.

The facility is not required to be licensed by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) but nonetheless is operated under a number of legislative controls, including the EPA Environmental Guidelines, Solid Waste Landfills (1996) and the Protection of the Environment Operations Act (1997) and Regulations made there under.

The Facility is open to the public every day of the week between the hours of 8.30 am to 12.00 and 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm for the acceptance of municipal solid waste including commercial and bulk wastes and limited regulated wastes. For the new contract commencing 1st July 2019, the opening hours of the Lightning Ridge Waste Facility will be 8.30am to 12pm and 1pm to 5pm Monday to Sunday inclusive (that is, every day of the week). The Facility will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Easter Sunday and on Good Friday.

The Facility provides for local residents to dispose of self haul wastes and is the main receival point for all commercial and industrial wastes all mining, construction, demolition wastes and domestic kerbside collected general waste. Other materials to be accepted include green waste, concrete, tyres, deceased animals, clean fill, waste oil and scrap steel.

The quantity of waste received annually is approximately 3,000 tonnes with all non recoverable material being confined to landfill, compacted and covered using ENM (excavated natural material).