Sale of Biochar

⁠⁠⁠CLOSING DATE EXTENDED

Logan City Council (Council) invites tenders from Respondents interested in purchasing the Biochar product produced at Council's biosolids gasification plant.
Council has pioneered an Australian-first biosolids gasification plant to transform sewage sludge (biosolids) into renewable energy and an environmentally friendly product called "biochar" (Biochar).
Following initial trials, Council is now constructing a full-scale gasification facility that will be operational by mid-2022.
Once operational the facility is expected to initially produce about 2,400 tonnes of Biochar per year, rising to around 3,200 tonnes per year by 2030. Council does not have capacity to utilise or store the Biochar, and therefore must dispose of the Biochar.
Biochar is a carbonised pellet-like product formed by the combustion of biosolids that has been thermally treated in an oxygen deficient environment. The chemical composition of the Biochar makes it suitable for use as a "Grade A" fertiliser under the Queensland End of Waste Code - Biosolids (Appendix 3) (EOW Code).
Having regard to the stable volume expected to be available, the quality of the Biochar as an effective fertiliser, and the commercial value of the Biochar, Council proposes to sell the Biochar.

ENQUIRIES:
Any questions and responses shall be collated, documented and distributed to all tenderers to ensure equity and fairness to all respondents.

Furthermore, all enquiries in relation to this tender must be submitted via the online forum. The final date for accepting questions regarding this tender via the Online Forum, is 5:00pm Thursday, 28 October 2021. Any questions after this date will not receive a response.