1. Newcastle City Council (Council) invites suitably qualified tenderers to provide Planning and Concept Design services for a Leachate Pretreatment System (and associated works) at the Summerhill Waste Management Centre (SWMC) within the City of Newcastle Local Government Area (LGA). The Successful Tenderer shall be responsible for delivering all works outlined in the tender brief and in conjunction with all associated tender documents. The scope of work includes but is not limited to:

-Review of historical site documentation

-Leachate modelling

-Risk management

-Regulatory compliance

-Leachate sampling

-Water treatment studies

-Creation of technical specifications

-Concept design of treatment plant

-Detailed design of civil, geotechnical and utilities designs

-Planning approvals

-Review of Environmental Factors report

-Advisor for phase 2 of the project

2. INVITATION: Persons willing to fulfil the requirements of the proposed contract are invited to submit a tender to the Council by the deadline, 2:00pm on Tuesday 13 May 2025 (at the Tender Box). Responsibility for lodgement of completed tender documents by the deadline lies solely with the Tenderer. Tender lodgement information is provided in the tender document. Council is not bound to accept the lowest tender or any tender submitted.

3. INFORMATION: All enquiries relating to the Tender must be directed to the nominated Project Officer Stephen Raeburn via the online forum at (see option below)

4. PRE-TENDER MEETING: A non-mandatory pre-tender briefing and site inspection will be held on Monday 14 April 2025 at 11:00 am at the Summerhill Waste Management Centre, 141 Minmi Road Wallsend NSW 2287. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be required at the site inspection, including long sleeve shirt, long pants, high visibility vest, hard hat and steel cap boots. Tenderers must RSVP if they are attending the pre-tender briefing to sraeburn@ncc.nsw.gov.au. Attendees must have their own PPE to undertake a tour of the site.