Leachate Management Contract

Description of the contract

The Homes and Communities Agency wish to appoint a Contractor for the following Works; Design, construction and commissioning of a scheme to; • Extract leachate from existing well points in two landfill cells. • Convey the leachate along an allocated corridor to a specified treatment location. • Provide treatment plant and temporary storage of the leachate in the allocated area • Undertake extraction and treatment of leachate until such time as the landfill cells accord with their licence requirements. • Controlled discharge of the treated leachate will be a third party facility. Subject to operational requirements, the Contractor may be invited to undertake follow-on works by way of maintaining the leachate at a reduced level within the landfill cells.

 

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Classification of the contract

90733900 Groundwater pollution treatment or rehabilitation

 

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How to apply

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