Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Lancashire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Monks Contractors Limited SME
- Value
- £270,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Refuse and waste related services (CPV 90500000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 019815-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date11 Jul 2023
- Published11 Jul 2023Published the same day
Description
The Authority operates eight waste landfill sites throughout the county of Lancashire. The leachate collection and treatment systems at each site are designed to collect and/or collect and treat leachate prior to its discharge to foul sewer. Leachate is the liquid that drains or "leaches" from a landfill and is an unavoidable product of landfill. The liquid will have passed through materials and extracted solutes, suspended solids or any other component of the material through which it has passed. The Authority has a responsibility to ensure the leachate is collected and treated prior to its safe disposal into foul sewer to avoid pollution. The performance of the Council's landfill drainage treatment systems is regulated by United Utilities Plc and the Environment Agency. The Authority has a responsibility to manage closed landfill sites as well as enforcing environmental standards, as per various legislative requirements such as Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environmental Permit…
About the supplier
Monks Contractors Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04555131).