Closed Landfill Aftercare Services

The Council is looking to appoint a Contractor to provide an integrated service for the on-going monitoring and maintenance of the landfill gas and leachate extraction systems at the closed landfill sites the Council has responsibility for managing. The Contractor will be responsible for providing the following services:-

- The provision of routine environmental monitoring and maintenance services at three closed landfill sites to ensure that the environmental risk posed by the sites is managed in line with best available guidance, Good Industry Practice and to comply with the site waste management license where held;

- Maximise any potential for income from energy revenues and manage the infrastructure required at Gamblethorpe to generate electricity where this is practical, whilst at the same time balancing the levels of extraction to ensure safe operating conditions on sites are not compromised;

- Additional services in respect to environmental monitoring and emergency call outs at other closed landfill sites within Leeds at the request of the Council.