Nelson City Council - Regional Sewerage and Landfill Services - RFP - Planning Service Package

2026-11-03

The Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council jointly own two regional landfills which aremanaged through a dedicated Joint Committee - the Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill BusinessUnit (NTRLBU). These facilities are: York Valley Landfill – 102 Market Road, Bishopdale, Nelson Eves Valley Landfill – 214 Eves Valley Road, Waimea West, TasmanThese landfills serve as regional waste disposal sites for municipal solid waste generated across theNelson Tasman region and currently accept waste from the Buller district. Currently, York ValleyLandfill is the primary facility in use and will continue to accept waste until its current cell, Gully 1,reaches capacity – originally projected for 2031 or until expiry of its existing resource consents(December 2034).In recent years, NTRLBU has made substantial investments to preserve and optimise the availableairspace at York Valley. These efforts, combined with improved waste placement technologies andstrong community waste minimisation initiatives, have extended the landfill’s airspace capacity by anestimated 10 years.Extending the landfill’s operational lifespan presents substantial economic advantages for the region bydeferring the need to establish a new facility. To formalise this extension, NTRLBU will seek a ClosureConsent, which will both prolong the current operational consent period and define the conditions forthe landfill’s closure.As part of this process, an Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) is required to support theconsent application. This assessment will involve a range of technical studies, which are outlined inSection 2: Our Requirements.NTRLBU is procuring each technical component individually to ensure that every assessment is carriedout by professionals with the most relevant expertise in their respective fields. Respondents are invitedto tender for one or more work packages; however, each package will be assessed and evaluatedindependently. It is therefore essential that each submission stands alone and is capable of beingreviewed on its own merits.This RFP is for the PLANNING SERVICES package, with the other packages being the subject ofseparate RFPs with deliverables subject to a staged work programme.

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