How to win: Closed Landfill Site Management and Maintenance

About this contract

est Lancashire Borough Council is looking to appoint a contractor to undertake monitoring and maintenance of two closed landfill sites at Alder Lane, Parbold & Mill Dam Lane, Burscough. Primarily to monitor the gases and leachate from both sites and to maintain the two current airless leachate stripping plants, gas vents & boreholes. In addition, an initial audit of the sites is required to establish a benchmark for the condition/lifespan of the assets. To ensure WLBC meets its obligations to monitor and limit any environmental impact of the landfill operations at its closed landfill sites.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — West Lancashire Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £160,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 18 June 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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