Truck and excavator hired for tip

Gosford Council has accepted a tender for the hire of plant to perform its operations at Woy Woy tip.

Landfill operations at Council's Woy Woy tip use a combination of Council plant and contract plant to perform day to day operations and construction of infrastructure for future waste disposal requirements, according to a report from council's city services acting director Mr Peter Armour.

The major plant items owned and operated by Council for the daily operations at Woy Woy Landfill consist of a 40 tonne compactor, a 20 tonne front end loader and a 20 tonne excavator.

Council was told that ongoing operations for future needs at the landfill required the hiring of additional contract plant through Council's Truck and Plant Hire System managed by Council's Fleet Operations.

This hire system only caters for short term hire of various items of plant which attract a premium hourly rate.

An alternative long term plant hire contract (up to 12 months) was tendered in May to seek a more competitive hourly rate for plant items that were necessary for progressive operation works outside of the day to day requirements at the landfill.

The long term hourly hire rates generally reflected a saving to Council of 17 per cent when compared to Council's short term hire contract plant rates.

The major plant items sought were for a 20-30 tonne dump truck and a 20 tonne excavator with various attachments.

It was envisaged the dissection of plant usage over a12 month period would consist of excavator operating for 1100 hours and the combination of the excavator and dump truck operations of 1500 hours.

The combination operation would be performed by the one operator loading the dump truck with the excavator and then driving the dump truck to deliver the load to the appointed location, saving an additional operator.

Mr Armour reported that this procedure had been in operation for a number of years and provided the best "value for money" while satisfying operational requirements.

BJ Hunter was selected from seven tenders and was assessed based on tender price, insurances, financial details, previous experience, referees and Occupational, Health and Safety.

Gosford Council Agenda CIT.31, 7 Aug 2012