Waimakariri District Council

Contract 25/114 - Kaiapoi Wastewater Treatment Plant Forestry Harvest - Advertising Notice

Tenders are invited from suitably qualified contractors for the above contract.

This Contract is for the harvesting of trees at the Kaiapoi WWTP, including the management of
slash and replanting of pine trees per Appendix A.

The main tasks involved in this Contract are:
• Review of the replanting plan (before the harvest) to confirm compliance with the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and advise of any potential liabilities.
• Completing a comprehensive market assessment of the forest to determine the expected log volumes, grade distribution, and financial returns from harvesting/clearance of the trees at the WWTP.
• Harvesting of 9.612 Ha of forestry, including the removal of the black poplar trees and other miscellaneous tree species established within the forestry blocks.
• Racking slashing into windrows (or chipping slash if instructed) to leave the site tidy and ready for replanting
• Marketing and sale of the logs
• Replanting 5.839 Ha of the site with Pinus radiata.
• Maintenance of the Pinus Radiata seedlings for the first 12 months

Tender documents are available for download from vendorpanel.nz/waimakariri/tenders. If you have not registered for VendorPanel, you may do so using this link:
http://www.vendorpanel.nz/marketplace

Tenders for this contract close at 4pm on Wednesday 26 November 2025, with tender submissions via VendorPanel.