LiDAR Aerial Surveying

The Principal operates one of the largest (geographically) metropolitan rail systems in the world. An average of one million rail journeys are made each day on the Principal’s network during the business week on a fleet of 2,191 electric and diesel carriages, travelling on 1,643km of network track, 1,576km of overhead wiring and stopping at 178 stations. In addition the Principal maintains infrastructure operated by NSW Trains.

The Principal is responsible for managing assets valued in excess of $37 billion, including rolling stock, stations and rail and electrical infrastructure. The Principal is responsible for providing regular passenger transport services, ticketing, passenger information, maintenance services, communications and control systems, ICT and technology services and performing a range of corporate governance and management activities.

Network Maintenance Division (NMD) is a division within the Maintenance Directorate of Sydney Trains. NMD delivers routine maintenance on the civil, signal, electrical and control system assets of the metropolitan passenger rail network. NMD also co-ordinates infrastructure incident response. NMD’s maintains the Electrical Distribution Network including maintaining vegetation clearances.

The purpose of this RFT is to set out the Principal’s requirement for a survey of Electrical Distribution Network (HV Network) to include:
* Undertake aerial LiDAR survey and conduct an audit of vegetation clearances and provide defect reports;
* Provide high resolution digital photographs of the aerial network, poles and associated hardware, assess the condition and provide a defect report.
* Tenderer’s will be required to demonstrate their experience in carrying out the required services as per Sydney Trains requirements. The evaluation criteria in the Request for Tender document sets out the information that Tenderers are required to submit.