Tenders are invited for the provision of technical drawing and drafting services.

1. Background
Hunter Water is a statutory state owned corporation providing water and wastewater services to over 200,000 properties covering six local government areas of the lower Hunter region - Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Cessnock, Port Stephens and Dungog.

This tender is for the provision of all labour necessary to carry out drafting work for Hunter Water for a defined period. Essential requirements are electrical, mechanical and civil AutoCAD drawings.

The Contractor must be ISO 9001:2015 Certified and have competent staff in all skill areas as well as provide necessary resource requirements.

The Contractor shall perform the following duties:
* Production and editing of AutoCAD drawings
* Creation of new electrical and civil drawings based on Engineer's sketches
* Completion of existing drawings based on "Red Pen" mark-ups
* Validate drawings completed externally to Hunter Water to ensure they comply with relevant drawing specifications
* Drawing version and revision control

2. Duration of Contract
Contract period will be 3 years with 2x1 years extension options

3. Key Tender Details
The following information is provided as a guide to the key details of this Request for Tender, however these details are not intended to be exhaustive and must be read in conjunction with the Conditions of Tendering:
(a.) Closing Date and Time
Tenders close at 2pm on Wednesday 19 September 2018, and submissions must be fully received by this time.
(b.) Enquiries

Tender enquiries should be directed to Chris Hannah via the online forum in the first instance.

The contact officer for this RFT is as follows:
Name: Chris Hannah
Email: chris.hannah@hunterwater.com.au
(c.) Tender Briefing Session

An open pre-tender briefing session will not be held.
4. Returnable Schedules