The Victorian Planning Authority maintains a planning advisory panel to provide the VPA with access to suitably qualified and available expert advisors to assist with the completion of a range of tasks relating to strategic land use planning and infrastructure coordination. The panel enables VPA project managers to engage experienced suppliers with demonstrated capability to provide commonly required services under pre agreed rates and standard contract conditions.

The VPA is seeking consultants to be appointed to the Strategic and Statutory Land Use Planning, Transport, Urban Economics, Heritage Planning, and Engineering and Infrastructure Costing categories.

These categories will provide the following services to the VPA:

Strategic and Statutory Land Use Planning:

• Policy Advice
• Strategic Planning Advice
• Land Strategy and Assembly Advice
• Strategic Land Use Planning
• Stakeholder Engagement and Facilitation
• Project Management of Strategic Planning Projects
• Preparation and Administration of Planning Scheme Amendments

Transport:

• Transport and Land Use Planning
• Engineering and Implementation

Urban Economics:

• Economics and Property Advice (including feasibilities, economic modelling and development advice)
• Socio-Economic, Demographic, and Market Research
• Financial and Cash Flow Modelling (including infrastructure contributions plans)

Heritage Planning:

• Historic (Post-Contact) Social and Cultural Heritage
• Historic (Post-Contact) Aesthetic and Architectural Heritage
• Historic (Post-Contact) Technological Heritage
• Historic (Post-Contact) Landscape Heritage
• Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Impact Assessments
• Aboriginal Cultural Values Assessments

Engineering and Infrastructure Costing:

• Civil Engineeering
• Utilities
• Integrated Water Management
• Geotechnical
• Infrastructure Costing