North East Water is seeking the services of a qualified and experienced contractor to upgrade the Wodonga Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The successful contractor will be engaged under a lump sum Design and Construct contract based on an AS4902-2000.

The general scope of works includes:

       1. Inlet works

• Stepscreens
• Washpress
• Steel walkway covers.
• Associated electrical/mechanical works
• New Macerator (provisional item)

        2. Chemical Dosing

• Lime Silo
• Chemical Dosing system upgrade

        3. Sludge Handling System

• Removal of existing belt press
• Installation of additional Centrifuge
• New Sludge conveyor
• New sludge hopper
• Roadway, Hardstand and concrete areas

        4. Electrical works

• Upgrade of electrical works & PLC Controls to provide a logical module system
• Replace electrical cabling and tray

        5. Miscellaneous Works

• Access Roads (gravel)
• Security Gate
• Removal of Redundant plant & equipment as specified

North East Water requires a Principal Contractor that has an OH&S management system that is fully certified by a certifying body against one of the standards / assurance systems listed by both the Department of Treasury & Finance (DTF) and Worksafe. A detailed guide on the mandatory OHS management criteria is available on the DTF’s Practitioners Toolkit – Document library page

Tenderers must have one of the following approved OHS assurance systems that is independently certified/audited for currency, to be considered eligible to participate in this tender:

(a) ‘Safety Map’;

(b) AS 4801 2001: OHS Management Systems;

(c) Civil Contractors Federation Management Code;

(d) Australian Government Building and Construction WHS Accreditation Scheme; and

(e) ISO 45001 2008 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.

North East Water encourages Contractors to undertake the DTF’s prequalification process to enable registration for construction and/or construction related services on the Construction Contractors Register. The Victorian Government and Public bodies such as North East Water may use the Construction Contractors Register to create shortlists of Contractors to invite to submit tenders for Public Construction and Construction Related Services.

Note this is a forward tender notice only. Further details will be provided when the Request for Tender is released. Please be aware North East Water will not be engaging individual suppliers for this project, purchasing of components and products will be completed by the Principal Contractor who will be the successful tenderer, winning bidder details will be uploaded to the Buying for Victoria Website post tender evaluation.

For any enquiries, please email: engineeringenquiries@newater.com.au

Thank you for your interest in this project.