Western Bay of Plenty District Council (Western Bay) wishes to upgrade the TPWWTP via three key stages:
• Stage 1: Principal led Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)
• Stage 2: Early works including establishment, ground improvements and procurement of long lead time items
• Stage 3: Main physical works.

This RFP is for Stage 1.

What’s important to us?
• Commitment, buy-in and a collaborative environment with open and honest communication between and across all parties is of upmost importance to us.
• This is a significant project for Western Bay. We acknowledge the Resource Consent Condition date is a significant challenge creating programme pressures and budget constraints. This has influenced our decision to proceed with a Principal led ECI procurement approach.

The Key Outcomes sought via the ECI include:
• Using the ECI stage to mitigate risks associated with resource availability and secure the required resources.
• Enabling early access to supply chain and seeking the best solutions with regards to quality and cost.
• Scoping the Stage 2 Early Works and Stage 3 Main Physical Works packages to realise programme gains, optimise delivery and de-risk the programme.
• Integration of innovation, constructability and temporary works into design development to demonstrate value engineering and to drive costs down.
• Greater construction cost and programme certainty.
• Efficient and effective commissioning process through early planning and staged handover.
• Overall construction and methodologies that demonstrates an exemplary quality product.

Western Bay does not wish to consider:
• Detailed design of the ground improvements and WWTP upgrade (undertaken by Mott MacDonald).
• Tender document preparation.
• Management of design and other consultants.
• Project management of the ECI.