Hunter Water is undertaking a market sounding process to formally invite interested suppliers to participate in an information sharing process prior to a later procurement process and without the market sounding process commencing the procurement process.

Hunter Water's intention in conducting a market sounding for our later intended procurement of CS1536 Water and Waste Water Treatment Operations Services is to achieve the following objectives:

1. Provide market participants with information on options that Hunter Water is considering in regard to the ongoing service delivery including:
a. Service requirements including material scope for work / asset changes;
b. Contract model preference and duration; and
c. Commercial model;

2. Provide the market with the opportunity to comment on the following:
a. Market capacity / interest;
b. Timeframe requirements for procurement process; and
c. Commercial, contract, governance and risk model preferences; and

3. Gather and consider market feedback to inform procurement planning to:
a. optimise the formal procurement process to ensure it delivers the best value outcome; and
b. optimise the next generation water and wastewater treatment operations contract model to achieve Hunter Water's critical success factors for these services.