North East Water is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to desludge material from two lagoons at Yackandandah Wastewater Treatment plant and three lagoons at the Benalla Wastewater Treatment Plant.

North East Water will be issuing as an RfT to the open market seeking to engage a Principal Contractor under a construction contract to deliver this project.

North East Water requires a Principal Contractor that must have a supplier management system that is fully certified by a certifying body against one of the standards / assurance systems listed by both the Department of Treasury (DTF) & Finance and Worksafe.

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 2018 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 od 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: procurement@newater.com.au

Thank you for your interest in this project.