Multi Agency Co-location Feasibility and Options Assessment

⁠⁠⁠Stage 1 – description

• Engage with and analyze co location opportunities for Gippsland Ports, Victoria Police, Victorian Fisheries Authority, the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, and other government agencies with a maritime and waterway remit.
• Analyze adequacy and suitability of current accommodation and associated infrastructure against current and projected needs, including consideration of operational requirements.
• Explore options for addressing identified shortcomings and/or for delivering improved outcomes for the respective agencies, their clients, the State of Victoria, other related agencies, and the public which includes an assessment of purpose and benefits of co-location in the analysis.
• Prepare a feasibility report which includes consideration of planning and Industrial Relations implications, summarizes issues, constraints, opportunities, and risks, and provides a high-level comparative cost benefit analysis of lease / purchase/do nothing, options and recommendations of preferred option/s.

Stage 2– description

• Develop detailed concept designs, cost estimates and a business case consistent with Victorian Government policies and its Investment Manage

Stages 2 and 3 will only proceed on the basis that Stage 1 investigations support colocation.

Key Timelines

3 November 2023 – Closing Date for any Tender Clarifications

17 November 2023 at noon – Tender Closing Date

February/March 2024 – Proposed Contract Award

March 2024 – Project Commencement Date

June 2024 – Stage 1 Draft Report Delivery

August 2024 – Stage 1 Final Report Delivery

Delivery timelines for Stages 2 and 3 to be determined following consideration and adoption of preceding stages.

For further inquiry contact Greg Hatt, Strategic Planning Manager, or Chris Waites, Chief Executive Officer, on (03) 5150 0500.