The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (Homes Victoria) is planning to release a tender for Project Management Services across Regional Victoria.

The Project involves the delivery of approximately 260 dwellings (85 sites), utilising Project Homes Panel of Builders which will be the main form of procurement for the smaller projects and four sites of to be apartment style Design and Construct contracts. The tender will be selective tender, with potential tenderers selected from the Construction Supplier Register (CSR).

Selected tenderers will be required to select which areas they prefer to service. The breakdown of the location of sites and yield is as below:

East

• Shepparton – 5 Sites (15 Dwellings)

• Wangaratta – 6 Sites (17 Dwellings)

• Wodonga – 2 Sites (6 Dwellings)

North

• Bendigo – 18 Sites (62 Dwellings)

• Mildura – 8 Sites (23 Dwellings)

• Swan Hill – 3 Sites (8 Dwellings)

South

• Morwell – 12 Sites (39 Dwellings)

West

• Geelong – 15 Sites (37 Dwellings)

• Horsham – 4 Sites (20 Dwellings)

• Portland – 3 Sites (8 Dwellings)

• Warrnambool – 9 Sites (21 Dwellings)

The sites are owned by the CEO of Homes Victoria and some sites will be combined to allow for more dense developments. Homes Victoria reserves the right to interchange sites, should the need to arise, for substitutes within the same local government area. Homes Victoria may also add sites in other local government areas at its discretion.

The successful consultant will be required to perform the role of the Superintendent’s representative under the Panel Contracts and Demolition Contract executed by the Homes Victoria and the builder.

The services required from the Consultancy for each of the developments are:

• SP1 – Design, town planning and issue of demolition and building permit.

• SP2 – Construction

• Defects

• Post Occupancy Evaluation

Interested Consultancies are required to send through their Expression of interest to RHF@homes.vic.gov.au before 2pm on the 16th of July 2024.