Preferred Supplier Arrangement For Supply and Installation of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Electrical Equipment

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is one of Australia’s medium scale water and sewerage service providers. Council currently provides water and sewerage services to over sixty-four thousand (64,000) customers across a service area comprising the region from north of Yarraman to south-west of Millmerran and includes the city of Toowoomba. Council has approximately 300 water and wastewater sites across the region which include treatment plants, pump stations, reservoirs, bores, communication and instrumentation sites. Council is currently undertaking a significant project to upgrade or replace the control system at each of its network sites over the next six (6) years. In addition to this project, Council is continuously working to deliver new infrastructure to accommodate population growth throughout the region.

Council has issued this request for offer with the objectives of establishing a long term preferred supplied arrangement with suitably skilled suppliers who will be utilised for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of electrical infrastructure during this term.

This request for offer provides detail of the key activities expected to be completed. Council does not guarantee any work under this engagement.

Projects involving electrical infrastructure works which also require construction activities may be awarded under other procurement arrangements. In these instances, principal contractors will be notified of the preferred vendors approved from this panel arrangement, noting the benefits of understanding Councils standards and processes that they will have. The principal contractor will not be required to use vendors approved from this panel arrangement.