New Zealand Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi)

2025-2026 Waikato Scour Maintenance

This Notice of Information (NOI) is to provide some project information ahead of the Request for Tender (RFT) which is currently planned to be advertised in November 2025. The contract commencement date is anticipated to be early/mid-February 2026, with the physical works being completed before the end June 2026.

This NOI is provided as an early indication only of the project scope so suppliers can consider tendering in advance of works coming to market and will not form part of any future tender or contract documents.

The contract works comprise of five scour remediation projects across the Waikato Region which are proposed to be delivered as a single physical works contract. The table below shows a summary of the sites expected to be part of the tender.

SITE NAME LOCATION RS/RP WORK DESCRIPTION
SH25 Pitoone Stream Culvert East Waikato 025-0099/10.84 Culvert lining
SH3 Mangaohoi Stream Culvert West Waikato 003-0016/10.42 Culvert Lining
SH2 Wing Wall (Crownhill Road) East Waikato 002-0073/6.63 Wingwall repairs
SH1N Mangatawai Stream Bridge Central Waikato 01N-0763/10.69 Rock bag placement
SH31 Owaikura Stream Culvert (Provisional Item) West Waikato 031-0000/7.17 Culvert Lining

Key points are:
• The tender evaluation method will be Lowest Price Conforming (LPC) with pass/fail evaluation of the Relevant Experience, Relevant Skills and Methodology non-price attributes.
• Contractors must be pre-qualified to “Bridge Construction – Level C (3C)”.
• Works expected to start in February 2026 with all sites to be completed by end of June 2026

This is NOT the commencement of a tender process or a registration of interest to tender.

Department/Business Unit: New Zealand Transport Agency