Tauranga City Council

TC13/25 Pest Animal Shooting Specialist - ADVANCED NOTICE

The purpose of this Advance Notice is to inform suppliers of upcoming / release of Tauranga City Council’s Pest Animal Control contracts.

This is a single step Request for Proposal process. Final interviews will be held for the highest scorers’ bids, from which our final evaluations will be made.
The existing contract will now be split into three (3) separate contracts:
• TC514/24 – Pest Animal Control
• TC93/25 – Pest Animal Monitoring
• TC13/25 – Pest Animal Shooting Specialist

NOTE: We are ideally looking for separate suppliers for TC93/25 – Pest Animal Monitoring and TC514/25 – Pest Animal Control, however if you can demonstrate your impartiality between monitoring and control, we may award these two contracts to one supplier. You are also able to apply for TC13/25 – Pest Animal Shooting Specialist contract in conjunction with either of the other contracts.

TC13/25 – Pest Animal Shooting Specialist
We are seeking a shooting specialist who has the experience and capability of managing Pest Animal Shooting operations within the urban environment. Suppliers will need to hold a current firearms license, demonstrate strong firearms safety measures, understanding of animal behaviour, provide an efficient methodology and detailed operational reporting. The supplier will also operate in accordance with relevant NZ legislation when undertaking terrestrial pest control.
The scope will include surveillance and cyclic shooting operations in parks and reserve areas across our city to undertake the sustained control of pest animal populations.

Indicative timeframes:
Request for Proposal anticipated to be released at the end of June 2025
Project Commencement (indicative): 1st of November 2025
Project Completion: Each will have a 3-year contract with the possibility of 2 years extension (12 months each)