Westland District Council

WDC 500/23/011 Road Maintenance Services and Reseals contract

Maintaining and renewing our transport infrastructure to the desired levels of service is key to our district achieving our overarching outcomes. Waitomo District Council's roading network comprises of circa 1,010 centerline kilometers which is split across sealed and unsealed. The unsealed portion makes up most of the network at circa 550km whereas the sealed network covers slightly less at 460km.

The Road Maintenance Services and Reseals Contract is due for renewal, and we are inviting prospective contractors to attend an industry briefing.
The contract is largely based on our tried and tested “zonal maintenance” approach, covering a base term of 5 years with the ability to extend a further 2 years based on performance and at Council’s discretion. The contract is scheduled to start on the 1st of July, 2024.
It is expected that this contract will have an annual spend in the realms of $8M, and consist of the following key activities:
1. Management and customer services,
2. Zonal maintenance,
3. Cyclical maintenance,
4. Vegetation control,
5. Programmed maintenance,
6. Call out and incident response,
7. Emergency re-instatement,
8. Resurfacing,
9. Footpath improvements and renewals,
10. Drainage Renewals and,
11. Annual line marking,

What do we need and what’s important to us?

WDC are looking for a suitably qualified and experienced road maintenance organisation who can work with us to achieve our community outcomes, whilst providing value for money, innovation, and our wider broader outcomes. We are interested in building relationships which promote a great culture and provide positive outcomes for our community.

Why should you bid?
This is a major opportunity to work with Waitomo District Council, work with a heartland community, providing social benefits, working towards our over arching outcomes.

Interested? What’s next?
We will be holding an industry briefing from 1030 am on the 20th September 2023, If you are interested in attending the industry briefing, please RSVP with name/s and contact details. The briefing will also be available via MS Teams and a meeting invite will be made available.
We intend to go to market Late 2023 or early January 2024. The opportunity will be advertised on Tenderlink and GETS.
If you would like to ask questions about this opportunity, please get in touch.