Tenders

Hunter Water purchasing and tendering policies and processes are designed to make sure that:

• all operational and capital expenditure provide best value
• all parties at all times and at all levels adhere to ethical behaviour principles.
  

This means that the process we use to select suppliers, either by tender or quotation, aims to:

• provide a common basis for submission of competitive proposals
• provide opportunities for equal supplier access and consideration
• be rational and fair to all participants
• take advantage of supplier knowledge and experience
• provide a formal framework for objective evaluation of alternatives and choice of supplier
• ensure compliance with Hunter Water policies
• establish a framework for ethical purchasing that meets the requirements of external bodies such as ICAC
• obtain value for money based on quality, delivery and cost
  

Tenders will be conducted by either an open or selective method, depending on the potential value of the contract or the specialist nature of the supply.
After the process is complete one or more of the following agreements will be established:

• a contract will be awarded to a supplier to be the preferred supplier of a specific good or service, e.g. concrete pipes
• a contract will be awarded to a supplier to be the preferred supplier of a category of goods or service, e.g. safety equipment
• a contract will be awarded to a supplier  to construct or refurbish a Hunter Water asset, e.g. a water pump station
• a supplier will be included on a panel of suppliers for a specific service type, e.g. environmental consultancy
  

A list of currently open and recently closed tenders is available at the following link