Tender Details
Paradise Dam Improvement Project - Construction Assurer
Business Name
SunWater
VP Reference #
VP484916
Buyers Reference #
SW352
Opens
Monday 27 October 2025
(E. Australia Standard Time)
Closes
Monday 08 December 2025 02:00 PM
(E. Australia Standard Time)
CLOSED
Supplier query cut-off
Monday 01 December 2025 02:00 PM
(E. Australia Standard Time)
Expected decision
Saturday 06 June 2026
(E. Australia Standard Time)
Buyer Details
Business Name
SunWater
Location
515 St Pauls Terrace
Fortitude Valley, Queensland 4006
Australia
WebSite:
https://www.sunwater.com.au/
Business Info
Sunwater is a water service provider, making the most of the available water supply for our agriculture, urban and industrial customers. We operate 365 days a year to deliver for our customers. We understand the essential role our customers play in regional growth and prosperity.
Contact Details
The buyer has elected to have their personal and contact details hidden. These details will be revealed at the buyers discretion.
What the buyer is requesting
Details
Sunwater is releasing an open market Request For Offer (RFO) to identify suitably capable, qualified local, national and international businesses who have the ability to provide Construction Assurer services to Sunwater. The Construction Assurer shall be engaged by Sunwater to provide technical inspections, risk-based monitoring and assurance of construction delivery across the Paradise Dam Improvement Project (PDIP).
Focus is being applied to ensuring that the Construction Assurer will have proven past experience in the last 10 years in:
• bulk water infrastructure
• dam construction with particular reference to Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) and Conventionally Vibrated Concrete (CVC) construction, and
• similar size and scale construction assurance, independent verification or independent certification roles.
This RFO is for all suppliers who are suitably capable for the following items (below):
1. Construction Assurer – Core Services
• review and comment on Paradise Alliance documentation associated with quality and construction methodology
• monitor and report on quarry material production, testing, delivery and stockpiling
• monitor and report on other concrete raw materials delivery, storage and testing including cement, fly ash, chemical admixtures, and
• monitor and report on RCC and CVC production, testing and delivery.
2. Construction Assurer – Non-Core Services
• monitor and report on other civil and building works required for construction of the new dam (including temporary works), and
• monitor and report on mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and control system installation (including commissioning).
3. Construction Management (optional only)
• optional scope may be provided by the market as a value-add service offering, however, is not the primary focus of this procurement activity
• provide construction management services to supplement site based Sunwater Owner’s resources, and
• monitor, report and co-ordinate construction activities (including HSE, quality and performance).
• will be separate to the Construction Assurer team and will not be supervising Construction Assurer activities to avoid conflicts.
Background information / Compatibility requirements
Details
Full details are included in the Request for Offer (RFO) documentation. Interested suppliers are required to complete and return the attached Confidentiality Deed, to gain access to the RFO documentation.
The Confidentiality Deed must be returned to tenders@sunwater.com.au no later than Thursday 30 October 2025.
There is a Post RFO Release - Proponent Briefing to be held next Monday 3 November at 08:00 AEST via Microsoft Teams, with the invitation link details included with the RFO documentation. Please note, attendance at the Proponent Briefing is not mandatory, however it is strongly encouraged.
Questions asked by the buyer
Question 1 - [Required]
Do you comply with the Ethical Supplier Threshold?
Question 2
Are you subject to a sanction under the Ethical Supplier Mandate?
Question 3 - [Required]
Do you comply with the Queensland Government Code of Conduct?
Supplier lists selected
Lists
Engineer, Research, Tech services
Categories selected
Categories
Engineering & Research & Technical Based Services
1: Engineering Consulting Services
Regions of Service
Locations
Queensland
1: Brisbane
2: Wide Bay-Burnett
All Regions of Service locations are within Australia.
Information requested by others
29/Oct/2025 01:45 PM
Question
:
Good Afternoon,
Is there any requirement for Non Destructive Testing of Ferrous Pipelines or other infrastructure to obtain wall thicknesses or provide corrosion assessments, either as part of this project or as opportunistic scans while project works are being conducted?
Answered on 29/Oct/2025 03:08 PM
:
The CA role does not require NDT testing services. The CA role is only to inspect and review testing that is undertaken by the Alliance to meet project requirements.
13/Nov/2025 10:23 AM
Question
:
1. The RFO calls for Public and Products Liability Insurance in the amount of 20M AUD. Please indicate whether the Principal would accept slightly lower coverage. Consultant currently has a $2M USD Commercial General Liability policy plus a $7M USD Umbrella policy which would contribute to those limits.
2. Please confirm payment will be in Australian dollars.
3. Will Consultant need to be registered in Australia to do business? If so, is it possible to fulfill this through a partnership with a local Australian consulting firm even though Consultant is the prime offeror?
Answered on 14/Nov/2025 11:02 AM
:
These questions have been responded to within Addendum no. 3. Thank you.
21/Nov/2025 02:56 PM
Question
:
Good afternoon
Could you please provide a workable version of the Annexure B HSE Contractor Questionnaire.
Thank you
Answered on 21/Nov/2025 03:29 PM
:
Hello, the document is editable in its current state. However, Sunwater has reassessed the requirements for this and will be advising the completion of the HSE Contractor Questionnaire is not required to be completed by Proponents. This will formally be issued via addendum next week. Thank you, Sunwater.
27/Nov/2025 01:08 AM
Question
:
We kindly request a one (1) week extension for submittal of the Offer.
Answered on 28/Nov/2025 09:22 AM
:
An extension of time is not granted, the closing date for Offers remains 8 December 2025.
Updates made to this Request
10/Nov/2025 08:48 AM
Addendum 1 - slide pack and queries from the briefing held 3/11/25 has been uploaded to Proponents' OneDrive folders.
12/Nov/2025 01:01 PM
Addendum 2 - updated Schedule 2 (Specification) and Schedule 3 Appendix A (Pricing Schedule) been amended. These documents have been uploaded to Proponents' OneDrive folders in "Addendum 2".
14/Nov/2025 10:55 AM
Addendum 3 - Proponent queries and general information. This information has been uploaded to Proponents' OneDrive folders in "Addendum 3"
19/Nov/2025 06:21 PM
Addendum 4 - Proponent queries and amended pricing spreadsheet. This information has been uploaded to Proponents' OneDrive folders in "Addendum 4"
25/Nov/2025 04:15 PM
Addendum 5 - Proponent queries and amended evaluation criteria. This information has been uploaded to Proponents' OneDrive folders in "Addendum 5"
01/Dec/2025 01:31 PM
Addendum 6 - Proponent queries and general information. This information has been uploaded to Proponents' OneDrive folders in "Addendum 6"
02/Dec/2025 10:26 AM
Addendum 7 - Proponent queries. This information has been uploaded to Proponents' OneDrive folders in "Addendum 7"