ESA Master Plan

Overview The Justice and Community Safety Directorate (ACT) is seeking to engage a suitably qualified and experienced Consultant to develop a comprehensive ESA Infrastructure Master Plan, establishing a twenty-year strategic framework for the optimisation, renewal, rationalisation, funding and future development of infrastructure assets utilised by the ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA). Purpose The Infrastructure Master Plan shall provide an evidence-based assessment of future infrastructure requirements and establish the preferred future-state ESA infrastructure network required to support emergency service delivery across the Australian Capital Territory. Objectives The Infrastructure Master Plan shall focus on the following strategic outcomes: Service Coverage, Capability and Infrastructure Network Optimisation Future ESA Infrastructure Network Strategy Infrastructure Investment and Prioritisation Program Funding, Asset Recycling and Cost-Benefit Assessment Scope The Consultant shall utilise existing strategic planning information, including the ESA Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP), asset condition information, previous studies, operational planning outputs and other information provided by the Territory as the foundation for development of the Master Plan. The engagement is not intended to duplicate previous asset condition assessments or strategic asset management activities; rather, the Consultant shall build upon available information. The scope includes: Assessment of the existing ESA infrastructure portfolio Strategic infrastructure planning Future service demand analysis Response and capability modelling GIS analysis Service coverage assessment Infrastructure gap analysis Infrastructure options development Capital investment prioritisation Infrastructure economics Funding and asset recycling strategies Stakeholder engagement Preparation of a twenty-year Infrastructure Master Plan Through this work, the Consultant shall identify: The preferred future-state ESA infrastructure network Future service coverage and operational capability requirements Optimal future station, facility and infrastructure locations Infrastructure investment priorities Opportunities for infrastructure rationalisation, consolidation, relocation and disposal Funding and asset recycling opportunities Future communications infrastructure requirements Implementation pathways for future capital investment Short, medium and long-term infrastructure interventions required to address operational, WHS, compliance and service delivery risks Enquiries Contact: Tenders ACT Team (Enquiries) Phone: +61 (02) 62079000 Email: tendersact@act.gov.au