RFP - Complex Asset Maintenance (CAM) Specialist Consultant
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview Watercare Services Limited is seeking a specialist consultant to help design the implementation plan for its Complex Asset Maintenance (CAM) programme, an initiative to rebuild reliability-centred maintenance capability across its water and wastewater infrastructure. Purpose This is a focused, time-bounded engagement that forms the first step in a multi-year programme intended to materially change how Watercare plans and executes maintenance across its assets. The work is intended to produce a delivery roadmap that can move straight into execution, rather than a study or report produced for its own sake. A consultant who performs well in this engagement is well-placed to be considered for the implementation work that follows. Scope The scope includes: Assessment of Watercare's current state of reliability-centred maintenance capability Facilitation of structured workshops with Watercare's internal teams Development of a clear, actionable delivery roadmap for the Complex Asset Maintenance (CAM) programme Contractor Requirements Demonstrated success in implementing and embedding a sustainable, optimised asset maintenance programme, underpinned by Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM) and Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Studies (RAMS) methodologies, within complex infrastructure environments Enquiries Contact: Waj Khan waj.khan@water.co.nz 0210411168
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