Te Awaparahi Bay wharf construction
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview Lyttelton Port Company is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced wharf construction partners for the Te Awaparahi Bay Port Expansion and Resilience Project, an $821 million investment to expand and strengthen the South Island's key international trade gateway. Purpose The works are intended to provide long-term capacity, operational resilience and supply chain reliability for exporters, importers and the wider regional economy. Scope The scope includes: Construction of a 388-metre deepwater wharf Provision of future berth capacity Construction of a 5-hectare container terminal Installation of new ship-to-shore cranes Installation of semi-automated gantry yard crane operations Contractor Requirements Respondents are expected to demonstrate the technical expertise, delivery capacity and collaborative approach required to construct a major infrastructure asset while enabling port operations to continue safely and efficiently. Proven capability in complex marine infrastructure Proven capability in heavy civil works Experience in construction staging within live operational environments Demonstrated health and safety leadership Demonstrated environmental management capability Demonstrated stakeholder coordination capability Instructions to Tenderers Interested parties are invited to download and complete a non-disclosure agreement. Once the completed agreement has been received and processed, the EOI documents will be provided to those parties for their consideration. The completed non-disclosure agreement shall be sent to the following LPC contact: Contact: Alistair Boyce, Head of Engineering and Projects Email: Alistair.Boyce@lpc.co.nz An alternate physical delivery address for this opportunity is procurement@lpc.co.nz. Enquiries Contact: Richard Cookson Email: richardcookson@outlook.com Phone: 0274062983
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