Total Mobility and wider PT Assurance

Closes in 26 daysSubmission deadline: 26 November 2026, 05:00 PM Pacific/Auckland

About this tender

Overview Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury) is seeking market feedback regarding the establishment of a comprehensive contract assurance and auditing function for the Total Mobility Scheme and potentially other public transport (PT) contracts. Purpose A key objective of this work is to strengthen auditing, assurance, and quality control processes within the Total Mobility Scheme. There is an increasing focus on the affordability of the Total Mobility scheme by central government, and auditing and quality control of the scheme has historically been underdeveloped nationally. This represents an opportunity for a supplier to position themselves as an expert in the field. Objectives Develop auditing, assurance, and quality control procedures that are right sized to the scale and riskiness of the contracts in question Develop procedures that reflect the likely capacity within Canterbury Regional Council Information Requested Canterbury Regional Council is particularly interested in understanding the following from respondents: Market capability Methodologies Resource models Indicative costs Lessons learned from comparable engagements Enquiries Contact: Fernanda Martins Email: Fernanda.Martins@ecan.govt.nz

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