Underground Service Locations and Vacuum Excavation

Overview Ipswich City Council is establishing a Preferred Supplier Arrangement for the provision of underground service location and potholing services across the Council region. About These services are required to identify and accurately locate underground services and utilities to assist Council in understanding site conditions, constraints and risks during pre-construction surveys, detailed design and construction phases of infrastructure projects. Purpose Council is seeking tenders for a Preferred Supplier Arrangement covering underground service location, non-destructive excavation and potholing, and CCTV inspection, drain cleaning and jet rodding services across various sites in the Council region. Scope The works are to include the following categories: Category 1: Service Locations Category 2: Pot Holing Vacuum Excavation Works Category 3: Underground Services (Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Drainage Cleaning, jet rodding) Underground Services Locations Locate underground services and measure and record the position, depth and orientation of services in relation to the surface in accordance with AS 5488 requirements, using AS5488.2 model level 4 for predesign and AS5488.2 model level 5 for pre-construction, unless directed otherwise by the Council's Project Officer in writing Locate and qualify all identified underground services entering, exiting and contained within the prescribed scope of works area in accordance with AS 5488 Undertake a Before You Dig Australia search by certified operators and communicate with the Council representative to source available As Constructed records if required, prior to commencing the works Pot Holing Vacuum Excavations Non-destructive exposure of services by vacuum or manual excavation Pot holes of 200mm diameter by default, and strip trenches from 200mm to 2000mm long, to a maximum depth of 3m Saw cutting and like-for-like reinstatement No excavations to be left open overnight without approval Photographs to be attached to each surveyed point The scope also covers ground marking, CCTV inspection, drain cleaning and jet rodding, and reporting. Contractor Requirements Compliance with WHS documentation requirements Performance against the Council's key performance indicators (KPIs)