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Great Western Highway Upgrade Program (GWHUP), NSW

Great Western Highway Upgrade Program (GWHUP), NSW
Client:
Transport for NSW (TfNSW)
Project Value:
$4.5b
Years of Service:
2022 - 2024
Services Provided:
  • Transaction and Commercial Management Services

Significantly improving network performance, safety and resiliance along the corridor.

CLIENT OBJECTIVES:

The Great Western Highway Upgrade Program (GWHUP) will result in 34 kilometres of four lane divided highway between Katoomba at Rowan Lane and Lithgow / South Bowenfels at Magpie Hollow Road. The GWHUP is divided into three main sections: East, West and Central.

The East section consists of the upgrade of the Great Western Highway (GWH) between Katoomba and Blackheath into a four-lane divided carriageway and is a total of approximately 7.2km.

The West Section consists of the upgrade of the GWH between Little Hartley and Lithgow into a four-lane divided carriageway. The West Section is a total of 14.2km and is primarily made up of the 11.9km West Package and the 2.3 km Coxs River Road Construct Only package. 

The Medlow Bath package involves the upgrade of the existing GWH to a four-lane divided carriageway allowing for two lanes of traffic in each direction separated by a central median with planted trees.

The Coxs River Road package consists of 2.5 km of the GWH. The works include earthworks, pavements, stormwater drainage, footpaths/ pedestrian access, bridgeworks, retaining walls, public utility adjustments/ protection, street lighting, property adjustments, and landscaping.

OUR ROLE:

ConnellGriffin is providing Transaction Advisory and Commercial Management Services to TfNSW for the Program. For the East and West Packages, our services include:

  • develop, implement and facilitate the Market Interaction Process plus the Central Section;
  • developing “portfolio” style EOI process whereby applicants were expressing an interest to participate in multiple tender packages not just a single contract;
  • developing a 3-2-1 procurement model whereby three shortlisted tenderers would concurrently tender on two packages at the same time but would only be able to be successful for one of them.
  • leading the preparation of the pre-registration, EOI, RFT and SWTC documents;
  • manage the development of the commercial principles and D&C Deeds including liaising with the TfNSW Senior Legal Counsel and the Legal Advisor;
  • develop, implement and facilitate the highly interactive tendering process;
  • manage the pre-registration, EOI and RFT processes which included all correspondence between TfNSW and the market;
  • management of all evaluation processes for both price and non-price work streams, which included facilitating and presenting/reporting on outcomes of the evaluation;
  • capture and manage the project issues resolution process, and resolve various complex technical and commercial issues;
  • facilitate and support the project team with the INSW Gate 3 & 4 reviews;
  • development of the independent certifier procurement strategy;
  • procurement of the specialist financial advisor including development of the documents and management of the out to market phase, evaluation and contract award; and
  • manage the negotiation, contract conformance and contract award phases.

Additionally, for the Construct Only packages (Medlow Bath and Coxs River Road), our services include:

  • commercial and procurement support during the interactive tendering process;
  • manage out to market phase including all interactions and correspondence between TfNSW and the tenderers;
  • manage the evaluation processes for both price and non-price work streams, which included facilitating and presenting on outcomes of the evaluation, and preparing the evaluation report; and
  • manage the negotiation, contract conformance and contract award phases.

ACHIEVEMENTS, SOLUTIONS AND VALUE ADDS:

Key successes associated with the services include:

  • development of streamlined RFT documentation and interactive tendering processes for both the East and West Packages minimising tenderer effort and allowed for the concurrent running both RFT processes;
  • development of commercial principles aligned with TfNSW’s objective of a more balance and equitable risk allocation;
  • the facilitation of the resolution of various complex technical, commercial and interface issues to ensure clear commercial and technical positions;
  • review of documentation produced by the project team to ensure concise commercial and technical positions were communicated to tenderers; and
  • development of an evaluation process that ensured the best money for value tender would be selected for each package.

CG Team Members Involved:

Richard Martin Richard Martin Executive Director Wesley Rhode Wesley Rhode Director Andrew Nguyen Andrew Nguyen Director Jennifer Colder Jennifer Colder Senior Advisor Kunal Rudra Kunal Rudra Advisor

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