TfNSW’s appointed supplier was required to:
All of the 24 Waratah Series 2 trains were in service by September 2019 and led to a more reliable and comfortable service for commuters.
Sydney Growth Trains is the centerpiece of the “More Trains, More Services” program and will provide rail customers with more frequent and more express services, delivered by modern trains and enabled through infrastructure upgrades.
ConnellGriffin, as the Procurement Manager, was responsible for managing the process for procurement and through life support of a fleet of 24 modern suburban trains under a rapid procurement process. Specific services provided by ConnellGriffin included:
Throughout the rapid procurement process, our Advisors provided strategic advice to the direction of inputs from external technical, commercial, legal and probity advisors and led the integration of these inputs into a consistent set of contract documents that met internal project and commercial stakeholder requirements.
Our Advisors were integral members of the project team, which successfully completed the procurement process within very tight timeframes. This was achieved by the project team employing a dynamic and responsive approach and an intensely interactive process with the proponents. Any delays in the procurement process would have undermined the business case and put the procurement at risk. Despite many challenges along the way, the team successfully completed the procurement on time.
Key features of the new Sydney Growth Trains include:
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