South East Water has awarded contracts for the delivery of over $50 million per annum in water and sewerage maintenance services over the next five years.
The services provided are critical to keeping the water and sewer networks running across Melbourne’s south east suburbs, providing essential services to the community.
Taking an innovative approach to how these services are delivered, the delivery model which has been in place since 2013 has been updated.
Maintenance services starting from 1 October 2022 will be divided into two program streams. Two contractors will be appointed for each program stream.
Program Stream 1 – Water civil, sewer cleaning and sewer civil works
- Downer Utilities Australia.
- Service Stream Maintenance.
Downer Utilities general manager water services programs Chris Yeats said the contract was a significant win for Downer. “
As Australia’s largest supplier of outsourced water services, we look forward to partnering with South East Water to keep the water flowing for the residents and industrial customers within South East Water’s jurisdiction,” Yeats said.
Program Stream 2 – Mechanical & electrical works
- Service Stream Maintenance.
- Programmed Facility Management (also including Pressure Sewers).
“Service Stream has a long and successful history of working with South East Water. Being awarded this contract reinforces the strong relationship between our organisations and their trust in us to provide solutions that meet the growing needs of their customers,” David Zropf, executive director, utilities at Service Stream said.
South East Water managing director Lara Olsen said it’s important that we get the best outcomes for its customers, and new model achieves this by enabling partnerships to bring ideas and innovation to improve safety, processes, efficiency, and value.