Sydney Metro is Australia’s largest public transport project.

Sydney Metro has two core components:
Stage 1: Sydney Metro Northwest - formerly the 36km North West Rail Link. This project is now under construction and will open in the first half of 2019 with a metro train every four minutes in the peak; and
Stage 2: Sydney Metro City & Southwest - A new 30km metro line extending metro rail from the end of Sydney Metro Northwest at Chatswood under Sydney Harbour, through new CBD stations and southwest to Bankstown. It is due to open in 2024 with the capacity to run a metro train every two minutes each way through the centre of Sydney.

The NSW Government has identified both stages of Sydney Metro as priority projects.

The Stage 2 Sydney Metro City & Southwest is scheduled to open in 2024 and will be delivered as two components:
Chatswood to Sydenham - new 15.5 kilometre twin tunnels from Chatswood to Sydenham;
Sydenham to Bankstown - upgrade of 13.5 kilometre rail line and conversion of all 11 stations between Sydenham and Bankstown to metro standards.

This Invitation for Expression of Interest deals with the first component of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest, which is for an Independent Certifier for the Tunnel and Station Excavation (“TSE”) Works.

Additional information on the project is available on the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project website at http://sydneymetro.info/home.

The Independent Certifier for the Tunnel & Station Excavation (“TSE”) Works for the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project will be required to provide Independent Certification Services on the new 15.5 kilometre twin tunnels from Chatswood, under Sydney Harbour, under Sydney’s CBD and through to Sydenham.

TfNSW intends to procure the TSE Independent Certifier Services under a fixed price lump sum for design phase services, construction phase services and completion phase service, and also a schedule of rates for the defects phase services.

The TSE Independent Certifier Services will be a single contract that includes certification services on all tunnelling from Chatswood to Marrickville, including the sections of tunnel beneath the harbour.

Registrations are now open for suitably experienced and qualified relevant entities to participate in the TSE Independent Certifier EOI process.

Relevant entities may include:
* Major infrastructure certification organisations;
* Major tunnelling design and construction contractors;
* Major civil engineering design and construction contractors;
* Major structural design and construction contractors; and
* Others who in the opinion of the Project team should be registered for the EOI process

Entities that are not relevant entities will not be registered.

To register, an entity must:
* Return a copy of the completed registration form and the executed Confidentiality Deed Poll by email to TfNSW's nominated contact person at SydneyMetro.TSE@transport.nsw.gov.au; and
* Mail the original completed registration form and the executed Confidentiality Deed Poll to:
* TSE Independent Certifier - Registration for Invitation for EOI
  * Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project
  * Ground Floor, South Building
  * 22 Giffnock Avenue,
  * Macquarie Park
  * NSW 2113, Australia

Upon TfNSW’s receipt of all completed documents from a bona fide entity, a confirmation email will be sent to the entity.

Registration applications will close at 5:00pm on 9 November 2016.