The Rail and Infrastructure Delivery and Planning and Precincts Divisions conclude that a significant amount of planning and delivery advisory services support is required to assist SRL delivery. These services will supplement the services provided by SRLA’s technical adviser including independent review work, where the technical adviser does not have sufficient resources, or the technical adviser does not have the relevant specialist technical capability.  In addition, suppliers may be requested to provide services while SRLA undertakes recruitment activities for the relevant resource need. Being able to obtain these planning and specialist delivery advisory services to supplement the technical adviser is of particular importance given existing market capacity constraints. SRLA therefore intends to establish the Planning and Delivery Services panel (P&D Services panel) to support the SRL works program.

The P&D Services panel will initially include four (4) Panel Group Categories (PGC), including services sub-categories that suppliers can nominate to participate in one, some or all the services sub-categories when making a tender submission.

This panel procurement will allow SRLA to balance efficient and timely access to suppliers, while maintaining high levels of procurement policy compliance and probity and ensuring value for money procurement outcomes.