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La Trobe University (LTU) (the University) is seeking responses to this Request for Tender (RFT) for the provision of Hydraulic Reactive and Preventative Maintenance across all campuses commencing early 2025.

1. Overview

La Trobe University (LTU) was established in 1964 as Victoria’s third university and is recognised as a leading Australian provider of tertiary education. In 2020, LTU enrolled 35,000 local and international students while employing over 2,800 staff across all campuses Victoria wide.

LTU is a multi-campus university and the largest provider of higher education to Victoria’s regions. Our main campus is located in Bundoora, Melbourne. Other campuses include; Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Mildura and Shepparton.

LTU released its ten-year Strategic Plan 2020 – 2030 in September 2020.

As well as pursuing academic excellence, LTU is committed to actively serve the communities in which its campuses are located. This is reflected in the mission and vision statements listed below, and in the plan's four core objectives:

• An outstanding student experience
• Student and graduate employability
• Research excellence
• Being the partner of choice for industry, education and the community

LTU’s mission, vision and enablers are:

Our Mission: We are a university known for making a positive difference in the lives of our students, partners and communities. We will become an even more valued and relevant university because of the way we respond to their needs at this time of great local and national challenge.

Our Strategy: Our aim is to emerge as a more resilient, future-focused and necessarily more efficient institution that will thrive in a post-COVID world by being more sharply focused on the needs of our community, and by playing to our strengths in teaching and research.

Our Pillars: Students, Teaching. Research, Partner of Choice, Regions, International.

Our Enablers: Our People, Improving Efficiency and Productivity

LTU expects its service delivery partners to support its Mission, Vision and Enablers through provision of exceptional customer service, deployment of quality staff and commitment to supplying a value service offering.

2. Services

The services can be summarised as:

Reactive

• Underground Services
• Domestic plumbing systems
• Commercial plumbing systems, including potable and non-potable water
• Gas system
• Sewer systems
• Roof repairs or upgrades
• 24 hour callout service

Preventative Maintenance

• BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES
• EYE WASH AND SHOWER
• THERMOSTATIC MIXING VALVES AND TEMPERING VALVES
• COOKTOPS AND OVENS
• TRADEWASTE AND GREASE
• IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
• GUTTERS AND DOWNPIPES
• REGIONAL HOUSING
• ZIP WATER UNITS

3. Campuses

Site Name                                      Address

Albury / Wodonga                           McKoy Street

Bendigo                                          Edwards Road 121 View St

                                                      109 Arnold St Edwards Road

                                                      Residential – Orde, Hillside, Units, Villas, Terraces

 Melbourne Bundoora                   Kingsbury Drive

                                                      Kingsbury Drive

                                                      Residential – Chisholm, Glenn, Menzies, LAN/LAS

 Melbourne City                            Collins Street

Melbourne Bouverie                     Brunswick (Suburb),

Mildura                                         Benetook Avenue 29 Deakin Avenue

                                                     4x Residential Housing (Off Campus) Fryer Street

Shepparton                                 3x Residential Housing (Off Campus)

Melton (suburb is Harkness)       4x Residential Housing (Off Campus)

Ballarat (suburb is Sebastopol)    4x Residential Housing (Off Campus)

4. Service Requirements

Unless otherwise agreed, the Contractor must manage and control the quality of the Services in accordance with a quality management plan which has been approved by LTU.

The Contractor is responsible for maintaining insurance for all Contractor’s Equipment throughout the term of this Contract.