Sydney Trains is seeking to prequalify suitably qualified companies who can assist in delivering the Annual Works Program across Track, Civil, Geotechnical, Signalling, and Electrical disciplines.

Project goals

Sydney Trains' Major Works Division is responsible for delivering renewals, maintenance upgrades, and select capital works across the Greater Sydney Rail Network under the Annual Works Program (AWP).

To meet these needs, Sydney Trains seeks to prequalify contractors across 17 sub-panels in five engineering disciplines.

Below is a brief summary of the required work for each discipline.

Track contractors will handle repairs and maintenance of railway turnouts, including rail inspection, replacement, alignment, ballast cleaning, and thermite welding.

They will also maintain railway bridges by replacing rails, sleepers, and transoms, ensuring safety and structural integrity, using heavy machinery as necessary.

Civil contractors will manage protective coatings, structural repairs on steel and concrete bridges, drainage systems, earthworks, landscaping, and platform construction, ensuring compliance with safety standards.

They may also support Track, Electrical, and Signalling projects.

Geotechnical contractors will focus on vegetation clearing, rock removal, and slope stabilization using rockfall protection and shotcreting techniques to ensure infrastructure stability and safety.

Signalling contractors will maintain and upgrade signalling systems to ensure the safe and efficient operation of trains.

Electrical contractors will handle high-voltage systems, overhead wire renewal, and provide electrical support for various projects.

Scope

Sydney Trains intends to establish a ‘Master Services’ panel to prequalify a select number of qualified and experienced contractors across 17 sub-panels that are categorised across the five engineering disciplines:

1. Track (6 sub-panels)

1.1 Turnout Refurbishment

1.2 Re-Railing and Rail Welding

1.3 Bridge Trackwork and Transoms

1.4 Plain Track Reconstruction

1.5 Maintenance and Construction Resurfacing

1.6 Track Supplementary CreW

2. Civil (4 sub-panels)

2.1 Bridge Painting

2.2 Bridge & Footbridge Refurbishment

2.3 Culverts & Drainage Works

2.4 Miscellaneous Civil Works

3. Geotechnical (3 sub-panels)

3.1 De-Vegetation & Rock Removal

3.2 Rockfall Protection

3.3 Shotcreting

4. Electrical (2 sub-panels)

4.1 Works Panel

4.2 Electrical Supplementary Crews

5. Signalling (2 sub-panels)

5.1 Services Panel

5.2 Signalling Supplementary Crews

Deliver FY25/26 AWP: Shortlist a select number of prequalified contractors from within each sub-panel who can assist with the delivery of specific projects as a part of the Annual Works Program Wave 1 (2025-26).

Further details are outlined in the RFP suite of documentation.