CN0632 - Design and Construct Six (6) Radio Base Stations and Networks

Lower Murray Water currently utilises serial radio networks for the monitoring and control of water, sewer, and irrigation assets across several districts.

Design and construction of selected radio telemetry networks to transition from serial to ethernet radio protocols which will also include the upgrading of several Antennas, DC Power Supplies, RTUs and PLC’s and the interconnection of all associated hardware, RTUs PLCs and SCADA servers.

The Design and Construction tender will encompass six separate districts each requiring the establishment of a new ethernet base station radio to operate alongside and in parallel with existing serial base station radio(s) until all associated remote site radios have been upgraded.

The project sites are as follows: -

1. Mildura Urban (Water and Sewer) - 1 Base Station and 13 remote sites.
2. Mildura Rural (Irrigation) – 1 Base Station and 1 remote site (to service a future 16 remote sites).
3. Merbein Rural (Irrigation) – 1 Base Station and 9 remote sites.
4. Red Cliffs Rural (Irrigation) – 1 Base Station and 8 remote sites
5. Millewa Rural (Irrigation / Remote Township) – 1 Base Station and 5 remote sites
6. Kerang Urban (Water and Sewer) 1 – Base Station and 7 remote sites

The number of each project’s site’s remote locations (remote radio sites) my vary.

High priorities in the design and construction phases will be safety and business continuance with minimal operational disturbance of LMW networks during the transition phases of construction.

PREV UPDATE: Lower Murray Water is currently completing a review of questions arising from site visits from the 13th to the 15th of January 2025. To enable all tenderers sufficient time to price and submit offers following the additional information, the closing time for Tender, previously the 7/2/25 at 4:00pm (Daylight Saving Time) has been extended by 2 weeks. The new Tender Closing Time will be the 21/2/25 at 4:00pm (Daylight Saving Time). The closing time for tender has been further extend to 07/03/2024 at 4:00pm (Daylight Saving Time). A response to questions raised to date will be uploaded to the Buying Victoria Portal in the week beginning the 2/2/25.

(21/02/25) UPDATE: The previous Tender Closing Time on 21/2/25 4:00pm (Daylight Saving Time) has been further extended by two weeks. The new closing time for tender is 07/03/25 at 4:00pm (Daylight Saving Time).

This project will comply with the Local Jobs First Policy as outlined in the Victorian Local Jobs First Act 2003 (updated October 2022) and the Social Procurement Framework, in accordance with the Standing Directions 2018 under the Financial Management Act 1994.

Additional documents uploaded re: site visit responses: 19/02/2025