Auckland Light Rail Seeks Advisory Services for Preconstruction Planning Phase

Auckland Light Rail Limited (ALR Ltd.) has engaged an Urban, Engineering and Planning Alliance to advance the Auckland Light Rail project through the current detailed planning phase (the Preconstruction Planning Phase), which includes further business case work, technical assessments and detailed design, master planning, and community and stakeholder engagement.

Specifically, the business case work involves the development of a Corridor Business Case (CBC), which is intended to articulate the case for investment in both transport infrastructure (to a Detailed Business Case level) and urban planning and development (to an Indicative Business Case level). ALR Ltd.

invites proposals from suitably experienced Proponents to undertake Management Advisory Services and/or Transport Commercial Advisory Services for the Preconstruction Planning Phase of the Auckland Light Rail (ALR) project. The successful Proponent(s) will need to work closely with the ALR Alliance to deliver the Corridor Business Case.

This Request for Proposals (RFP) is the first and only stage in this single stage procurement process. The attached RFP document contains scoping and procurement process details for both contracts, and all domestic and international suppliers (excluding suppliers currently involved in the peer review of the ALR Corridor Business Case) are eligible to submit a proposal for one or both contracts.

Please note the requirement in Sections 1.3 and 1.5 for interested Proponents to advise their details no later than 4pm (NZT) on Friday, 24 February 2023 for the Group Inception Meeting to be held via MS Teams on Thursday, 2 March 2023. All queries should be directed to ALR Ltd.'s Process Manager, Kathleen Munson, via email: tenders@lightrail.co.nz