Professional Service for Trade Waste Cost to Service Review

Summary and scope

All Goulburn Valley Water Contractors who tender for work with a total of 100k or more will be required to have a third party certified safety system e.g. AS/NZS 4801:2001· Please submit your questions via the Forum quoting the RFT number 41/8363/25 by COB 5 November 2025. Brief Scope of Works:The purpose of this Request for Tender (RFT) is to engage a consultant to conduct a review of GVW’s costing and charging arrangements for the management of liquid Trade Waste discharges from Commercial and Industrial (C&I) customers.GVW are seeking to ensure that our C&I Trade Waste charging approach:· Is reflective of the cost to service for trade waste discharge,· Is transparent and defensible,· Is logical and evidence based,· Is fair and equitable across our customer base,· Is easy to understand and administer, and· Meets regulatory requirements.This consultancy is to be delivered in two stages:· Stage 1 will establish the actual cost to service for trade waste discharge for C&I customers and the extent to which revenue recovery from the current trade waste framework (comprising tariff structure, customer categorisation and Business Customer Augmentation Payment Policy) reflects the cost to service.· Stage 2 will assess the current trade waste framework against potential alternative models.