Consultants Selected for Work on New Zealand Infrastructure Stocktake
[ Last Updated 12 December 2005 ]
The Ministry of Economic Development today announced the consultants selected for work on three elements of the government’s nationwide infrastructure stocktake.
"The Infrastructure Stocktake is intended to give an accurate snapshot of the state of New Zealand’s transport, energy, telecommunications and water infrastructure. This work is a key component in achieving the Government’s objectives of ensuring and maintaining an infrastructure stock that promotes and supports sustainable development in the long-term," said David Smol, Deputy Secretary, Resources and Networks.
"We received a large number of high quality responses to the requests for proposals. These were assessed against a range of criteria, including ability to meet the terms of reference, appropriateness of methodology, capability and experience, price, and ability to work with other consultants," said Mr Smol.
The selected consultants in each area are:
- Infrastructure Audit – PricewaterhouseCoopers. The audit will assess the quality of current and planned future infrastructure stock.
- Link Between Infrastructure and Sustainable Development – Maarama Consulting. This report will look at the links between infrastructure and sustainable development.
- Infrastructure Policy Framework – New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER). This project will develop a best practice infrastructure policy framework that takes account of conditions in New Zealand, particularly sustainable development objectives.
Mr Smol said these organisations will be starting work immediately, with the work expected to be completed by the end of November. An Interdepartmental Working Group will consider the reports and report to the Government early in 2004 on options that would ensure the government’s objectives for infrastructure are achieved.
"The success of this work in part relies on participation and co-operation from infrastructure service providers, users and other stakeholders. We encourage people to work with the organisations undertaking this work to get the best information possible," said Mr Smol.
The Ministry of Economic Development has identified assessing the infrastructure changes needed to better enable economic development in New Zealand as one of its key work projects over the next two to three years.
The Infrastructure Stocktake was announced in the Budget earlier this year and is being funded from the Growth and Innovation Budget.
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