Hamilton City Council uses almost 2000 suppliers to keep our city running, and to improve and add to its assets and infrastructure. We choose suppliers via either:
- a competitive tender process
- a preferred supplier process
- staff (if the value is below $50,000, staff can obtain multiple quotes from local companies and do not need to go through a formal tender process).
In procuring products and services, we consider price, but also the environmental, social, cultural, and economic benefits that can be generated. ‘Buying local’ is important to us to support our community.
Tenders
From Monday 17 July 2023, we will list our tender opportunities on the New Zealand Government Electric Tenders Service (GETS), where you can register to be notified of any current Hamilton City Council Tenders. GETS is a free service designed to promote open, fair competition for New Zealand Government contract opportunities.
The GETS supplier user guide can be found here.
From Thursday 13 July 2023, we will no longer be listing any tender opportunities through Tenderlink, however any tender process that started prior to this date will continue as planned in Tenderlink.
Each listed opportunity includes:
- our requirements
- the ratio of price and non-price attributes
- how we intend to score responses to non-price attributes
- a timeline for submitting bids
- the ability for bidders to ask questions.
How are tenders evaluated?
Staff evaluate bids using a variety of models.
The simplest is the best-price option, but generally, as the complexity and/or risk increases non-price attributes such as capability and competence are also considered.
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Last updated 8 June 2022