Request for Proposal For City Centre Indicative Business Case

Request For Proposals (Rfp) For City Centre Indicative Business Case Open Date: Wednesday, 12 July 2023 1:00 Pm (Pacific/Auckland Utc+12:00) Close Date: Friday, 11 August 2023 4:00 Pm (Pacific/Auckland Utc+12:00) Tender Type: Request For Proposals (Rfp) Tender Coverage: Sole Agency Regions: Manawatu-Wanganui Required Pre-Qualifications: None Overview: Palmerston North City Council (Pncc), Working With Key Stakeholders, Recently Completed The Palmerston North Integrated Transport Initiative (Pniti) Business Case Which Seeks To Manage Planned Economic Growth, Support The Freight And Distribution Potential Of The Region, Address Safety Issues And Improve The Liveability Of Residential Areas And City Centre. The Programme Has Been Staged With A Number Of Transport And Urban Amenity Benefits Achievable In The Shorter Term Through Lower Levels Of Investment. This Includes Online Corridor And Intersection Upgrades For Safety, Access And Amenity, Together With Safer Speeds. Enabling Streets For People Is An Early Action Arising From Pniti And One Which Pncc Has Been Delivering On For A Number Of Years Through Various Projects And Plans. In 2010 Palmerston North City Council (Pncc) Commenced A New Urban Design Journey To Address Many Years Of Poor Design Outcomes For The City, Including The City Centre. In 2018 Pncc Set A Vision Of Small City Benefits, Big City Ambition. We Identified City Centre Transformation As Being One Of Our Top City Shaping Moves. Our Strategic Goals Of Being Both An Innovative And Growing City And A Creative And Exciting City Set The Course Of Action And The Plans To Achieve This. More Recently We Have Been Delivering Streets For People, A Programme Of Streetscape Works Informed By The City Centre Framework (Ccf) And City Centre Streetscape Plan (Ccsp) Which Lays Out The High-Level Urban Design Direction And Vision For Streetscape Change. Currently, No Overarching Business Case Exists For Pncc Existing Programme Of Transport-Related Capital Works Within Palmerston NorthS City Centre And The Accessing Central New Zealand Rural Ring Road Pbc Has Stalled Following The Completion Of Pniti. As A Consequence It Is Unclear What The Scale Of Impact, And Importance, Is Of A Reconfigured Central City, On The Goals And Timing Of The Wider Pniti Programme As Well As A Lack Of Clarity And Alignment With Stakeholders Around Fit With CouncilS Broader Strategic Direction And Intended Outcomes/Benefits. Tender Link : Https://Www.Gets.Govt.Nz/Pncc/Externaltenderdetails.Htm?Id=27701169