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Contract-ready traffic control for NSW councils and agencies.

Government

Overview

Tender-ready traffic control for NSW councils, TfNSW, Sydney Water, Sydney Metro and state agencies. Insurance, accreditation, schedule-of-rates pricing, reporting and audit-grade compliance — built to respond to panel tenders.

Government and council traffic control runs on three things: compliance paperwork, audited delivery and predictable pricing. We're built for all three. Our documentation, insurance and accreditation are structured to meet every panel-supplier requirement we've seen, and our crews deliver to the contract spec, every shift. If you're a NSW council, a TfNSW project team, a Sydney Water contractor, a Sydney Metro partner, or a state agency running procurement on traffic control, we can respond to your tender without the usual compliance gaps.

Our standing accreditation covers TfNSW Traffic Control accreditation, SafeWork NSW compliance, AS 1742.3:2019 training for all designers and controllers, an ISO 45001-aligned safety management system, $20M public and products liability (scalable to $50M on request for specific contracts), $50M professional indemnity, and full workers compensation. Where contracts require additional accreditations, memberships or named-insured cover, we work with our broker and industry partners to meet the requirement.

For NSW council panel arrangements we respond to annual and multi-year schedules of rates (SOR) tenders with transparent rates, named site contacts, guaranteed mobilisation windows, and proper insurance. We supply the required compliance evidence — Prequalification System responses (where applicable), Workplace Injury Management, SWMS library, ICare currency certificate, and detailed rate schedules broken by controller class, vehicle type, gear and travel. We don't low-ball the tender and then under-deliver — our rates reflect the real cost of a trained controller with the right gear, travelling the right distance.

For TfNSW contracts — including Road Maintenance Council Contract (RMCC), asset management panels, project delivery partners, and major-project TC subcontracts — we supply controllers, TGS design, Road Occupancy Licence lodgement, VMS supply and supervision to the contract specification. We're familiar with TfNSW's G10 / TS 03401 (Temporary Traffic Management) specification, the related G22 (WHS Construction) requirements, MMCR (Major Maintenance Civil Refurbishment) contracts, and the TCAWS implementation standards that are audited on site.

For Sydney Water, Sydney Metro, Transport Canberra (cross-border ACT work), Endeavour Energy, Ausgrid and state utilities we run under their specific contractor standards. That means JobSIS for Sydney Water, TC contractor pre-qualifications for Sydney Metro, and utility-specific SWMS libraries that match their incident reporting and safety frameworks.

Our reporting is where we differentiate from smaller operators. Every shift closes with a Daily Diary on our standard template or yours — TGS reference, controllers on site, start/finish, setup and breakdown photos, incidents, near misses, breach/variance notes, and sign-on/sign-off. Monthly and quarterly reporting rolls up shift data to KPI dashboards the contract manager can put straight into their Board pack. We keep seven years of audit-grade records per contract requirement.

For public-sector tenders and grant-funded projects we understand the procurement rhythm. Pre-tender briefings, questions-through-the-portal, structured responses, reference check handling, and post-award probity-clean contract management. We respond to RFTs through LGNSW eMarketplace (VendorPanel), NSW Government buy.nsw, TfNSW EvergreenTenders and numerous council-specific portals.

Sustainability and Indigenous procurement are increasingly contract requirements. We're set up to respond to modern slavery questionnaires, support client Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) commitments where required, and report on emissions-reduction initiatives for plant and vehicles. We don't greenwash — we tell you what we're doing and what we're not.

Finally, insurance and indemnity. Our $20M PL / $50M PI / workers comp package covers the typical council and agency requirements. Where a contract requires higher-tier limits, named-insured status or specific waivers, we can arrange through our insurance broker and provide current COIs quickly.

If you're running a council traffic management tender, a TfNSW project TC response, or a utility network's after-hours panel, we'd welcome an early conversation. The better we understand your contract framework, the better our response — and the better our delivery once we're in it.

What's included

What you get with Government

Tender-ready insurance, accreditation and compliance

Schedule-of-rates pricing transparent to contract managers

Daily diary and KPI reporting to your template or ours

TfNSW G10 (TS 03401) and TCAWS-compliant delivery

Sydney Water JobSIS, Sydney Metro and utility standards

Tender-ready response packs for NSW council panels

ISO 45001-aligned SMS, $20M PL, $50M PI coverage

Audit-grade records kept for seven years

Who it's for

Who we do this for

We tune scope, crew size and gear to the client — here are the teams we most often deliver this service for.

NSW councils running annual TC panels

TfNSW project delivery teams

Sydney Water and utility network contractors

Sydney Metro and rail project partners

State agencies with traffic control needs

Federal agencies operating in NSW

When this is the right service

When government is what you actually need

Plain-English triggers — if any of these match your job, this is the service line we'd put you on.

  • Council annual or multi-year traffic-control panel covering an LGA's works programme.
  • TfNSW project delivery — corridor TC packages on a major-project pipeline.
  • Sydney Water Delivery Partner or Tier 2/3 contract requiring TC sub-supply.
  • Sydney Metro surface-works package needing an accredited TC subcontractor.
  • Utility-network panel arrangements for after-hours fault response.
  • State and federal grant-funded infrastructure projects with TC compliance gates.
  • buy.nsw, VendorPanel, EvergreenTenders or council-portal RFTs and SOR responses.
Track record

Typical projects

A snapshot of the kind of work this service line delivers across NSW every week.

  • Council annual TC panel arrangements
  • TfNSW Road Maintenance Council Contract (RMCC) work
  • Sydney Water main-replacement and emergency response
  • Sydney Metro surface-works TC packages
  • Utility network after-hours standing orders
  • Grant-funded infrastructure project delivery
What goes wrong

How government jobs come unstuck

Honest list — these are the failure modes we see when traffic control is skipped, under-scoped or handed to a generalist.

  • Tender response that low-balls the schedule of rates to win.

    What happens: Variations and disputes 6 months in. Audit findings on rate inconsistency. Panel removal at renewal. We don't play that game and we'd rather miss the tender.

  • Insurance certificates lapse mid-contract.

    What happens: Contract manager pulls work until COIs refresh. Crews idle on the depot list. Your KPI dashboard shows the gap to the elected members.

  • Daily diaries inconsistent or late.

    What happens: Monthly KPI rollup misses data. Contract manager has to chase. Audit window arrives without the records to defend the work delivered.

  • Sub-supplier (or subbie of a subbie) on site without your accreditation.

    What happens: Principal's compliance audit catches it. Probity issue, sometimes a financial penalty, and the panel review at renewal asks hard questions.

  • G10 / TS 03401, TCAWS or contract-spec drift between design and delivery.

    What happens: TfNSW or council audit finds the gap. Stop-work, rectification, retrospective documentation. Your contract reputation takes the hit, not the supplier's.

How we run it

From first call to Government on site

The shape of an engagement on this service line. Same process whether it's a single shift or a multi-year contract — only the scale changes.

  1. Prequalification and panel response

    We respond to RFTs, SOR tenders and panel arrangements with the documentation contract managers need: insurance, accreditation, prequalification responses, named site contacts, mobilisation windows and structured rate cards. Submitted complete, on time, every time.

  2. Onboarding and SWMS alignment

    Once awarded, we align our SWMS library to your contract spec — TfNSW G10 / TS 03401 + G22, Sydney Water JobSIS, Sydney Metro contractor handbook, council-specific frameworks. Your contract manager gets a single onboarding pack that covers everything.

  3. Deployment and stable crew allocation

    Named controllers on your depot list, briefed against your contract conditions, with their tickets and PPE current. Same crew on your work where possible — institutional knowledge of your sites pays back across the contract.

  4. Daily diary and audit-grade records

    Per-shift diary on your template (or ours, if you'd rather). Photos, sign-on, TGS reference, incident logs, near-misses, breach/variance notes. Filed for 7 years.

  5. Monthly KPI rollup

    Standard KPI pack — shift count, on-time mobilisation, incident rate, near-miss rate, TC variance against approved plans, compliance evidence. Drops into your contract management portal monthly.

  6. Annual audit and renewal

    We support your audit cycle with full record access, attend renewal review meetings, and propose continuous-improvement actions. Where rates need to flex (CPI, scope changes), we negotiate transparently — not via variation surprise.

What drives the quote

What you're actually paying for

No hidden margin — these are the levers that move the price up or down on every quote we write for this service.

  • Schedule of rates structure

    Rates broken by controller class (Blue/Yellow/Orange Card), vehicle type (light, light with TMA, heavy), gear category (cones/signs vs VMS vs water-filled barriers) and shift class (day, night, weekend, public holiday). Transparent and auditable.

  • Contract term and volume

    12-month panels carry one rate band. 3–5 year multi-year contracts get a tighter band, with CPI adjustment built in. Volume commitments lower the rate; ad-hoc usage doesn't get the same discount.

  • Geography

    Single-LGA contracts price on a single mobilisation zone. State-wide TfNSW or utility contracts price by zone with regional surcharges that reflect actual travel and accommodation cost.

  • Reporting and audit overhead

    Monthly KPI rollups, ISO 45001 audit support, modern slavery and ATSI procurement reporting all carry a small admin loading. We list it line-by-line so it's auditable rather than hidden.

  • Insurance scaling

    Standard $20M PL / $50M PI is included. Specific contracts that require $50M PL, named-insured status or cross-liability waivers attract a small uplift through our broker, billed at cost.

  • Variation pricing

    Variation rates are pre-agreed in the contract — the same SOR, applied to the additional scope. We don't price variations like emergencies.

A job we ran

Real shift, anonymised

One job we delivered on this service line. Names and locations are kept generic; the operating detail is exactly as it ran.

Mid-Sydney council traffic control panel — 3-year SOR

Mid-tier Sydney council, traffic control panel covering planned maintenance, construction, events and emergency response across the LGA. We responded to the RFT with a structured SOR (controllers by ticket class, plant rates by category, shift loadings by time-of-day), a five-year insurance roadmap and a sample monthly KPI rollup. Awarded on a 3-year term with two 12-month options. First contract year delivered 412 shifts across 47 distinct council jobs, with 100% mobilisation against the 4-hour SLA on planned, 92% against the 90-minute SLA on emergency, and zero audit findings on documentation. KPIs land in the council's contract dashboard by the 5th of every month. The contract manager has presented two years' data to the elected council members without surprises.
Compliance

Regulations & accreditation

Every Government job is delivered to the current NSW standards and codes of practice.

Regulations we work to

  • TfNSW G10 / TS 03401 Temporary Traffic Management specification
  • AS 1742.3:2019 and TfNSW TCAWS manual
  • SafeWork NSW WHS Regulation 2017
  • ISO 45001-aligned Safety Management System
  • Procurement frameworks: buy.nsw, VendorPanel, EvergreenTenders
  • Modern Slavery Act 2018 reporting (where applicable)
TfNSW-accredited (Traffic Control)SafeWork NSW compliantAS 1742.3:2019$20M Public & Products Liability
Frequently asked

Government — FAQs

Frequently asked questions

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