Annual Reports

Consultancy expenditure

Consultancy expenditure 2019 – 2020

Consultant	Expenditure 2019-20 (GST ex)	Project
Aither Pty Ltd	$ 16,500.00	Service Delivery Strategy Review
Alana Jones	$ 14,000.00	Consultancy for the development of the non residential water efficiency program
Alchemy Solutions Pty Limited	$ 79,850.00	CX & UI design digital metering trial
Arcadis Australia Pacific Pty Ltd	$ 200,000.00	SEAMs sewer asset optimisation pilot trial
Assetivity Pty Limited	$ 131,664.90	Consultancy services - Strategic asset management roadmap
CGI Technologies and Solutions Australia Pty Ltd	$ 14,500.00	Independent Review of VPDSS Processes
Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd	$ 25,000.00	Deloitte Invoice Number 83257 Invoice Date 25.01.2019
E2 Design Pty Ltd	$ 24,530.00	Development of an Integrated Water Management Plan for the Precinct 15 / Altona North redevelopment in Hobsons Bay
Enel X Australia Pty Limited	$ 15,000.00	'Integrated Energy Advantage' study for CWW facitlities
GHD Pty Ltd	$ 93,203.00	ATP Key Assets Investigation
GHD Pty Ltd	$ 60,000.00	Greening The West 2013 Strategic Plan - review & refresh project
GHD Pty Ltd	$ 87,070.00	Sewer Modelling 2019/20
KPMG	$ 22,727.27	Valuation services
RSM Bird Cameron	$ 10,250.00	Review of preparation and workings for AASB 16 - leases
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd	$ 23,840.00	PFI Portal Development
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd	$ 27,500.00	Sewer Modelling Steele Creek
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd	$ 35,920.00	West Werribee Micro Hydro Project
Terry Atkinson and Associates Pty Ltd	$ 10,881.82	2020 Board Performance Review
Tonkin & Taylor Pty Ltd	$ 46,830.00	GM and Vibration assessment
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	$ 52,915.80	Preston Nth Essendon Planning Model Built
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	$ 11,985.50	Sewer Modelling Avondale Heights
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	$ 60,000.00	Optimatics - Distribution Mains
WSP Australia Pty Ltd	$ 17,177.70	Sewer Modelling - Mentoring & Coaching
	$ 1,081,345.99

Consultancy expenditure 2018 - 2019

Consultant	Total approved fee (GST ex)	Expenditure 2018-19 (GST ex)	Future expenditure (GST ex)	Project
Agility Corporate	24,000	24,000	0	WFM Modelling and review
Beca Pty Ltd	16,000	16,000	0	To provide a review of the current stores process and systems along with associated recommendations on the transfer of inventory management
Customer Service Benchmarking	12,707	11,552	0	CSAB consultancy engagement for workforce management review
Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd	20,000	20,000	0	Facilitation services for C&C functional design work
Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd	25,000	25,000	0	Credit Review Consultancy
Emely Begovic	35,000	35,000	0	Consultancy services for Digital Customer Experience Feasibility Study and transformation project
Ernst & Young	90,500	81,784	0	Maintenance contract review
Ernst & Young	51,745	51,745	0	Health and safety maturity re-assessment
Fivenines Consulting Pty Ltd	24,500	24,500	0	Land Development and Property Development integration and process review
GHD Pty Ltd	41,329	10,828	0	Guideline for Design and Construction of SWH schemes
Grosvenor Performace Group Pty Limited	88,669	88,669	0	Procurement Review
Integrity Governance	36,000	36,000	0	Board review
KPMG	20,000	20,500	0	AASB 15 advice
Quantum Market Research	126,590	126,590	0	Voice of the customer programme
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd	45,000	15,500	29,500	Sewer Modelling Steele Creek
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	111,627	63,428	48,199	Building and calibration of various hydraulic models
Urbis Pty Ltd	29,100	18,661	0	West Werribee Landscape Master Plan
WSP Australia Pty Ltd	70,000	50,320	10,808	Sewer Flow Monitoring Strategy
Total		720,078

Consultancy expenditure 2017 - 2018

Consultant	Total approved fee (GST exc)	Expenditure 2017-18 (GST exc)	Future expenditure (GST exc)	Project
Aecom	98,884.00	98,884.00	0.00	Capital programme review
Crysp Australia Pty Ltd	35,000.00	24,850.00	0.00	Development of Cyber Security Strategy
Customer Service Benchmarking	80,098.29	80,098.29	0.00	Journey mapping consultancy Customer Service Benchmarking Australia Pty Ltd
Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd	95,000.00	95,000.00	0.00	Customer Operations Review Phase 1 and 2
Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd	41,128.00	41,128.00	0.00	Fee for financial model development up to 22 Feb 2018.
Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd	40,000.00	40,000.00	0.00	Development of IT Strategy
Fitch Ratings	50,000.00	50,000.00	0.00	2017 credit opinion fee
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Pty Ltd	13,500.00	13,500.00	0.00	Fraud Risk Assessment for City West Water.
PCI Consulting Australia Pty Ltd	68,000.00	18,566.25	49,433.75	PCI Compliance Review
RR Leadership Solutions	10,750.00	10,750.00	0.00	Review of Emergency Management Arrangements
Safetyworks Group Pty Ltd	10,000.00	10,100.00	0.00	SWG Proposal dated 25 August 2017. Health & Safety Training Program - Independent Review. Site Visit 26-28 Sept.
Spiire Australia Pty Ltd	14,800.00	11,900.00	2,900.00	Smart Rainwater Tank Concept Study
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd	84,000.00	83,999.96	0.00	Joint Preston Model
Consultants > $10k 11 consultants 13 consultancies		578,776.50

Consultancy expenditure 2015 - 2016

Consultants >= $10,000	Purpose	Total approved fee (GST excl.)	Expenditure 2014-15 (GST excl.)	Future expenditure (GST excl)
CH2MHill Australia Pty Ltd	ASRP - Consultancy Services - Maintenance Specialist Support in accordance with Contract No. CWC10133	$0	$124,963	$0
Sweett (Australia) Pty Ltd	Site Scoping Assessment for Ravenhall AWPF	$13,900	$13,900	$0
Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd	Greek Hill Tank Site Layout	$15,382	$15,382	$0
CMP Consulting Group Pty Ltd	Ravenhall AWPF Functional Design	$152,275	$21,156.20	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	ASR investigation into enviro and liveability benefits	$25,000	$25,000	$0
G Squared Solutions	LFI EPR Scoping Study	$17,000	$17,000	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	Alternative Water Sources for Central Melbourne Feasibility and Concept Design Consultancy	$25,000	$18,740	$0
Walbridge & Gilbert	Functional Design of Black Forest Rd Project	$109,570	$109,570	$0
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	Cowies Hill water model update	$12,272	$10,872	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	Model Build and calibration of Greenvale water zone	$49,315	$22,415	$26,900
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	Water Model Build and Calibration of East Keilor and Gaffney St	$51,900	$37,744	$14,156
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	Yuroke Sydenham water model build and calibration	$76,700	$44,305	$0
Nous Group	Transformation strategy	$304,034	$304,033.56	$0
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	Richmond sewer catchment hydraulic model build and calibration	$35,200	$17,600	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	Hydraulic modelling of the Lower Kororoit sewer catchment	$38,136	$39,136	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	St Albans sewer model build and calibration	$53,760	$53,760	$0
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	Hydraulic modelling of the DIS, Epsom, Essendon and Laverton Sewer catchments	$69,058	$60,538.70	$0
Aqueon Pty Ltd	Ballan Rd ASR. Hydrogeological consultancy service	$11,480	$11,481	$0
Aurecon Australia Pty Ltd	ATP - Consultancy Services for Feedwater Pump Station Redesign Options Study in accordance with Contract CWC10148.	$39,430	$17,523	$21,907
Total		$1,099,412	$964,119.46	$62,963

Consultancy expenditure 2014 - 2015

Consultants >= $10,000	Purpose	Total approved fee (GST excl.)	Expenditure 2014-15 (GST excl.)	Future expenditure (GST excl)
Biosys Research	Greek Hill cultural heritage report	$50,000	$10,162.00	$0
R J Keller & Associates	CBD modelling project	$46,000	$11,040.00	$55,200
AECOM Australia Pty Ltd	Greek Hill pipeline - flora and fauna targeted surveys	$21,500	$12,250.00	$0
Marabou Enterprises Pty Ltd	Draft strategic procurement plan	$16,150	$15,000.00	$0
RMCG	Greek Hill supply zone - land capability assessment	$20,000	$18,181.82	$0
Urban Water Solutions Pty Ltd	Yuroke Sydenham water model build and calibration	$69,735	$25,430.00	$40,937
Alchime Pty Ltd	Commercial advisory services for new maintenance contract	$253,454	$26,765.90	$0
Douglas Partners Pty Ltd	Greek Hill land contamination	$53,920	$47,920.00	$0
ECOS Environmental Consulting Pty Ltd	Evaporative cooling using recycled water	$72,000	$60,465.44	$0
CSIRO	ASR well clogging study and column study testing	$142,000	$105,000.00	$0
CSIRO	Column study testing	$90,000	$76,322.00	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	Alternative Water sources for central Melbourne feasibility and concept design	$150,000	$82,624.38	$36,216
GHD Pty Ltd	Seismic Investigation at Ballan Road	$100,000	$93,111.00	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	East Werribee WWCM servicing strategy	$147,256	$129,256.00	$0
Detection Services Pty Ltd	Managing non-revenue water	$139,279	$137,379.64	$0
DB Results Pty Ltd	Arrow R3 CC&B assessment of previously implemented solution	$200,000	$164,545.45	$0
AECOM Australia Pty Ltd	Water Future Central options development and analysis	$194,095	$172,095.06	$0
Total		$1,765,389	$1,187,548.69	$132,353

Consultancy expenditure 2013 - 2014

Consultants >= $10,000	Purpose	Total approved fee (GST excl.)	Expenditure 2013-14 (GST excl.)	Future expenditure (GST excl)
AECOM Australia Pty Ltd	Water Future Central - options development and analysis	$170,000	$22,000	$22,000
Alchimie Pty Ltd	Consultancy for the procurement of maintenance services	$349,290	$44,600	$304,690
Altura Partners Pty Ltd	Financial Management Strategy	$40,000	$39,000	$0
Atura Pty Ltd	On ground impact on farming operation from salinity / sodicity of irrigation water	$24,943	$24,943	$0
Consulting Elements	CC & B paper	$22,000	$22,000	$0
Deloite	Infrastructure revaluation	$47,250	$47,250	$0
Douglas Partners Pty Ltd	Environmental soil investigation Ravenhall AWPF	$35,000	$24,545	$0
E2 Design Pty Ltd	Black Forest Road cacthment IWC strategy	$100,000	$71,185	$0
Fidun Pty Ltd	Head office transition strategy	$17,080	$17,080	$0
Fitch Australia Pty Ltd	Credit rating assessment	$50,000	$46,831	$0
Flovac Vacuum Sewerage Systems Pty Ltd	Sanctuary Lakes assessment works	$57,940	$57,940	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	Ravenhall options analysis and concept design	$115,000	$74,004	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	IWCM Screening Study	$65,000	$59,986	$0
GHD Pty Ltd	Stony Creek sewer model build and calibration	$16,061	$16,061	$0
Griffith University	Autonomous and intelligent system for residential water end use classification	$50,000	$30,000	$20,000
KPMG	Assistance with revision of treasury policy	$15,000	$10,000	$0
Marabou Enterprises Pty Ltd	Gap analysis around supply policies and the VGPB future supply policies and management plan for transition to new supply policies and practices	$16,150	$16,150	$0
Milner Corporation Pty Ltd	CWW Financial Review	$18,000	$18,000	$0
Newgate Research	2014 customer expectations research	$24,999	$24,999	$0
Opus International Consultants (NSW) Pty Ltd	DTIMS scoping project	$11,940	$11,940	$0
Strahan Research Pty Ltd	Customer satisfaction research	$36,000	$34,022	$0
Symplicit Pty Ltd	Develop CWW and customer requirements for new website	$71,000	$70,500	$0
Third Horizon Consulting Pty Ltd	Cost efficiency review and performance metrics development	$215,000	$214,696	$0
Urban Water Solutions	Model build and calibration - Steele Creek sewerage catchment	$12,000	$12,000	$0