Latest News Maintenance Contracts Masterton District Council roading and streetlighting contracts for the period of July 1st 2009 to 2012 were finalised at the Council meeting held on Wednesday 25th March 2009.  Tenders for both contracts closed on March 9th, after which the Council conducted detailed analysis of all three roading and streetlighting submissions received.  The Mayor, Garry Daniell advises that the analysis involved thorough investigations into each of the contract proposals and all were put through a rigorous evaluation process.  “Qualifications, performance and experience were all taken into consideration but the final decision making process was largely determined by price,” says Garry Daniell.   “We want to ensure that we are adequately managing the rating impact of Council maintenance costs.” The roading maintenance contract was won by Fulton Hogan who offered a sum of $9,678,173.10 over the three year period of the contract.  Linetech Electrical Services won the streetlighting contract $325,525.15, also over a three year period.  The roading contract was formerly held by Oldfield Asphalts who had held the contract for the last five years.  In the case of the Streelighting Contract, the incumbent contractor would retain the work.  The new roading contract, which takes into consideration routine maintenance duties as well as mechanical street sweeping and road marking, was accepted for a term of three years.  This will be followed potentially by two single-year contract renewal periods.  The Streetlight Maintenance Contract was also based on the same terms. 26 March 2009