Four pillars on a
smarter foundation.
Most engagements draw from more than one pillar - and all four now sit on the same foundation. A sports field review leads to a procurement; a procurement exposes an asset-management gap; the gap points to a system that should have been built three years ago. Smart systems and AI is the technology layer that carries every pillar - and keeps the joins from getting dropped.
Four pillars. One foundation.
Each pillar - and the foundation - links to its own page. Read in any order.
Procurement Advisory
Tenders that survive contact with reality. RFP drafting, evaluation panel support, panel-of-suppliers design, contract-form selection, and probity - scoped specifically to parks, sports fields, amenity, and arboriculture contracts. Plus advice on bringing services back in-house when that’s the right move.
Read more →- + Tender strategy & RFP drafting
- + Evaluation panel support
- + Panel-of-suppliers design
- + Bringing services back in-house
- + Contract form & probity
Sports Turf Specialist
Why your fields aren’t performing - and what it costs to fix. Independent performance assessments, renovation programme design, irrigation and drainage advice, and capital cases written to be defended in front of elected members. Technical advice across surface, soil, water, and use.
Read more →- + Field performance assessments
- + Renovation & upgrade programmes
- + Irrigation & drainage advice
- + Technical advice
- + Capital business cases
Amenity Horticulture
Service levels that match your budget - and plantings that actually thrive. Levels-of-service framework design, maintenance specification writing, KPI and reporting design, planting design, plant sourcing, and contractor performance reviews built to plug into your asset management plan.
Read more →- + Levels-of-service frameworks
- + Maintenance specifications
- + Planting design & plant sourcing
- + Contractor performance reviews
- + KPI & reporting design
Heritage Biological Advisory
Biological soil treatments, judged on the evidence - not the marketing. Independent assessment of heritage biological products and programmes, site suitability reviews, specification and trial design, and procurement integration - written so your own contractors can deliver it, with the call kept council-side.
Read more →- + Product & programme assessment
- + Site suitability reviews
- + Specification & trial design
- + Procurement integration
- + Independent review of results
A flavour of what we do, across the practice.
2028 Full Facility Maintenance Contracts - REOI Evaluation Panel
Subject matter expert (SME) large suppliers.
2028 Full Facility Maintenance Contracts - Sports Turf Contract Documentation
Natural & artificial turf technical specifications, asset data review and schedule of prices.
Bespoke Work Management System for Inhouse Team
Model, process map & develop an integrated SaaS work management system to support delivery of in house field team services across the district, including work programming, staff scheduling, delivery tracking and reporting. In association with LC Commerce.
2027 Overhead Services Tree Enhanced Pruning Contracts - Contract Documentation
Review and update contract documentation to support procurement process including contract schedules, technical specification, schedule of prices and contract performance model. In association with Arborlab Consultancy Services.
Parks and Open Spaces Contract Review - Contract Extension
Assist HDC to review contractor service delivery as part of a 2 year contract extension, including preparation of a contract improvement plan. In association with Spire Consulting.
Ecological Services Contract Review and Development
Review of existing contracts and contract documentation to inform longer term ecological services contracts.
Wanaka Showgrounds - Sports Turf Upgrade
Review of existing project documentation & development of updated drainage & irrigation plans/specifications, project documentation and procurement. In association with Greenspace4D NZ.
Technical Support - Sports Field Management
Technical support for Auckland Council team managing maintenance & delivery of Auckland natural and artificial turf sports field assets.
Engagements come in three shapes.
Diagnostic engagements answer a specific question. Procurement engagements run from brief to contract award. Programme engagements pair the diagnosis with the procurement and the implementation. See how each one runs →
Out of the weeds.
Into excellence.
If a tender, a sports field, a contract, or a system isn’t performing - let’s talk. First call is free, and you’ll know within thirty minutes whether we can help.
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