Comdain was selected as preferred service provider after a comprehensive, competitive market tender process and brings with it extensive knowledge and experience delivering capital and maintenance programs on the Australian gas network.
Comdain Managing Director Tom Coen said “Working with Multinet through the evaluation and selection process gives me great confidence that our similar collaborative philosophical approaches will ensure this contract will deliver beyond expectations.”?
Comdain said that it is committed to partnering with Multinet to deliver innovation and improvements to the ongoing operations and maintenance in the delivery of natural gas to customers in its network distribution area. Comdain and Multinet will work together to ensure a smooth transition of the appropriate services to all stakeholders.
The commercial framework adopted provides a collaborative working relationship as it aligns the risks of the parties and supports cost transparency for Multinet whilst delivering quality construction and maintenance of Multinet’s assets. A key performance indicator structure has been designed to incentivise Comdain’s continuous improvement philosophy.
Multinet distributes approximately one third of Victoria’s annual gas load to more than 660,000 customers across Melbourne’s inner and outer east, the Yarra Ranges and South Gippsland. Its distribution network includes 232 km of transmission pressure pipelines, with 9,728 km of distribution mains.
Comdain will service Multinet’s distribution network for an initial five-year period commencing 1 July 2013.