Situation

Goulburn Valley Water had reached the $100M consolidated revenue threshold which required them to formally report against the Modern Slavery Act (2018) requirements. This required the development of their first Modern Slavery statement to accompany it first report lodgement ensuring that the 7 mandatory criteria were clearly articulated. 

Approach

Micheal Mallon & Shane Lamont conducted a current state review, assessment and provided recommendations on the priority areas to address across a multi-year initiative road map for its Modern Slavery compliance reporting.  This program involved:

- Review current-state policies, frameworks and voice of the business

- Identify good practices and longer-term goals

- Evaluate current Modern Slavery reduction activities

- Conduct the maturity assessment against the key criteria

- Undertake supply chain mapping at tier 1 and tier 2 (country of origin)

- Develop a supplier Modern Slavery questionnaire

- Present the interim report the Executive and the Board

- Identify tools, templates, guides, & FAQs to support reporting requirements

- Identify system-level changes to aid ongoing reporting

- Identify necessary supplier engagement and uplift requirements

- Socialise recommendations with key stakeholders

- Develop Modern Slavery Position Statement and Response Protocol

Outcome

The Position Statement was formally presented to the Board for endorsement along with the assessment report containing 17 key recommendations. These recommendations were designed to uplift the organisational awareness and response capability to Modern Slavery risks and reporting. The report also included an interactive geo-spatial map showing their suppliers, spend categories and spend values. 

Situation

Goulburn Valley Water had three critical projects that required procurement review and financial sustainability assessment of the short-listed short-listed suppliers prior to final contract award recommendation to GVW Executive Leadership team. The projects included were: 

• Solar Fields Project
  

• Nathalia Clear Water Storage Project
  

• Abbinga Reservoir Relining Project
  

Approach

Shane Lamont led the procurement review and finance assessment for all three projects. 

The procurement review included:

- Project procurement strategy and planning

- Tender preparation and release to market

- Ternder evaluation and recommendation

- Contract review

The financial assessment included:

- Business and Management Corporate Assessment

- Company Financial Assessment

- Financial Viability Risk Assessment and Impact Rating

Outcome

The procurement review and financial assessments briefing papers were presented to GVW Executive team and were included in internal governance papers to support project recommendations and mitigation tactics.

Situation

Goulburn Valley Water was upgrading its water storge infrastructure with the construction of a 36 megalitre water storage tank at the Shepparton Operations Centre. Shane Lamont and Micheal Mallon were engaged to develop a procurement strategy and case that achieved the desired business case outcomes.

Approach

Shane Lamont and Micheal Mallon worked with the GVW project team to develop a project procurement strategy – this included:

- Review of the project business case

- Identification of key procurement value drivers

- Identification and assessment of key procurement risks.

- Supplier market assessment .

- Assessment of various procurement approaches.

- Selection of preferred procurement strategy and rationale.

Additional value-add:

- Introduced a new procurement major project procurement strategy template

- Coached GVW project team through the procurement strategy and planning process.

- Knowledge transfer for future projects.

Outcome

The Project Procurement Strategy was formally presented to the GVW Executive Leadership Team and Board for endorsement. The Procurement Strategy were designed to achieve the Project Business Case outcomes and manage specific market risks. The Procurement Strategy also included a detail plan to deliver the project procurement plan.