Good afternoon Tirth

We have received your request, through the FYI website asking for information on KiwiRail projects spanning the period from 1990 to 2023 as noted below.
Please be advised we are declining your request in full under sections 18(f) substantial collation, 18(e) does not exist, 18(d) public information, and 9(2)(i) plus 9(2)(b)(ii) commercial activities of KiwiRail and Third parties.

To explain, KiwiRail has only been in existence as a State-Owned Enterprise since 2008, hence we would not hold any information prior to that date.
Since then, we have been involved in several hundred if not thousands of projects across our network, and to provide the details requested on all projects would be too onerous to provide, given the time span requested and the details required we do not believe there is a sensible way to refine your request to make it manageable.
In addition many of the details you have requested will be publicly available as these projects will have been publicly announced.

Finally, the procurement details of all these projects will be commercially sensitive to KiwiRail and the third parties who submitted bids.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

Kind regards

Dave

Dave Allard  | Senior Government Relations Advisor
Level 4, Wellington Railway Station, Bunny Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 593, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

www.kiwirail.co.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Tirth Patel <[FYI request #26476 email]>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 7:14 PM
To: KiwiRail <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Project expenditure

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Dear KiwiRail,

I am reaching out to formally request information regarding projects overseen by the KIWI RAIL spanning the period from 1990 to 2023. With this goal in mind, I am specifically seeking information on the following aspects of the projects:

Project Details:
Project name and Contract No
Project type /Group of Project
Project status (i.e., construction)
Location (address, city, state)
Estimated Construction Start date and end date Actual Construction Start date and end date Size or scale of the project (Project value range) Actual project cost Contractor Information:

Procurement Details:
A number of contracting companies participated in the bidding process of a particular project Successful tenders awarded Delivery method used Contract estimate Accepted tender price

Yours faithfully,
Tirth

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