Geoff Helisma|

Clarence Valley Council (CVC) has chosen Coffs Harbour-based company Swimplex Aquatics to replace Maclean pool’s filtration system at a cost of $ 445,748.

Meanwhile, there is $328,605 remaining of the $803,363 budgeted for upgrades at the pool.

“[This] will be utilised on the secondary part of the project, being the construction of a plant room to house the new filtration plant, an accessible toilet and the demolition of the existing infrastructure,” the report to the February CVC meeting stated.

The winning tender was one of three; the others were from Beau Corp Projects Pty Ltd and Alto Pacific Pty Ltd.

“Extensive consultation was undertaken with aquatic designers, aquatic engineers, the pool manager and various sections of council…” the report to council stated.

“Tender specifications were structured so local suppliers and/or contractors were not excluded from being the prime supplier/contractor.

“The tender specification requested tenderers to identify the local suppliers/contractors that would be involved in delivering/constructing the project and the tender assessment included a 15% weighting of the total tender score for local supplier content.”