NZTA and Road Controlling Authorities (RCAs) outsource work on infrastructure projects, infrastructure maintenance and corporate goods and services to private sector suppliers, including consultants and contractors.
Suppliers have important parts to play in the sector enjoying the full benefits of implementing a national Asset Management Data Standard (AMDS). For example, as data collectors, trainers, and role models of managing change well.
This page provides resources and messages for suppliers to help them with their journeys alongside RCAs in implementing AMDS within their organisations.
Watch our video below that introduces the Asset Management Data Standard for suppliers.
For AMDS, the term supplier refers to any organisation engaged by an RCA to undertake work related to transport assets. For example:
The AMDS provides suppliers with the opportunity to standardise processes and systems, for example:
It is really important that suppliers start to plan for AMDS. We recommend the following steps:
This document has been written for suppliers that directly use an RCAs asset management database or use a staging or moderation instance of an RCA database to enter, validate or analyse asset data.
AMDS information for suppliers document [PDF, 1.1 MB]
Implementation of AMDS into the transport sector is phased over a 5-year period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2027. Where possible RCAs have been grouped by region.
We recommend that RCAs discuss their AMDS implementation strategy with suppliers, at least 12-18 months before their planned go live implementation date. Below is a list of current versions of AMDS that each RCA has adopted. This list is updated quarterly however you should always check in with the RCA to make sure the information is current.
AMDS version list as at October 2025 [PDF, 183 KB]
Identify the systems and processes that will change when your customers adopt the AMDS.
The AMDS current state analysis template helps capture information about how asset data is collected and stored and identifies the systems and processes that use asset data.
Current state analysis template [XLSX, 369 KB]
The best place to find information about the Asset Management Data Standard is our Data Standard Releases web page. This page includes the asset hierarchy, the released version of the data standard and the provisional releases.
