The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is seeking service providers for the hire and management of furniture, office equipment, and warehouse operations for electoral events. Tenders must be lodged electronically via Austender by 24 July 2026, 2:00 PM ACT local time. Partial tenders are accepted. The evaluation will be based on understanding of services, experience, management of changed requirements, value-added services, price, and risk. A deed of standing offer is proposed for an initial period of three years with two optional three-year periods. Tenderers must comply with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules and the Commonwealth Supplier Code of Conduct.
The RFT closing time is 24 July 2026, 2:00 PM ACT local time. rft closing time: 24 july 2026 2. 00pm act local time
Tenders will be assessed against scored evaluation criteria including understanding of and approach to the services, experience and track record, management of changed requirements at short notice, and value added services. Non-scored criteria include price and risk. evaluation criteria: no. evaluation criteria information to be supplied weighting criteria scored evaluation criteria 1. understanding of and approach to the services tenderers approach, clearly demonstrating their capacity and capability to deliver the services outlined in the statement of requirements and invoice those services. annexure g to schedule 3 55 important
Tenderers must meet conditions for participation and minimum content and format requirements. The AEC may exclude tenders that do not comply. conditions for participation: notwithstanding the use of must, shall, will or other mandatory language, no other requirement in this rft is to be treated as a condition for participation.
Tenders may be excluded if they are late, incomplete, do not meet mandatory requirements, contain harmful code, or if the tenderer fails to provide assistance with security, probity, and financial checks. late tenders, incomplete tenders and corrupted files any attempt to lodge a tender after the rft closing time will not be permitted by austender.