This is a Request for Tender (RFT) from Inner West Council for the design and installation of parklets. Tenders must be submitted electronically via VendorPanel by Monday, 25 May 2026, 04:00 AM. Key requirements include adherence to the proposed conditions of contract, submission of all returnable documents, and compliance with fair trade principles and modern slavery legislation. The evaluation criteria will consider proven capacity, methodology, WHS qualifications, personnel experience, response to checklists, and value for money. A mandatory project briefing is not specified. Respondents are responsible for their own investigations, including site inspections. Insurance requirements include Public Liability ($20M), Workers Compensation, and Professional Indemnity ($5M). The contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria, and the successful respondent will be required to register with the council's compliance provider, Conserve.
The closing date for submission of tenders is Monday, 25 May 2026, at 04:00 AM Eastern Standard Time.
Tenders will be evaluated based on proven capacity to perform and complete the contract, methodology and schedule, level of compliance with the proposed contract, work health safety qualifications and experience of key personnel, qualifications and experience of key subcontractors, response to the modern slavery act checklist, response to the environmental, social, local and aboriginal torres strait islander checklist, and value represented by each tender taking into consideration tender price and overall assessment of other criteria.
Respondents must submit a completed respondent declaration, pricing schedule, list of assumptions, requested amendments to proposed contract, details of insurance, proposed methodology, proposed schedule, acknowledgement of RFT addenda, declaration of site inspection, company profile, respondents experience, list of key personnel, proposed key subcontractors, quality assurance plan checklist, work health safety checklist, industrial relations checklist, sustainability questionnaire, modern slavery act checklist, and other relevant documents as specified in Schedule 4.
Respondents must undertake such further inquiries and investigations, including inspection of the site, at its own time, cost and expense prior to lodgement of its tender to satisfy itself as to the nature and scope of the works required. If required, the respondent must provide a duly signed declaration of site inspection with its tender.
Supplier queries must be submitted by Wednesday, 20 May 2026, at 04:00 AM Eastern Standard Time.
An incomplete tender may be disqualified. Failure by a respondent to attend a mandatory project briefing shall automatically disqualify its tender. Failure to comply with tender conditions may lead to the tender not being considered. Incomplete tenders, including those with electronic files that cannot be read or decrypted or otherwise in an incompatible format, or tenders which council believes to potentially contain any virus, malicious code or anything else that might compromise the integrity or security of the nominated tender website and/or the recipient's computing environment, may be excluded from evaluation.
