This is an invitation to offer for vending machine services for Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service. The scope includes installation, operation, servicing, and maintenance of vending machines, requiring telemetry-enabled and cashless machines. Suppliers must comply with food clauses, provide transparent reporting, and ensure financial accountability. Offers must be lodged electronically by 2:00 PM AEST on Tuesday, 19th May 2026. The evaluation criteria include mandatory adherence to the Queensland Government Supplier Code of Conduct and insurance requirements, as well as desirable criteria such as health compliance, technology integration, service delivery, sustainability, scalability, customer experience, and license fee model proposal. Suppliers must complete and return specific response schedules as outlined in Part C of the invitation to offer.
The bid notice states that offers must be lodged by 2:00 PM Australian Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, 19th May 2026.
The bid notice states that suppliers warrant that neither it, nor its personnel have engaged in, or will engage in, any collusive, anti-competitive or similar conduct in connection with the invitation process, or any actual or potential licence with any entity for goods and services similar to the goods and services.
The bid notice states that the customer is not evaluating offers on the sole criterion of price. The criteria against which the suppliers offer will be evaluated includes mandatory criteria: a warrant suppliers adhere to the Queensland Government supplier code of conduct, b compliance with the insurance requirements, or willingness to obtain the required insurances and to the minimum sum insured as specified in part b if successful in this ito process, and desirable criteria: a health compliance, b technology integration, c service delivery and reliability, d sustainability, f scalability and flexibility, g customer and community experience enhancements, h license fee model proposal.
The bid notice states that to be a conforming offer, the offer must satisfy all mandatory requirements and respond to all sections of the invitation to offer document response schedules within Part C.
The bid notice states that the customer may require shortlisted suppliers, as part of the evaluation process, to attend a formal negotiation meeting to discuss and confirm details of the suppliers offer and both parties understanding of the requirements. This meeting will also ensure the supplier fully understands the obligations of the licence and the terms and conditions, prior to entering into a licence.
The bid notice states that the closing date for questions is 2:00 PM AEST Wednesday, 13th May 2026.
The bid notice states that the customer may, in its absolute discretion but is not required to, immediately disqualify a supplier from the invitation process, or terminate the licence with the supplier which is subsequently entered into as a result of the invitation process, where it believes the supplier has breached any warranty in this clause.
