Hose Tenders

The bid notice does not explicitly state a delivery deadline for the services. However, it mentions that detailed service reports are required within five days of the biannual service and maintenance being completed.

The bid notice states that the evaluation will be based on general assessment criteria including capability, price, methodology, and compliance with terms and conditions.

The closing date for this Request for Tender is 2:00 pm Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) on Monday, 30 March 2026. Late tenders may not be accepted.

Payment for scheduled work will be made at the tendered rate. A GST compliant tax invoice must be attached to the Contractor Service Report (CSR) when forwarding to the Superintendent for payment, unless a Recipient Created Tax Invoice (RCTI) agreement is in place. The Superintendent will certify payment when satisfied the work is completed satisfactorily and charges are in accordance with the schedule of rates.

The contractor shall provide warranties for workmanship and manufacturers and/or suppliers warranties for products used in the works, in the name of the principal. Indicative defects liability expectations for routine sweeping of roads and paths, unscheduled sweeping, and hand sweeping are 7 days. Any warranty for goods or material that extends beyond the defects liability period remains valid and the contractor must honour that warranty to its full extent.

The assessment criteria weightings for this tender are: Price 30%, Past Performance 15%, Local Content 30%, and Capacity 25%, totaling 100%.

The tender shortlisting process will be based on: completeness of response, local content, past performance, whether the tender response presents an acceptable level of risk to the principal, and price. The principal reserves the right to shortlist any number of tender responses and to take into account any other factors it deems necessary and appropriate.

Failure to meet service levels can result in an adverse contractor performance scorecard, disputed invoices, breach of contract notices, and the contractor paying all costs of rectification. Specific ramifications are detailed for each service level, including management fees and potential termination of the contract.

There is no industry briefing mentioned for this tender.

A tenderer that has received notification of their tender not being shortlisted will be entitled to request a debriefing in accordance with clause 25, as to why their tender response was not shortlisted, at the conclusion of the RFT process.

The anticipated practical completion date for the works is Friday, 26 June 2026.

The contract includes equipment warranty, maintenance, and servicing of the systems for 12 months from the date of practical completion.

Tenders will be evaluated on their merits according to resources (medium weighting), price (high weighting), weighted local business support (high weighting), environmental management (low weighting), quality management systems (low weighting), construction methodology (medium weighting), program management plans (medium weighting), and experience (medium weighting), risk management (medium weighting). Non-weighted criteria include proposed subcontractors, registrations and accreditations, financial capacity, referees, timeframe, contract issues and disputes, regulatory history, SA industry participation policy, and general matters.

Tenderers must be suitably qualified contractors. Mandatory criteria include submission of a formal offer, tenderer's details, insurances, workcover agreement, security, submission of statement of conformity, mandatory work health safety, warranties or guarantees, industrial relations, and conflict of interest.

A mandatory site inspection will be held on Tuesday, 31 March 2026, at 2:30 PM at the Whyalla Basketball Stadium. Tenderers must email ***@***. *. * by 4:00 PM on Friday, 27 March 2026, to advise who will be representing their business at the inspection. A site visit is a prerequisite to the submission and consideration of a bid.

The last date for queries is 5:00 PM, Thursday, 9 April 2026.