This is a public tender for mosquito management services at the Port of Townsville. The scope of work includes mosquito treatment, surveillance, and reporting. The Port of Townsville is a key entry and export point, and managing mosquito-borne diseases like dengue fever, chikungunya, zika, yellow fever, and malaria is crucial. The successful tenderer will cooperate with the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, Biosecurity Queensland, and Townsville City Council. Tenders must be lodged electronically via the Vendor Panel website by June 15, 2026, at 10 am. Offers must remain valid for 120 days. The evaluation criteria include mandatory criteria such as insurance compliance, modern slavery, previous performance, and ethical supplier threshold, as well as qualitative criteria for local content, social procurement, capability and experience, delivery and methodology, and quality and compliance. Late tenders will not be accepted. There will be no public opening of tenders. The Port reserves the right to reject any or all tenders.
The closing date for tenders is June 15, 2026, with the closing time being 10 am.
In submitting a tender, the tenderer warrants that it has all necessary experience, skill and resources to perform its obligations under the draft contract, has not obtained any improper assistance in preparing its tender, its tender does not contain any false or misleading claims or statements, and complies with all applicable laws, has examined and acquainted itself with and satisfied itself concerning the contents of the request for tender, has considered all information that is relevant to the risks, contingencies and other circumstances which could affect its tender and is satisfied as to the accuracy, completeness and sufficiency of its tender, and any assumptions upon which tenderer bases its tender.
The offer evaluation process will involve an assessment of tenderers offers received against the criteria listed below. The port is not evaluating offers on the sole criterion of price. The criteria against which the tenderers offer will be evaluated includes mandatory criteria (insurance compliance, modern slavery, previous performance and/or referee reports verified, ethical supplier threshold) and qualitative criteria (local content within 125km of goods/services being delivered, social procurement, capability and experience, delivery and methodology, quality and compliance).
The evaluation criteria include mandatory criteria such as insurance compliance, modern slavery, previous performance and/or referee reports verified, and ethical supplier threshold, as well as qualitative criteria for local content, social procurement, capability and experience, delivery and methodology, and quality and compliance.
The closing date for questions is June 12, 2026.
Any tenderer who directly or indirectly canvasses support from an employee, contractor or agent of the port will be disqualified and any tender submitted will not be considered.
