This is an Approach to Market (ATM) for the provision of printing, packaging, and dispatching stationery services for the Bureau of Meteorology. The contract period is from September 2026 to December 2028. Responses must be lodged electronically via Austender by 3:00 PM VIC local time on Wednesday, 13 May 2026. There are no industry briefing sessions or site inspections. Questions are permitted until 5:00 PM Wednesday, 6 May 2026. Potential suppliers must comply with all Commonwealth ATM terms and agree to enter into a contract incorporating Commonwealth contract terms. The supplier must be an Australian business. The contract will not be extended. Deliverables include annual stationery pack filling, form printing, and printing on envelopes and forms, with delivery required by mid-October to late November each year. The customer will not provide any facilities or assistance. Payment terms are within five (5) calendar days for e-invoices or twenty (20) calendar days for other circumstances, after receipt of a correctly rendered invoice and acceptance of goods/services. The Commonwealth Supplier Code of Conduct and Australian Standards must be complied with. The evaluation will be based on best value for money, not necessarily the lowest price.
The delivery for the stationery services is due by mid-October to late November each year, as specified in the Statement of Requirements.
The bid notice states that where the customer and the supplier both have the capability to deliver and receive einvoices through the peppol framework and have agreed to use einvoicing, following receipt of a correctly rendered invoice, including acceptance of the goods andor services by the customer, the customer will pay the amount of a correctly rendered invoice to the supplier within five 5 calendar days after receiving it, or if this day is not a business day, on the next business day. In all other circumstances following receipt of a correctly rendered invoice, including acceptance of the goods andor services by the customer, the customer will pay the amount of a correctly rendered invoice to the supplier within twenty 20 calendar days after receiving it, or if this day is not a business day, on the next business day.
The bid notice states that The customer will evaluate all valid responses received by the atm closing time item a. a. 1 that meet the minimum content and format requirements and the conditions for participation if any, to determine which potential supplier has proposed the best value for money outcome for the customer.
The bid notice mentions that Potential suppliers are required to comply with all requirements set out in the commonwealth approach to market terms and that for a potential suppliers response to be eligible for consideration the potential suppliers response must comply with the matters addressed in a. b. 4. 2 of the commonwealth atm terms. It also states conditions for participation: refer to rfq documentation.
The bid notice states, unless otherwise notified by an addendum, there are no site inspections for this atm.