This is an Invitation to Offer (ITO) for Sport Venues Security Services issued by the Department of Sport, Racing and Olympic and Paralympic Games, Queensland Government. The tender closes on 19 June 2026 at 2pm AEST. It is mandatory for suppliers to attend briefing sessions at the specified venues to be eligible to submit an offer. Offers must be submitted electronically via the Vendor Panel website. The scope of services includes static guarding, CCTV monitoring, incident reporting, and event security management across five venues. A specific quoting structure is required for South East Queensland venues (grouped) and regional venues (individual). Suppliers must meet mandatory criteria including insurance, licenses, and background checks for personnel. Desirable criteria include service delivery, organisational capacity, business systems, and public procurement outcomes.
The bid notice states that offers must be lodged by 2pm Australian Eastern Standard Time on Friday 19 June 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 contract 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 such as insurance requirements, security firm licenses, unarmed security officer licenses, membership of an approved security industry association, criminal history checks, valid blue card, attendance at mandatory briefing sessions, and a specific quoting structure. Desirable criteria include service delivery, organisational capacity, business systems and processes, and purposeful public procurement outcomes.
The bid notice states that to be a conforming offer, the offer must satisfy all mandatory requirements, which include holding a current Queensland security firm licence class 1, all security personnel provided holding a current Queensland unarmed security officer licence, being a current member of an approved security industry association, all personnel having completed a criminal history check, and all proposed security personnel holding a valid blue card positive notice under the working with children check act **** qld.
The bid notice states that it is mandatory for suppliers to attend the briefing sessions in order to submit an offer. These briefing sessions are held at the various venues and are considered a preliminary visit.
The bid notice states that the closing date for questions is Friday 12 June 2026, 2pm.
The bid notice states that any supplier offer that has demonstrated a failure in capability or capacity to meet the customers requirements for any evaluation criterion, may be set aside from further evaluation. The customer may also, in its absolute discretion, immediately disqualify a supplier from the invitation process, or terminate the contract with the supplier if it believes the supplier has breached any warranty.
