2026/59 Reservoir Reserve Playground Replacement - A distract level playground within the broader Reservoir Reserve. The landscape works will include minor earthworks, grading, drainage, protection of existing trees, new proprietary equipment, furniture, hard and softscape works.
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This is a public tender for the Reservoir Reserve Playground Replacement project by the City of Boroondara. The scope of works includes earthworks, grading, drainage, protection of existing trees, installation of new proprietary equipment, furniture, hard and softscape works, traffic management, temporary fencing, tree protection fencing, removal of existing playground equipment, supply and installation of drainage, pits, playground equipment, bike rails, signs, softfall rubber, mulch, paths, edges, paving, shade structures, fences, and trees. The contract also includes site reinstatement, reseeding, returfing, 13 weeks of softscape maintenance, and a 52-week defect liability period. The contract is expected to commence in July 2026 and be completed by the end of December 2026. Submissions must be made electronically via VendorPanel by 4 pm on Saturday, 23 May 2026. An optional site inspection is scheduled for Wednesday, 6 May 2026, with pre-registration required by Friday, 1 May 2026. Tenderers are advised to make their own enquiries and familiarise themselves with the site conditions. All enquiries must be made in writing via VendorPanel to Hillary McLeish. Tenderers must demonstrate experience, commitment, and capacity. Evaluation criteria include experience, personnel, project approach, timeline delivery, communication, and price. Mandatory compliance criteria must be met, and shortlisted tenderers will need to register with Rapid Global. A guarantee may be required from the successful tenderer. A statutory declaration is also required as part of the submission.
The works are expected to be completed by the end of December 2026.
The tender document mentions payments in section 4, but specific terms are not detailed in the provided text. A statutory declaration is required to confirm that all wages and allowances have been paid up to the date of the claim, and all amounts due to employees, subcontractors, consultants, and suppliers have been paid.
The tender notice specifies a 52-week defect liability period.
Suppliers submissions will be assessed in accordance with the evaluation criteria: proven past and relevant experiences, skilled personnel and subcontractors, project approach, methodology and management of the contract, ability to deliver within councils timeline, project communication, and price. Council may also utilise information from any other source including, but not limited to, its own experience with the tenderer, and qualitative and financial reference checks.
Tenderers must demonstrate experience, commitment and capacity for the delivery of the works to be performed under the contract. They must also meet mandatory compliance criteria including: statutory declaration, compliance with conditions of request for quotation, compliance with conditions of contract, compliance with specifications, compliance with insurance requirements, supplier code of conduct commitment letter, company details ABN registration, satisfactory financial assessment if requested, compliance with requirement to gain rapid global registration if applicable, and current working with children cards.
An optional site inspection has been scheduled for 11 am to 12 pm on Wednesday, 6 May 2026, at Reservoir Reserve Playground, 20 Grange Road, Kew. Tenderers are required to pre-register their attendance by Friday, 1 May 2026.
The supplier query cutoff date is Saturday, 16 May 2026, at 03:00 am.
Tenders that do not comply with any requirement specified in the tender information and conditions of tendering, or which contain any qualification, condition or other indication that the tenderer is not willing to perform the contract in strict accordance with the contract documents, shall be considered to be nonconforming and may be rejected at the discretion of council. Tenderers must not approach any member of council's staff or councillor to solicit support for their tender or otherwise seek to influence the outcome of the tender process, as the tender of any tenderer which engages in such conduct may not be considered by council.
