Midcoast Council is seeking a consultant to develop and implement a disaster response framework. This includes improving evidence capture, work order quality, procurement, reporting, and disaster readiness. The consultant will support the design, embedding, testing, and operationalization of the framework. Responses are due by 13 August 2026. Questions must be raised via the VendorPanel RFQ forum.
The RFQ closing date is Thursday, 13 August 2026, at 14:00 AEST. fq closing date: **** rfq closing time: 14: 00 aest
Payment will be based on agreed milestones between council and the consultant prior to contract signing. Additional services will be paid monthly based on pre-agreed rates. payment will be milestones agreed to between council the client and the successful consultant prior to signing the contract. additional services rendered, where directed, will bevia pre agreed pay rates and paid monthly.
Respondents will be assessed on sustainability, demonstrated understanding of requirements, proposed methodology, relevant experience, capability of proposed personnel, commercial offer and value for money, risk management ability, and compliance with RFQ requirements. assessment criteria sustainability quadruple bottom line social, environmental, economic and leadershipgovernance demonstrated understanding of councils required implementation outcomes and project objectives. quality, practicality and completeness of the proposed implementation methodology. relevant experience in delivering similar operational, governance, systems or disaster recovery improvements in local government. capability and availability of the proposed personnel to support implementation and change adoption. commercial offer and overall value for money. ability to identify and manage implementation risks, dependencies and change impacts. compliance with the rfq requirements and councils terms and conditions.
Respondents must be suitably qualified and experienced consultants. Mandatory criteria include insurance documents and respondent declaration. midcoast council is seeking to engage a suitability qualified and experienced consultant. . . mandatory criteria insurance documents respondent declaration
Failure to comply with mandatory criteria may result in exclusion from further evaluation. Failure to disclose conflicts of interest may lead to contract termination or rejection of future responses. failure to comply with any mandatory criteria may result in the respondent being excluded from further evaluation. council may reject any futureresponses from a respondent who fails to disclose details of actual, potential, or perceivedconflicts of interest.
