The tender is for a preferred supplier arrangement for specialised plant hire. Tenders must be submitted electronically via VendorPanel by 2:00 PM on February 23, 2026. The evaluation of offers will be on February 27, 2026. The contract commencement is March 31, 2026. Clarifications must be sought before the closing time. The tenderer must provide the particulars requested in part 3 tender response schedules. There will not be a public opening of tenders. Tenderers must keep their tenders open for acceptance for ninety 90 days from the tender closing time. The tenderer must complete and sign the statutory declaration of noncollusive tender declaration included in schedule 7 of part 3 and submit it with its tender.
The tender closes at 2:00 PM on Monday, 23rd February 2026, as stated in the bid notice: ender closing time: 2: 00pm monday, 23rd february 2026 tenders must be received no later than this time and date.
The evaluation criteria include experience, availability, WHS requirements, local content, and price, as stated in the bid notice: enders will be assessed according to the following: mandatory criteria yesno part 3 tender response schedules all schedules yes appendix a schedule of rates excel spreadsheet yes tenders not meeting mandatory criteria may be considered non conforming qualitative evaluation criteria weighting selection criteria 1 experience 20 ability to demonstrate experience performing similar works. selection criteria 2 availability 20 availability, response time or lead time and ability to perform the works. selection criteria 2 whs requirements 10 ability to meet workplace health and safety responsibilities selection criteria 3 local content 10 geographical location andor contribution to the local economy selection criteria 4 price 40 pricing is competitive and includes delivery total 100
The tenderer must meet the requirements, failing which their tender may be treated as nonconforming and may not be accepted for evaluation, according to councils absolute discretion: a provision of a completed and signed form of tender and b provision of completed assessable tender schedules as per clause 5. 1. 4, as stated in the bid notice: enderers must meet the following requirements, failing which their tender may be treated as nonconforming and may not be accepted for evaluation, according to councils absolute discretion: a provision of a completed and signed form of tender and b provision of completed assessable tender schedules as per clause 5. 1. 4.
The question time closes 2:00 pm 16 february 2026, as stated in the bid notice: o task date 1 invitation to tender advertised 30th january 2026 2 question time closes 2: 00 pm 16 february 2026
