Council seeks a qualified provider for after hours ranger services across Swan Hill Rural City Council municipality. Services include responding to urgent animal management incidents, wandering livestock, dog attacks, and animal welfare concerns. Contract term is 3 years with a 2-year option. Offers due 17 November 2026 at 2:00 PM AEDT via VendorPanel. Mandatory requirements include OHS systems, public liability insurance of $20M, and professional indemnity insurance of $5M. Evaluation criteria include price (30%), capability (20%), methodology (20%), customer service (20%), social and environmental benefits (5% each). No briefing sessions planned.
Council will pay the amount of each invoice within 30 days of its receipt or 30 days after completion of the service whichever is the later, as stated in the contract: council will pay the amount of each invoice within 30 days of its receipt or 30 days after completion of the service whichever is the later.
The contractor warrants that where within 12 months of completion any defect arises, the contractor shall rectify it at its own cost: where within 12 months of the completion of the service, any defect arises other than from reasonable fair wear and tear. . . the contractor shall promptly upon receipt of written notice thereof from the council, at its own cost rectify the defect.
Offers are evaluated against weighted criteria: price 30, capability and capacity 20, methodology 20, customer service and support 20, social economic benefit 5, environmental benefit 5.
Mandatory requirements include OHS and risk management systems, and insurance: public liability insurance: 20 million per occurrenceevent, professional indemnity insurance: 5 million per claim, workers compensation insurance: as required by law.
Complaints must be submitted in writing immediately upon the cause arising: any complaint about this invitation or the invitation process must be submitted in writing to ***@***. *. * immediately upon the cause of the complaint arising or becoming known to the invitee.
Offers lodged after the closing time may be disqualified: if an offer is lodged after the closing time, it may be disqualified from the invitation process and may be ineligible for consideration unless. . . an event of exceptional circumstances caused the offer to be lodged after the closing time.