Suppliers are invited to submit an offer for crocodile monitoring and capture services in the Cairns Active Removal Zone (Trinity Inlet to Ellis Beach) under the Queensland Crocodile Management Plan 2025. Services include vessel-based spotlight surveys, land-based inspections, response to sighting reports, and capture/removal of target estuarine crocodiles. Offers must be lodged electronically via VendorPanel by 5pm AEST on 2 October 2026. Evaluation considers mandatory criteria (supplier code of conduct, insurances) and desirable criteria (technical capability, service delivery, safety, pricing). Offers must remain valid for 45 days. Contact: procurement@detsi. qld. gov. au.
Offers must be lodged by 5pm Australian Eastern Standard Time on Friday 2 October 2026. The intended contract start date is 31 October 2026.
The supplier warrants that all representations, declarations, statements, information and documents made or provided by the supplier are complete, accurate, up-to-date and not misleading in any way.
The customer is not evaluating offers on the sole criterion of price. Criteria include purposeful public procurement, technical experience and capability, service delivery, safety, risk and compliance, pricing and value for money.
Mandatory criteria require suppliers to adhere to the queensland government supplier code of conduct and hold public liability insurance minimum $20,000,000 per claim, professional indemnity insurance minimum $10,000,000 per claim, and workers compensation insurance as required by law.
The customer may immediately disqualify a supplier from the invitation process where it believes the supplier has breached any warranty, including anticompetitive conduct, conflict of interest, or accuracy of information.