Waverley Council is seeking submissions from qualified respondents to operate a community market in Roscoe Street Mall, Bondi Beach. The license agreement is for up to five years. The market will operate up to five days per week between 1:00 PM and 10:00 PM from September to May, with potential for additional days from June to August. A mandatory tender briefing and site inspection will be held on June 30, 2026, and July 2, 2026. Submissions must be lodged electronically via VendorPanel by July 15, 2026, at 5 PM. Failure to attend the site inspection will make the respondent ineligible to submit a response.
Tender submissions must be lodged by 5pm on 15 July 2026.
Tender submissions will be assessed against both commercial pricing and technical non-price criteria. Technical criteria include demonstrated experience operating successful markets, proposed operating model, management plans, methodology, understanding of community requirements, and evidence of environmental and socially sustainable practices. Commercial criteria include the lump sum price offered as a license fee/rent.
Respondents must be appropriately qualified and experienced. Mandatory participation criteria include compliance with Work Health and Safety, financial and commercial trading history including insurances, completion of all required returnable schedules, and onsite attendance at a tender briefing.
A mandatory tender briefing site inspection will be held on 30 June 2026 at 11 am and 2 July 2026 at 11 am at Roscoe Street Mall, Bondi Beach. Respondents are required mandatory requirement to attend an RFT briefing site inspection if you intend to lodge a tender submission.
Supplier query cutoff is Friday 10 July 2026, 04:00 am E. South America Standard Time.
Failure to attend the mandatory tender briefing site inspection will leave the respondent ineligible to submit a response. Submissions not meeting minimum form and content requirements may be excluded. Breaching the Statement of Business Ethics will entitle the council to exclude the respondent.