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Maranoa Regional Council is seeking to add new suppliers to the register of prequalified suppliers for vegetation management services. This includes services such as mowing, slashing, spraying, specialist arboriculture, tree lopping, and minor vegetation clearing for urban and rural areas. Contractors will be selected based on compliance with tender requirements and a value for money assessment. Successful suppliers will remain on the panel until March 31, 2029. The tender requires evidence of contractor and operator competencies, plant details, and a commitment to safety management, including fit for work policies. Quotations will be requested via vendor panel on an as-needs basis, with payment based on a schedule of rates or hourly/daily rates depending on the scope of work. No borrowing or hire of non-council prequalified plant and equipment, or subcontracting, is permitted. Additional documents required: - ASIC company extract - High-level financial information about the tenderer's business - Copies of business insurance policies (Public Liability $20,000,000, Workers Compensation) - Evidence of operator competency (certifications, statements of attainment, work history references) - Proof of plant ownership or long-term hire/lease (executed at least 6 months prior to tender release) - Evidence of six months maintenance history for offered plant - Evidence of current registrations (transport, work health and safety) Participation criteria: - Demonstrated experience in vegetation management services. - Licensed and qualified operators. - Suitable plant and equipment with proof of ownership or long-term hire/lease. - Compliance with Work Health and Safety Act **** and associated regulations. - Fit for work policy adherence (zero BAC, drug testing). Process stages: - Tender submission by Sunday, 17th May 2026, 09:00 PM E. South America Standard Time. - Supplier query cutoff Saturday, 16th May 2026, 09:00 PM E. South America Standard Time. - Expected decision Sunday, 31st May 2026. - Successful suppliers will be added to the register until March 31, 2029. Cost of dispute: Not specified. Deadlines for clarification and objection: Supplier query cutoff Saturday, 16th May 2026, 09:00 PM E. South America Standard Time. Exclusivity: Not specified. Deadline for starting services: As requested on an as-needs basis. Deadline for total delivery of services: Not specified, as it is an ongoing register.
The bid notice states that payment will be made from the point of commencement and departure on the project site, unless otherwise stated in the scope of works. Quotations, when called for from successful tenderers on the register/panel, are planned to be on the following basis: where a predetermined scope of works can be quantified, quotations shall be requested under a schedule of rates i. e. a kilometre, hectare, hourly rate. where the scope is more complex in terms of definition i. e. resources used in conjunction with council resources quotations may call for an applicable hour or day rate with specific detail associated with the capability of the plant or resource.
The bid notice states that contractors for this register will be selected based on compliance with all requirements outlined in the request for tender documentation, and selection of a contractor or contractors to perform available work will be based on a value for money assessment.
The bid notice states that contractors must be suitably competent and equipped, and for labour hire, willing to provide their services and use councils plant and equipment. They will be required to undertake councils corporate induction and require some or all of the following: ABN, compulsory commercial operators licence, unrestricted class AC/DC licence, demonstrated ability to identify pest plants, experience in pest plant spraying and eradication, experience in plant operations, manual C class drivers licence, other relevant plant licences, public liability insurance, and compulsory workcover insurance.
The bid notice states that non-compliance with personal protective equipment requirements will be deemed to be a major non-conformance and a breach of contract. The contractor and/or subcontractor will be liable for any additional costs, delays and damages incurred due to this non-compliance.
The bid notice states that the supplier query cutoff is Saturday, 16th May 2026, 09:00 PM E. South America Standard Time.
