Motor Vehicles: - 0701653

This expression of interest process covers the NSW Government requirement to establish an Accredited Panel of Providers for the procurement of motor vehicles for NSW government departments and agencies, local councils, and not for profit organisations.

An aggregated volume RFT process will then be established at least every 12 months

Applications are invited to submit offers for acceptance onto the Accredited Panel of Providers for the Acquisition of Motor Vehicles for the fleets of the Government Sector and other eligible organisations. Evaluation of offers will determine how many applicants are included on the panel.

The Accredited Panel of Providers will be arranged for an initial term of two (2) years, from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2010 and contractors will be added and removed during that period, depending on level of performance and vehicle availability.

Two (2) optional twelve (12) month extension periods may also be exercised by the State Contracts Control Board.

Your offer should be submitted in accordance with the requirements of the NSW Government Code of Practice for Procurement and the specification.

The Accredited Panel will be reviewed at least annually to ensure that it meets appropriate demand requirements. This will take into account the prevailing industry environment, market dynamics and the NSW Governments needs and objectives.

The NSW Government reserves the right to change the composition of the panel in terms of suppliers that are accredited and the type of vehicles available.

NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney

Expression of Interest For Pre-Qualification - An invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI) for pre-registration of prospective tenderers for a type of work or service. Applicants are initially evaluated against published selection criteria. RFT may then be invited from a panel of providers (as Selective, or Invited).

0701653_Summary.doc (21 KB)

• RFTs:
  • 0701653R
  • 0900653
• Standing Offer Notices:
  • 0701653

Documents available for this RFT (as issued on 19/12/2007):

Only a softcopy of the RFT documentation is available (electronic downloadable files, including one in DMax Lite v5.1 format).

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IMPORTANT - Please read all the following

• The main RFT documentation is in a "**** . DTT" file format type (RFT0701653FINAL.DTT)
  
• This file requires DMax Lite V5.1 software to open, read and also to prepare your tender.
  
• Your tender response should include at least one file with a file extension of ****.DTR to be a conforming tender.

Please note that due to industry close-down new licenses for the DMax software may not be issued between 21/12/07 and 7/01/2008.

Summary Document file:

Also provided is a file for that provides brief process information to assist in your decision whether to participate in the tendering process, prior to purchasing DMax Lite software or becoming a recorded prospective tenderer.

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Obtaining the RFT Documents:

First time visitors to this web site who wish to participate ie. download, will need to self-register on this web site to gain access to the RFT documents, or a new copy of the software.

Download all files - which will include the following files:
*** . DTT - this is the main RFT documentation in a DMax Lite database format.

In addition there are some other files which are handy Guides and a Transmittal form to accompany the tender - do not incorporate this in your DMax tender response file.
Lodge the Open Tenderers Transmittal form a separate file outside of the **.DTR.

• A full soft copy of the RFT documents can be downloaded from this web site.
• You must download to your own computer all the files provided (including any addenda), by clicking on the blue "DOWNLOAD A SOFT COPY - free" link at the bottom of this page and following the on-screen instructions.
  
  

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Obtaining the required DMax Lite V5.1 software:

The RFT documents are made available in "* . DTT" format only. This format is specific to the software, 'DMax Lite', that is manufactured by 'DecisionMax Pty Ltd'.

Please note and act on the following -

To open the RFT main document file (ie the ***.DTT) and to prepare your tender you will need to use the 'Dmax Lite' software.

If you do not already have a current and licenced copy of 'Dmax Lite' v5.1 software, a copy of the software can be purchased and downloaded from this site as part of your download process.
After you log in and access the RFT more options will be presented to you relating to the software.

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Lodging a tender:

Your completed tender in the required software format MUST be lodged electronically via this RFT web page.
Click on the blue "LODGE A RESPONSE" link at the bottom of this page and follow the on-screen instructions.
As the tenderer you must be a registered user of this tendering web site.

Your tender MUST include at least one file in *.DTR format.

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Other PC requirements:
This web site has been optimised for the Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator web browsers. The minimum requirements are as follows - IE version 5.5 or later, Firefox 1 or later, Netscape Navigator Ver 4.7 or later all with Cipher Strength = 128bit.
Your web browser MUST be set to accept cookies. You will not be able to register, access the documents, or lodge tenders if cookies have not allowed.

The tenderer is responsible for the provision and installation of all necessary software.