EOI for the Relocation of Demountable Divisible Buildings and Associated Services for the NSW Department of Education and Training - 0801765 EOI

Introduction

The NSW department of Education & Training (DET) is seeking EOIs from organisations for the Relocation of Demountable Divisible Buildings (New and Old Systems) and Associated Services

This document invites expressions of interest for the provision of Demountable Transportation Management including meeting the provision of transport vehicles required by the EOI and provide comprehensive Management Services relating to scheduling drivers and vehicles, engaging crane companies to support timely delivery and execution of services, co-ordination of management services, site management services, potential site preparation and remediation services, and providing quality assurance systems.

The services required in this EOI are broken into two categories as follows:

(a) Transportation
(b) Commissioning and Decommissioning of Demountables

Registrants are advised that it is mandatory that a response is lodged for (a) Transportation.
Registrants may lodge a response in relation to a) and b). Alternative proposals for expanded services are encouraged.
[* See Notice 1 issued 23/9/08]

The State Contracts Control Board (the Board) is responsible for the conduct of the EOI process assisted by NSW Procurement - Contracting Services.

Purpose of the EOI.
The seeking of this EOI is the first stage of a process to enter into a contractual relationship with one or more suppliers for the provision of this requirement.

Stage One
This EOI seeks to elicit information from potential suppliers on the availability and suitability of goods/services to meet the requirement.

The EOI response will also be used to:

Help determine the capacity and capability of suppliers to deliver the requirement;

Provide indicative timeframes and strategies for delivery; and

Provide an indicative cost where applicable.

Stage Two
Following the evaluation of EOI responses, the second stage may involve invitation of tenders from a short-listed group of EOI Respondents (see EOI document).

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Mandatory Briefing Session

A mandatory briefing session will be held to provide prospective respondents with an opportunity to clarify matters related to this EOI.
Registrants who do not attend the briefing are not permitted to lodge a response to this EOI

The briefing will be held at:
Cabramatta High School, 17 Aladore Avenue, Cabramatta. NSW. 2166

Please arrive at the Administration Building (B00G) to sign in and be directed to the meeting place.

The briefing will be held on:
Date: Wednesday 1 October 2008
Time: 10.00am for a 10.30 start

The names of all prospective respondents and their representatives must be recorded at the briefing, to enable Commerce to contact all prospective respondents if necessary.

Prospective attendees should register beforehand, by email, with the Contact Officer (named below and in the EOI document)

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 Specific Contracts - An invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI) for pre-registration of prospective tenderers for a specific work or service. Applicants are initially evaluated against published selection criteria, and those who best meet the required criteria are invited to Tender (as tender type Pre-Qualified/Invited).

0801765_SummaryFile.pdf (442 KB)

• RFTs:
  • 0801765

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Documentation available for this RFT (as issued on 22/09/2008):

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

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IMPORTANT - Please read and act on the following

The main RFT file/s is in a **** . DTT file format only.

This format is specific to the software, 'DMax Lite', that is manufactured by 'DecisionMax Pty Ltd'. The main RFT file/s requires DMax Lite V5.1 software to open, read and also to prepare your tender.

Obtaining DMax Lite Software

If you do not have a copy of DMax Lite software, it can be downloaded from this web site at no cost as part of the download process.
The License Key to activate this software can also be purchased through this web site for $110.00
After you login and access the RFT more options will be presented to you relating to the software.

Your tender response should include at least one file with a file extension of ****.DTR to be a conforming tender.

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Summary Document file:

Also provided below is downloadable file in ****.PDF format for Viewing Only that provides Summary information to assist in your decision whether to participate in the tendering process, without at that point purchasing DMax Lite software (for $110.00) or becoming a recorded prospective tenderer.

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Main RFT Document Files:

First time visitors to this web site who wish to participate will need to self-register on this web site to gain access and download the RFT files and to obtain the DMax Lite software.

Download all files including the main *** . DTT file.
In addition there are some other files i.e. some handy User Guides and a Tender Transmittal form (do not incorporate this Form in your DMax tender response file). Send in the Transmittal form separately.

This RFT/EOI in softcopy can be downloaded from this web site.

• You must download to your own computer all the files provided (including any addenda from time to time), by clicking on the blue DOWNLOAD A SOFT COPY - free link at the bottom of this page and follow the on-screen instructions.
  
  

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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 to be conforming.

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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.

To be able to open and read/view the downloaded files for this RFT you may require certain software to be installed on your PC:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 (or more recent). Please click here Adobe Acrobat Reader to be taken to a free download site now.
  
• WinZip 7.0 (or more recent) or equivalent. Please click here Winzip to be taken to a free evaluation download site now.

Additional software may also be required, including the following, depending on the file types provided with this RFT

• Microsoft Word 2003 or equivalent
• Microsoft Excel 2003 or equivalent
  
• DMax Lite V5.1 - available form this site

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