RETAIL SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY AND GREEN POWER FOR NSW GOVERNMENT LARGE SITES, STREETLIGHTING AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS - 0801450

This RFT covers the retail supply of conventional electricity and green power to NSW Government large sites, streetlighting and traffic signals for various periods commencing from 1 July 2010 with the actual period being determined at the sole discretion of the Board.

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

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

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• RFTs:
  • 0801450R2

1. Interval Data CD
Tenderers should note the 2007-08 Interval Data applicable to Large sites is available for collection in CD format, upon request, by contacting the Tendering Section by emailing mto@commerce.nsw.gov.au  

2. Tender Briefing
The attention of tenderers is drawn to clause 4.1 Part B to obtain details of the Tender Briefing to be held on Thursday, 6 August, 2009.

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Documentation  available for this RFT (as issued on 27/07/2009) 

Only a softcopy (electronic downloadable files), including at least one in *****.DTT file format for the RFT documentation is available.

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 i-Tenders software. The main RFT file requires this software to open, read and also to prepare your tender.  

Obtaining the i-Tenders Supplier software.
If you do not have a current licenced copy of the software, a copy of the software can be downloaded from this web site at no cost as part of the download process.
The License Key to activate this software can then also be purchased off 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.

Preview Document file:
Also provided below is downloadable file in  ****.PDF format as a summary view of the RFT that provides a Preview summary of information to assist in your decision whether to participate in the tendering process, without purchasing DMax Lite software (for $110) or becoming a recorded prospective tenderer.  

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 to download  the RFT files and to obtain the i-Tenders 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 main tender response file).
Send in the Transmittal-ID  form separately.

This RFT 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.


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  Excel 2003 (or more recent) or equivalent

• Microsoft Word 2003
  
• DMax Lite(i-Tenders) - available form this site
  
  The tenderer is responsible for the provision and installation of all necessary software.