Tender Details
On behalf of the NSW Department of Corrective Services (DCS), the Department of Commerce (Commerce) invites suitably qualified electronic security contractors to seek to pre-qualify for the financial ranges and work categories detailed in Returnable Schedule 1 being:
Panel A: Maintenance Services up to $3M p.a. for, typically, three year periods
Panel B: Minor Works to $2M
Panel C: Major Works to $10M
Following the closing of the application and subsequent evaluation of the submissions, a panel will be established for each of the three categories. The pre-qualified applicants will be drawn on by DCS on an as needs basis. Tenders will in general be called by invitation to a shortlist of pre-qualified applicants. The amount and type of work will vary depending on the nature of the project. Tender prices will be a combination of lump sums and schedules of rates as specified in the relevant future tender documents. These requests for tender will generally be under the GC21 or Minor Works or modified GC21 Services conditions of contract.
The objectives of the Panel are to:
Following the closing of the application and subsequent evaluation of the submissions, a panel will be established for each of the three categories. The pre-qualified applicants will be drawn on by DCS on an as needs basis. Tenders will in general be called by invitation to a shortlist of pre-qualified applicants. The amount and type of work will vary depending on the nature of the project. Tender prices will be a combination of lump sums and schedules of rates as specified in the relevant future tender documents. These requests for tender will generally be under the GC21 or Minor Works or modified GC21 Services conditions of contract.
The objectives of the Panel are to:
- enable Commerce to group contractors according to their expertise, accreditation , capacity and capability;
- establish panels of suitable contractors for specific work types and contract values;
- facilitate the selection and invitation of pre-qualified contractors from the panels to tender for specific work;
- encourage continuous improvement and better contract outcomes by providing more tender opportunities for the better performing prequalified contractors compared to other contractors;
- manage contractor performance in a fair and transparent way; and
- deliver improved project outcomes for Government.
Location
NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney
RFT Type
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).
RFT Preview Document(s)
0800482_EOI_DCS_ES_Prequal_Summary.pdf (364 KB)Additional Details / Instructions
A Non-mandatory pre-tender site meeting will be held on Monday 14 April, 2008 at 10:30am (until 12 noon) - on Level 7, 66-72 Rickard Road, Bankstown
Organisations wishing to attend are to advise the contact person Helen Carroll (see below) by noon on the Friday 11 April 2008 to confirm attendance.
Attendance is limited to a maximum of two people per organisation. Prospective applicants may submit written questions prior to the session. Commerce does not guarantee to answer, during the application briefing session, any or all of the questions posed but may choose to respond as soon as possible, by way of an addendum, after the session, and circulate all questions and answers to all organisations who attended the session.
Documents available for this EOI(issued on 08/04/2008):
Softcopy (electronic download files) this RFT are available.
An Exhibited hard copy maybe available for public viewing by arrangement at McKell Building, 2-24 Rawson Place, Sydney, or another location as noted in the documents.
A separate Summary information file about this this EOI is be available
Go to the blue View a Summary Document free link at the bottom of this page (then use the Save target as.. option to download and save this file to your PC) this Summary file may be protected so that it can only be viewed but not printed.
Obtaining the Documents:
First time visitors to this web site who wish to download or order documents will need to self-register on this web site to gain access to any documents.
Your completed tenders should be lodged as allowed in the RFT documents, however they may usually be lodged electronically via this web page.
As the tenderer you must be a registered user in this system. Click on the blue "LODGE A RESPONSE" link at the bottom of this page and follow the on-screen instructions.
Optimum size of lodgement files is less than 7MB, and if your tender is larger in total it should be broken down into smaller files, and uploaded in separate identified lodgements. The required response documents should not be bundled with supporting documentation. Note also that during the period 11pm to 3am system maintenance is carried out and successful lodgment may not be achieved.
PC Software Requirements:
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:
An Internet connection to lodge completed responses.
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 1.0, Netscape Navigator Ver 4.7 or later with Cipher Strength = 128bit. Suggested minimum monitor resolution is 800x600.
Your web browser MUST be set to accept cookies. You will not be able to Register or accesss the documents if cookies have not allowed.
The tenderer is responsible for the provision and installation of the necessary software
Having Problems?
Having problems with logging in, responding, downloading, opening or viewing files? Please refer first to the FAQ section under the On-line ?HELP button at the top of this page. Should this not resolve the issue, the Commerce tendering service line email mto@commerce.nsw.gov.au may then be contacted (quote RFT number and issue)
Organisations wishing to attend are to advise the contact person Helen Carroll (see below) by noon on the Friday 11 April 2008 to confirm attendance.
Attendance is limited to a maximum of two people per organisation. Prospective applicants may submit written questions prior to the session. Commerce does not guarantee to answer, during the application briefing session, any or all of the questions posed but may choose to respond as soon as possible, by way of an addendum, after the session, and circulate all questions and answers to all organisations who attended the session.
Documents available for this EOI(issued on 08/04/2008):
Softcopy (electronic download files) this RFT are available.
An Exhibited hard copy maybe available for public viewing by arrangement at McKell Building, 2-24 Rawson Place, Sydney, or another location as noted in the documents.
A separate Summary information file about this this EOI is be available
Go to the blue View a Summary Document free link at the bottom of this page (then use the Save target as.. option to download and save this file to your PC) this Summary file may be protected so that it can only be viewed but not printed.
Obtaining the Documents:
First time visitors to this web site who wish to download or order documents will need to self-register on this web site to gain access to any documents.
- A full soft copy of this RFT/EOI can be downloaded from this web site free of charge.
- To obtain the provided RFT document(s) you must download to your own computer all the files provided (including addenda), by clicking on the blue "DOWNLOAD A SOFT COPY" link at the bottom of this page and following the on-screen instructions.
Your completed tenders should be lodged as allowed in the RFT documents, however they may usually be lodged electronically via this web page.
As the tenderer you must be a registered user in this system. Click on the blue "LODGE A RESPONSE" link at the bottom of this page and follow the on-screen instructions.
Optimum size of lodgement files is less than 7MB, and if your tender is larger in total it should be broken down into smaller files, and uploaded in separate identified lodgements. The required response documents should not be bundled with supporting documentation. Note also that during the period 11pm to 3am system maintenance is carried out and successful lodgment may not be achieved.
PC Software Requirements:
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.
- Microsoft ® Word 2000 (or more recent) or equivalent
- Microsoft ® Excel 2000 (or more recent) or equivalent
The minimum requirements are as follows IE version 5.5 or later, Firefox 1.0, Netscape Navigator Ver 4.7 or later with Cipher Strength = 128bit. Suggested minimum monitor resolution is 800x600.
Your web browser MUST be set to accept cookies. You will not be able to Register or accesss the documents if cookies have not allowed.
The tenderer is responsible for the provision and installation of the necessary software
Having Problems?
Having problems with logging in, responding, downloading, opening or viewing files? Please refer first to the FAQ section under the On-line ?HELP button at the top of this page. Should this not resolve the issue, the Commerce tendering service line email mto@commerce.nsw.gov.au may then be contacted (quote RFT number and issue)
