Provision of Vegetation Management Services - South West Queensland (SWQ) & between Gympie to Gladstone

Invitation to Tender: QRP-23-82 – Provision of Vegetation Management Services – South West Queensland (SWQ) & between Gympie to Gladstone

OVERVIEW OF SERVICES

Queensland Rail is an integrated passenger and rail infrastructure business that provides commuter, long distance and tourist passenger rail services across the State of Queensland, Australia. As part of that railway operation, Queensland Rail has approximately 1,850km of corridor area within regional South West Queensland.

Vegetation management within the rail corridor has financial, social and environmental implications. Maintenance of vegetation needs to be done as economically as possible, without causing unnecessary environmental damage and without impacting on the rights and requirements of adjoining landholders and other interested and affected parties.

Queensland Rail is seeking Suppliers to tender their services for the provision of Vegetation Management Services in the following regions within South West Queensland (SWQ), and between Gympie and Gladstone:

• The Western Line between Charleville and Miles in SWQ;

• The West Moreton Line between Miles and Rosewood in SWQ;

• The South Western Line between Thallon and Wallangarra in SWQ;

• The North Coast Line between Tamaree and Bundaberg; and

• The North Coast Line between Bundaberg and Parana.

Please refer to the Scope of Works specification document for further information.

PROCESS OVERVIEW

Respondents who wish to access the tender documents must register their interest by Rachel McGann at [email hidden] with the following details

• Name of Tendering Organisation
• Name of Tender Representative
• Email Address
• Phone Number
• Business Address

​Tenderers are required to request and obtain available track recording footage for the region or regions they are submitting a Tender for. Please refer to the Preamble document for further information.

Tender submissions will only be accepted electronically via the Ariba Sourcing system, Queensland Rail’s tendering system. If you already have an ARIBA account (Ariba Network ID (ANID)), please advise Rachel McGann to link the tender to that account.

Queensland Rail will not accept any physical responses or responses via the Queensland Government QTenders website.

Refer to the attached document “Ariba Guide for Suppliers (v1.2)” for instructions on how to navigate Ariba Sourcing (once your interest has been registered).

For this Tender (QRP-23-82), the information uploaded on QTenders is not all the Tender information, however it is enough information for the suppliers / interested tenderers to determine whether the scope of works is suitable for their company profile. If a company is interested, please follow the abovementioned steps.

All communication must be sent through to the nominated Queensland Rail Contact Officer

****************NOTE: All addenda for this tender will be released via the Ariba Sourcing system not via QTenders*******************************