Near North Coast Line (NNCL) Steel Bridge Re-painting

Queensland Rail has five (5) steel bridges along the NNCL that require re-painting, listed in order of priority, as follows:

• Separable Portion (SP) 1 - Murray's Creek Bridge
• Optional SP 2 - Burnett River Bridge
• Optional SP 3 - Mary River Bridge
• Optional SP 4 - Kolan River Bridge
• Optional SP 5 - Boyne River Bridge

Please note, Queensland Rail currently has funding for the first bridge only however intend to include bridges 2 - 5 as optional separable portions to be activated once funding becomes available. Further information will be provided within the tender documents.

The Scope of Work for SP1 Murray's Creek Bridge includes the cleaning and repaininting of 1 x 27.130m truss span on Mass Contrete Piers and replaceing of 12 rivets with Huck Bolts. Each bridge will require a similar scope of work delivered on different scales.

This tender aims to establish a Major Works Contract with a suitably capable, qualified and experienced Contractor for the Bridge Painting Works, ensuring high quality work, achieved deadlines and value for money.

A mandatory site inspection will be held on Wednesday, 14 July 2021 at 8:00AM in Bundaberg. Refer to attached Section A - Preamble, Item 5. Site Inspection for specific details.

Tenderers who wish to access the complete package of tender documents and are interested in submitting a response please follow the below instruction:

1. Tenderers are to email the nominated Contact Officer ([email hidden]) to register to access the tender documents and online response form in the Ariba Sourcing system.
2. If the Tenderer elects to submit a tender response, they must do so by using the Ariba Sourcing system.
3. Tenderers are encouraged to carefully read all documentation available for download in the Ariba Sourcing system to ensure the tender submitted meets all Queensland Rail’s requirements

Please refer to attached Section A - Preamble, Item 7. How to Tender for futher details on how to tender.

Queensland Rail will only accept tender responses submitted via the Ariba Sourcing system.

For this tender (QRP-21-68), the information uploaded on QTenders is not all the tender information, however it is intended to assist suppliers / interested tenderers to determine whether the scope of works is suitable for their company profile and capability. All enquiries in relation to this tender must be made in writing to the Contact Officer above.

For detailed information on the specific Work requirements sought under this tender, please review the "Section C - Statement of Work".