Design and Construction of Portsmith Refurbishment Shed

Section 1: Tender Overview
Queensland Rail invites offers for the Design and Construction of Portsmith Refurbishment Shed project (QRP-19-52). A project summary is included in the Preamble document.

Tenderers who wish to download all 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 SAP Ariba eSourcing system.
2. If the Tenderer elects to submit a Tender response, they must do so by using Queensland Rail’s online tendering tool (SAP Ariba eSourcing).
3. Tenderers are encouraged to carefully read all documentation available for download in the SAP Ariba eSourcing System.

Queensland Rail will only accept tender responses submitted via the SAP Ariba eSourcing System.
For this Tender (QRP-19-52), Queensland Rail will upload a Preamble document for information only onto QTenders for all QTenders registered companies to download. From there the Tenderer will need to determine if they would like to proceed to access this tender in the SAP Ariba eSourcing System. Queensland Rail will provide access to this sourcing event in the SAP Ariba eSourcing System when the tender documents are available to download.

Contractor Safety and Environment Prequalification
With a view to effectively manage safety in accordance with the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017, Queensland Rail has developed the Contractor Safety and Environment Management (CSEM) Program. One aspect of the CSEM program is contractor pre-qualification. Where upon evaluation of a submitted prequalification assessment (and supporting evidence), successful contractors are added to Queensland Rail’s Prequalified Safety and Environment Contractor Register and are eligible to tender for works within their pre-qualified category for the following 24 months.

The Design and Construction of Portsmith Refurbishment Shed has been classified as Category 1 project
Category 1 projects are defined as works where an external construction company is engaged by Queensland Rail as a Principal contractor for a Design and Construction project involving construction works in the value of $250,000 or more.
To be eligible to undertake the works, Tenderers will be required to respond to a set of mandatory and non-mandatory questions listed within spreadsheet “MD-18-400 – Contract Safety & Environment Pre-Qualification Questionnaire: Category 1”. Refer to weblink for the spreadsheet: https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/forbusiness/contractors.

Tenderers are required to be successfully prequalified prior to the closing date and time of the Tender. To ensure prequalification’s are assessed prior to the tender’s close, please submit a completed Category One Prequalification Assessment and supporting documentation to [email hidden] (and cc [email hidden]) before the close of business on the 14 June 2019.

Compulsory Site Inspection
All Tenderers will be required to attend a compulsory site inspection to ensure that all aspects of the proposed Works and Services are inspected, that all limits/conditions are identified, and that all requirements are clear.
Site Inspection Time: 11:00am
Date: Thursday 13 June 2019
Location: Queensland Rail, Block B, Portsmith Rail Complex, Ray Jones Drive, Cairns.

To register your attendance, please email [email hidden] no later by 5pm AEST 11 June 2019.