National Aircraft Pavement Maintenance Program 2020-2026 - Request for Tender - Medium Works Contracts

Tenderers are invited from suitably experienced entities to undertake the role of Contractor for routine (mainly annual or biennial) Aircraft Pavement Maintenance Works at Defence's 28 sealed airfields.

The routine scope of works performed under this contract are large quantities of minor pavement maintenance tasks such as asphalt patching, concrete slab repairs, joint sealing, asphalt surface treatments and occasional larger airfield maintenance tasks, as described in detail in the Tender Documents.

The National Aircraft Pavement Maintenance Program will be tendered in four discrete geographical construction packages as follows with Tenderers able to elect to tender for one or more packages:

· Construction Package 1 (QLD):RAAF Base Amberley, AAC Oakey, Samuel Hill Airfield, RAAF Base Scherger, RAAF Base Townsville, Williamson Airfield and Wyoming Airfield;

· Construction Package 2 (NSW/VIC):HMAS Albatross (Nowra Airfield), RAAF Base East Sale, Holsworthy Luscombe Airfield, Jervis Bay Airfield, Puckapunyal Airfield, RAAF Base Richmond, RAAF Base Wagga Wagga, RAAF Base Williamtown and RAAF Williams(Point Cook);

· Construction Package 3 (NT/SA):RAAF Base Darwin, RAAF Base Edinburgh, Mount Bundey Airfield, Robertson Barracks, RAAF Base Tindal and RAAF Base Woomera;

Construction Package 4 (WA):Bindoon Airfield, RAAF Base Curtin, RAAF Base Gin Gin, RAAF Base Learmonth, RAAF Base Pearce and HMAS Stirling.

Each construction package will be contracted for a period of three years with additional works continuing for a possible further three years (up to six years in total) at the absolute discretion of the Commonwealth. Each construction package is estimated to total between $5m and $30m across the total contract duration.

The Tender Documents are structured to provide an initial lump sum price for a component of the first year of works, plus a schedule of rates and prices for additional works within each construction package that will be routinely delivered throughout the duration of the program.

Full particulars of which airfields are the subject of the initial first year Works and which may be the subject of Additional Works are detailed in the Tender Documents.

To receive a copy of the Tender Documents, Tenderers must first return a signed confidentially agreement to the Contact Officer – see the Contact Details section below.