NSW Corrective Service Industries: - 0401601

This Request For Tender (RFT) is issued by State Procurement on behalf of NSW Department of Corrective Services. Tenders are invited for the supply of fresh fruit to the following NSW Correctional Centres:

John Moroney Windsor, Parklea, Silverwater, Emu Plains, Long Bay, Parramatta, Mulwala, Cessnock, Goulburn and Kempsey.

Details of estimated quantities for each Correctional Centre appear at Part C, Clause 2.1.

The fruit must be sound, fresh and of best quality, free from bruises, disease, insect pests and packed so as to avoid loss or damage during delivery.

Tenderers are advised that it is the preference of NSW Department of Corrective Service to appoint a sole contractor for the supply of fresh fruit to the aforementioned Correctional Centres.
However, the Board reserves the right to appoint more than one (1) contractor to supply the requirement or a part of the requirement

Tendered prices shall include the delivery costs to each of the Correctional Centres.

It is a mandatory requirement of this RFT that tenderers submit to a complete criminal record check.

NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

Z_RFT_0401601.pdf ( 1.72 MB)

• Standing Offer Notices:
  • 0401601

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Documents available for this RFT/EOI(issued on 28/03/2005):

Both softcopy (electronic download files) and hardcopy (paper) complete copies of this RFT are available.

A cd is not available

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.
  
  
• Hard copy can be ordered on-line via this Web Site, and it will then be posted to your registered street address (not a Post Office box).
  To order click on the blue "ORDER A CD/HARD COPY" link at the bottom of this page and follow the on screen instructions; or
• It may also be obtained by prior arrangement from the NSW Department of Commerce Tenders Office, McKell Building, 2-24 Rawson Place, Sydney 2000 (Tel: 02 9372 8900) between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.
  If a charge applies payment is by credit card (Bankcard, Visacard and Mastercard) or cheque only;
  or
• It may also be ordered by EFTPOS - telephone McKell Tenders Office on 02 9372 8900 between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday – payment only by credit card; or
• It may also be obtained from other locations if noted in the RFT Description text above. OR

An “Exhibited” hard copy is available for public viewing by arrangement at McKell Building, 2-24 Rawson Place, Sydney, or other location location as required).
An information file on the RFT can be viewed – download the file at the blue “View a Summary Document – free” link at the bottom of this page (ie. save target as).

Lodgement of tender:

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.

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• Microsoft ® Excel 97 (or more recent) or equivalent

Other requirements:

An Internet connection to lodge completed responses.

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