Fire Fighting Appliances: - 0602893

This Request for Tender covers the Requirement of the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) for the construction, delivery and acceptance of Category 7 and 9 Tankers, in accordance with the terms and conditions detailed herein and to the design and standard stipulated in the Specification at Part C2.

The completed tanker will comprise a fire-fighting body designed by the NSW RFS, mounted on a commercially-available, medium-rigid class cab-chassis supplied by the NSW RFS.

The work required of the Contractor will include modifications to the cab-chassis, installation of the fire-fighting body, delivery of the finished tanker to the NSW RFS and a two-year warranty on all workmanship and materials.

It is expected (though no guarantee is given) that this tender process will result in the appointment of three Contractors for the construction of Category 7 Tankers and two Contractors for the construction of Category 9 Tankers, under a Standing Offer arrangement.

Although the NSW RFS shall not be bound to order any or any particular quantity of Category 7 and 9 Tankers, tenderers should note that forty Category 7 and twenty-five Category 9 Tankers are scheduled to be constructed during the Financial Year, 2006-2007. By the Financial Year, 2006-2007, the number of tankers constructed in each year will depend on the availability of funding.

The proposed Standing Offer arrangement shall continue for a period of three years from the date of acceptance, with up to two 12-month extensions.

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_0602893.pdf ( 1.59 MB)

• Standing Offer Notices:
  • 0602893

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Pre-tender briefing.
A non-compulsory pre-tender briefing will be conducted at 10.00 am, Friday, 19 January 2007 at Rural Fire Service Headquarters, 15 Carter Street, Homebush Bay NSW 2127

Potential tenderers who wish to attend the pre-tender briefing should register intention to attend by contacting,
John Hacking on (02) 8741 5542 (+61 2 8741 5542 from outside Australia) between the hours of 9.00 am and 5.00 pm (Eastern Australian Standard Time) by no later than Wednesday, 17 January 2007.

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Documents available for this RFT/EOI (issued on 08/01/2007):

Both softcopy (electronic download files) and hardcopy (paper) complete copies of this RFT are available. A CD is not available

An Exhibited hard copy maybe available for public viewing by arrangement at McKell Building, 2-24 Rawson Place, Sydney, or another location as noted in the documents.

A separate Summary information file about this this RFT/EOI may be available  If so download this single file to view the provided information.
Go to the blue View a Summary Document  free link at the bottom of this page (then use the Save target as.. option to download and save this file to your PC). This Summary file may be protected so that it can only be viewed but not printed.

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Obtaining the Documents:

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• 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.
  

Lodgement of tender:

Your completed tenders should be lodged as defined 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.

Optimum size of lodgement files is less than 7MB, and if your tender is larger in total size it could be broken down into smaller files, and uploaded in separate identified lodgements. The required response documents should not be bundled with supporting documentation. Note also that during the period 11pm to 3am system maintenance is carried out and successful lodgment may not be achieved.

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Other requirements:

An Internet connection to lodge completed responses.

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Having problems with logging in, responding, downloading, opening or viewing files? Please refer first to the FAQ section under the On-line ?HELP button at the top of this page. Should this not resolve the issue, the Commerce tendering office (email mto@commerce.nsw.gov.au or tel: 02 9372 8900) may then be contacted (quote RFT number and the issue).