Acquisition of Public Safety Network ("PSN") Government Radio Network ("GRN") Radio Equipment for TfNSW. - WS4434595946

TfNSW is seeking Proposals from appropriately qualified and experienced Suppliers to supply the radio equipment (hardware) and support the transition to NSW Government Public Safety Network (“PSN”) Phase 2 by June 30th, 2024.

 Scope of the Services include replacement of the existing TfNSW owned handheld and mobile radio equipment operating on TfNSW internal Very High Frequency(“VHF”) and Public Safety Network(“PSN”) Phase 1 networks and make them compatible with PSN Phase 2 network requirements.The Scope of Services described in detailed in the Part D of the RFP document

The contract term will be 2+1+1+1 +1+1 years.

The Contract will be placed under Whole of Government SCM0053 Operational Telecommunications Equipment, Infrastructure and Services scheme.

The Participant must meet the Mandatory Criteria and Conditions for Participation outlined to progress to the next stage.  

NSW Regions: Far North Coast, Mid North Coast, New England, Central Coast, Hunter, Cumberland/Prospect, Nepean, Northern Sydney, Inner West, South East Sydney, South West Sydney, Central West, Orana/Far West, Riverina/Murray, Illawarra, Southern Highlands

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.

All applicants must comply with the NSW Government Policy Framework, available at https://www.treasury.nsw.gov.au/finance-resource/nsw-government-procurement-policy-framework.

Note: Participants are requested to submit their expression of interest via Ariba Portal.

Without any obligation to do so, where the integrity of the tender process is not compromised, TfNSW may determine (at its discretion) if it is appropriate to consider a late tender submission.

In order to gain access to the Request for Tender documents, Tenderers are required to register their interest by sending an email: TSS.Bidder@transport.nsw.gov.au and include the following:

1) Tender No and Title,

2) RFT ID,

3) Organisation Name,

4) ACN/ABN,

5) Contact Name,

6) Organisation/contact postal address,

7) Contact email address (preferably an email address with the contact person's name), 8) Contact phone number.

To gain access to the tender documents in Ariba over the internet once access is provided, please ensure that you are using PC with web browser:

There are no files to be downloaded from this website. All documents/information relevant to this project must be obtained via TfNSW's equip supplier portal (Ariba).

The below are the list of browsers compatible with TfNSW's equip supplier portal (Ariba).

• Google Chrome 54+ (64 –bit)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7-11(32-bit)

• Mozilla Firefox 24 or 27(ESR)

• Safari 9+ (64-bit)

• Microsoft Edge (32-bit) 

Once registered, proposals must be lodged electronically via TfNSW's equip supplier portal (Ariba). https://supplierportal.erp.transport.nsw.gov.au login details will be provided upon registration.

• The Procurement (Enforceable Procurement Provisions) Direction 2019 applies to this procurement

• A government agency may conduct negotiations with suppliers regarding the procurement

• The proponent must be willing to be pre-qualified on the SCM0053 Operational Telecommunications Equipment, Infrastructure and Services Scheme prior to the Contract award.

• The contract will be under the NSW Government SCM0053 Operational Telecommunications Equipment, Infrastructure and Services Scheme Framework. Proponents will be required to agree to a contract governed by this framework.

• The Proponent must pass NSW Telco Authority compliance testing to ensure radio models are fit for purpose and fully compatible with the NSW Public Safety Network (PSN)

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