Sydney Metro City & Southwest – Lifts and Escalators (L&E) Works Package - Registration of Interest for Request for Tender - TfNSW 2017/081

The Lifts and Escalators Package (“L&E Package”) for the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project comprises:

• the design supply and installation of lifts and escalators for both the new stations and the upgraded existing stations; and

• the provision of maintenance services for the lifts and escalators until 2034.

It is anticipated that approximately 80 Lifts and 120 Escalators will be installed across 17 stations within Metro and Sydney Trains environments.

TfNSW intends to deliver the L&E Package under a framework agreement where the various station contractors obtain the L&E Package elements directly from the L&E Contractor under the terms of the framework agreement.

Registrations are now open for suitably experienced and qualified relevant entities to participate in the L&E Package RFT process. 

Relevant entities may include:

1. lift and/or escalator suppliers capable of designing, supplying, installing and maintaining lifts or escalators in a public transportation environment;

2. others who, in the opinion of the Project team, should be registered for the RFT process.

Entities that are not relevant entities; who in the opinion of the Project team are not lifts and/or escalators design, supply, installation and maintenance entities; or which have not demonstrated a reasonable likelihood of being able to meet the RFT Minimum Requirements; will not be registered.

In order to receive the Request for Tenders (RFT), participate in the L&E Package RFT process, request and receive clarifications and to submit a Tender, an entity must either have:

The proposed RFT Minimum Requirements, include demonstration that the Tenderer:

• has a minimum of 20 years manufacturing experience and a demonstrated record of 10 years or more of providing reliable heavy duty lifts or escalators in a metro, railway or similar environment;

• has managed the design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and handover of:
  

  a)  lifts;
  b)  escalators; or
  c)  a combination of both,
  for at least three public transport projects or programmes, each of value greater than $20 million in the last 7 years;

• has either
  a) maintained lifts and/or escalators in Australia for a period of 10 years; or
  b) can demonstrate that it has previously set up lift/or  escalator maintenance facilities: 

                 i.  in a country foreign to its base of operations;
                 ii. on at least 2 occasions;
                 iii. and that have successfully operated for at least 5 years;

• has, together with its parent companies, a turnover of at least $40 million (or equivalent) from operations relating to the design, supply, installation and maintenance of lifts and/or escalators in the 2016/2017 financial year;

• has third party accreditation for its Environmental Management, WHS Management and Quality Management Systems; and

• is accredited under the Australian Government Building and Construction WHS Accreditation Scheme (or is capable of obtaining accreditation under that Scheme).

If the Tenderer is a consortium, it must confirm that at least one member of the consortium will be able to meet each of the RFT Minimum Requirements. Entities that have not confirmed that they (or a member of any consortium of which they form part) will be able to meet the RFT Minimum Requirements will not be registered.

To register, an entity must:

• return a copy of the completed registration form and the executed Confidentiality Deed Poll by email to TfNSW's nominated contact person at SydneyMetro.LE@transport.nsw.gov.au; and
• mail the original completed registration form and the executed Confidentiality Deed Poll to:

L&E Package – Registration for Invitation for RFT
Sydney Metro City & Southwest Project
Level 43
680 George Street,
Sydney Macquarie Park,
NSW 2000, Australia

Upon TfNSW’s receipt of all completed documents from a bona fide entity, a confirmation email will be sent to the entity.

Registration applications will close at 5:00pm AEDT (Sydney) on 17 November 2017)

Refer to Additional Details / Instructions

Expression of Interest for Specific Contracts - An invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI) for pre-registration of prospective tenderers for a specific work or service. Applicants are initially evaluated against published selection criteria, and those who best meet the required criteria are invited to Tender (as tender type Pre-Qualified/Invited).

Location of Work:

Sydney

An entity must either:

• have registered to participate in the RFT process or,

• in the case of a consortium or other such group, have at least one of its members registered to participate in the RFT process,

in order to receive the Invitation for RFT and to participate in the RFT process.

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