Department of Education / Supply of Educational Products to Schools for the NSW Department of Education and Training's Annual Back-to-School Program - DETP1013

This Request for Tender (“RFT”) is made by the NSW Department of Education and Training (“the Department”) for bulk supply and distribution of the classroom education products defined in the Statement of Requirements of this RFT.

The Department is responsible for the delivery of the tender process through the Department’s Procurement Directorate. Any Agreement that may be formed from this RFT will be executed by the Department of Education and Training on behalf of the State of New South Wales.

 

The Department is seeking to establish a panel of capable suppliers for the supply of educational products to schools for its annual Back to School (BTS) Program.  The Department’s intention is to have;

·           a maximum of two delivery periods in this Program;

·           a single delivery per school, per delivery period; and

·           a minimum of 2 suppliers suitable for all DET Regions.

It is a fixed programmed ordering process conducted annually.

 

This supply solution is to seek capable suppliers to supply each DET Region.  Schools will have the choice to purchase their Back to School (BTS) requirements from a minimum 2 suppliers which may include local suppliers, cross-regional suppliers and/or state-wide supplier/s.

 

This BTS Program commences September 2010 and concludes March 2011.  Subject to the supplier’s performance, the Department may offer an extension for the 2011-2012 BTS Program period and similarly for the 2012-2013 BTS Program period.

 

NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney
States and Territories: ACT, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

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.

Final RFT Documents.zip ( 2.90 MB)

Documents available for this RFT (as issued on 28 June 2010, and any addenda): Only a Softcopy (electronic download files) of the RFT documents is available. No CD available.

The Softcopy of this RFT is in a “.dtt” file format, and requires the "Dmax Lite”. software to open, read and respond to the RFT. See below for details on obtaining the software.

Obtaining the required DMax Lite Sofware:
Please note and act on the following –

The RFT documents are made available in ".dtt" file format only. This format is specific to the software, 'DMax Lite’ that is distributed by 'DecisionMax Pty Ltd'.

To open the RFT and to prepare your tender response you will need to use the 'Dmax Lite' software.

If you do not already have a current licensed copy of ‘Dmax Lite’ (Version 5.2),

you can be purchased ($100+GST) directly from DecisionMax Pty Ltd via their website: www.decisionmax.com.au or contacting DecisionMax on (02) 9949 7603 or

complete the attached DMAX Lite Tender Response Software Annual Subscription Registration Form and send it as instructed.

This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows computer operating system – XP/Vista/Windows 7 – (if you cannot access such a system and would like to tender please contact the Contact Officer for this RFT).

Electronic lodgement of tender:
Your completed tender response in ".dtr" (decision tender response) file format can be lodged electronically via this web site.

As the tenderer you must be a registered user with this web site.

Click on the blue "LODGE A RESPONSE" link at the bottom of this page and follow the on-screen instructions.

Other PC Requirements:
To be able to open and read/view the downloaded files for this RFT you may require certain software to be installed on your PC:

·         DMax Lite application software

·         MS Version 7 – word & excel & PDF

·         Minimum: running MS Windows 98SE, with a Pentium 200 processor, 128MB RAM, 800 x 600 screen resolution SVGA 16 bit colour support

·         Adobe ® Acrobat Reader ® 5.0 (or more recent) - Please click here Adobe ® Acrobat Reader ® to be taken to a free download site now.

·         WinZip ® 7.0 (or more recent) or equivalent - Please click here Winzip ® to be taken to a free evaluation download site now.

 

The tenderer is responsible for the provision and installation of all necessary software

Having Problems?
Problems installing or using the Dmax Lite software MUST be directed to the DecisionMax on 02 9949 7603.

Special Instructions:

Smaller regional suppliers only may request an exemption from the above process (lodgement through the Tendermax Pro format) at the Department’s sole discretion.  To seek an exemption and request a paper-based version for responding, contact the Contact Officer Sudha Ramdev, Email: Sudha.ramdev@det.nsw.edu.au