Flood Damage Restoration Works to Six Road Crossing Structures
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview Gilgandra Shire Council is seeking qualified and experienced civil construction contractors to perform flood damage restoration works, rectifying and reconstructing six drainage and crossing structures to their pre-damage condition. This tender is issued to satisfy that requirement, along with the requirements of the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005 and the Department of Planning & Environment. About The Gilgandra local government area is situated in the central west of NSW and covers an area of 4,800 square kilometres, including the township of Gilgandra and three smaller villages of Tooraweenah, Armatree and Curban. Gilgandra is located on the junction of the Newell, Oxley, and Castlereagh Highways. It is 432 km north-west of Sydney and 60 km north of Dubbo, and is located approximately halfway on the inland route from Melbourne to Brisbane. Scope Rectification works to reconstruct six drainage and crossing structures to their pre-damage condition Contractor Requirements Qualified and experienced civil construction contractor Instructions to Tenderers Tender documents may be obtained after registration Tender enquiries should be directed via the online forum Tenderers must submit their tender via the electronic tender box, using the attached Excel, PDF or Word version of the forms Respondents will receive a Successful Submission Receipt, timed and dated upon completion Gilgandra Shire Council has a local purchasing policy Gilgandra Shire Council will undertake this tender in accordance with its Statement of Business Ethics The Council is not bound to accept the lowest priced tender or all or any part of a tender, and reserves the right to conduct the Request for Tender process and select the successful respondent(s) as it sees fit Council staff are unable to respond to verbal enquiries in relation to the proposal Late, verbal, faxed or emailed proposals will not be accepted
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