Provision of Piling and Slip Repair Services – Panel Contract
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About this tender
Overview Coastalworks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coffs Harbour City Council, is seeking tenders from suitably experienced and qualified contractors to participate in the City's new contract CON00876, Provision of Piling and Slip Repair Services, Panel Contract. The City will award this contract to a number of preferred contractors who will perform all future slip and piling works under the City's MW21 Conditions of Contract. About Coffs Harbour is positioned halfway between Sydney and Brisbane. It is a thriving regional coastal city of approximately 85,000 people, nestled between the coastal slopes of the Great Dividing Range and the 80 kilometres of golden beaches that form its boundaries. Coffs Harbour has gained a reputation as a dynamic and rapidly expanding economic hub. Scope It is the Principal's intention to establish a panel of contractors who will be provided the opportunity to submit quotations, under a Request for Quotation, for works as the need arises for the duration of the contract period. All contractors selected for the panel will be given equal opportunity to submit bids for each project. The scope includes repair of slips using techniques, or piling, such as: Bored piles, permanent liners Bored piles, temporary liners CFA piles Driven steel Screw piles Micro piling Slope stability systems Earth anchoring systems Surfacing reinforcement Reinforced earth walls Rock fall netting Shotcrete Gabion baskets and mattresses Placed rock Subsoil drainage systems Requests for Quotation, when issued, may or may not include design services at the sole discretion of the Principal. Works to be provided by the contractor to satisfy this tender shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Drawings and specifications, where applicable Detailed specification including drawings, where applicable Temporary works design and drawings as required Completion of works in accordance with the design and specification requirements Award of work under each Request for Quotation will be assessed and issued based upon a contractor's response to the requirements of each Request for Quotation, including but not limited to: cost; concept design, where applicable; constructability; availability of proposed plant; contractor's suitability for the type of work required; and proximity to the location of the work. Contractor Requirements Suitably experienced and qualified in piling and slip repair works Contract Terms and Conditions Works will be performed under the City's MW21 Conditions of Contract, a copy of which is supplied at Volume 2 of the RFT document package The panel will be constituted for an initial term of two years, with a single option to extend the term at the City's sole discretion by a further twelve months upon expiry of the initial term The Principal does not offer any guarantee regarding the amount of work, either by the number of work engagements or dollar value of any or all work, issued under the contract Instructions to Tenderers No site visits will be offered for this RFT. RFT documents may be obtained after registration on Tenderlink. Completed RFT responses are to be submitted via the electronic tender box only, using the editable MS Word document supplied in the RFT document package. Respondents will receive a Successful Submission Receipt, timed and dated upon completion. The City is not bound to accept the lowest priced RFT, all or any part of the RFT, and reserves the right to conduct the RFT process and select the successful respondent as it sees most advantageous. City staff are unable to respond to verbal enquiries in relation to the proposal. Late, verbal, faxed or emailed submissions will not be accepted. Canvassing of Councillors and members of City staff other than the contact detailed for enquiries by a tenderer may render their tender submission ineligible for evaluation. Enquiries RFT enquiries should be directed to Mr Huw Ashhurst-Smith, Project Engineer, Coastalworks, via the Tenderlink online forum prior to 10am on Friday 6 November 2026.
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