Borumba Exploratory Tunnelling & Drilling
Tender Overview
About this tender
RFT-BUR-1006 Exploratory Tunnelling & Drilling - Borumba PHES Project Queensland Hydro is seeking tenders for the Exploratory Tunnelling and Drilling Work for the Borumba Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) Project. The package includes a construct-only drill-and-blast exploration tunnel (temporary works) to support underground access and geotechnical investigations. The RFT Documents and the conditions under which the RFT process will be conducted are included with this Request for Tender. The closing date and time for the submission of Tender is 20 May 2026 at 3:00pm AEST. Parties interested in submitting a Tender are requested to complete the Tender Acknowledgement form and returned by email within 5 Business Days of the release of the RFT Documents on the Tender Portal. The email for sending the completed Tender Acknowledgement form is Hung.Tran@qldhydro.com.au Please note that due to the large number of files included with Volume 4 of the RFT Documents, these documents (with the exception of the Exploratory Tunnelling & Drilling Scope of Work (SoW) and the Scope Responsibilities Matrix) are NOT included in the files uploaded to the Tender Portal due to system restrictions. Interested parties may provide a contact email address via the Tender Portal to request a link to be provided to download the files and documents listed in Volume 4 of the RFT Documents.
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