PSA and RPQS for Arboriculture and Associated Services
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview Gladstone Regional Council is seeking suitably qualified suppliers to provide arboriculture and associated services across the region. Purpose GRC's management of its urban forest, parks and open spaces and other regional areas is focussed on a range of priorities around the liveability and safety of the communities, environmental benefits to residents and the aesthetics of the suburbs. Scope The scope includes: Delivery of scheduled and unscheduled arboriculture services Delivery of reactive and proactive arboriculture services Attending to tree assets across the greater region to ensure the identified priorities can be delivered Instructions to Tenderers This tender shall result in the establishment of two separate arrangements: Preferred Supplier Arrangement (PSA) Register of Pre-Qualified Suppliers (RPQS) Tenderers are invited to bid on one, or more, of the arrangements. GRC may choose, in its absolute discretion, to award the PSA to different tenderers or award to one tenderer.
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