RFT - Multi Workspace Uplift
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About this tender
Overview The University of Adelaide is seeking to engage a suitably qualified contractor to deliver the Barr Smith Library Workspace Uplift Project within Levels 3.5 and 4 of the Barr Smith Library. About Adelaide University is a leading contemporary comprehensive university of global standing, dedicated to ensuring the prosperity, well-being and cohesion of society by addressing educational inequality through its actions and through the success and impact of its students, staff and alumni. The University is partnered with the communities it serves and conducts future-making research of scale and focus. Scope The project forms part of the approved AU Workspace Uplift program and will provide improved workplace accommodation, meeting rooms and supporting building modifications. The scope includes construction services for delivery of the approved design, comprising: Demolition Building works Joinery Glazing Flooring Painting Electrical works Data works Associated building services modifications required to complete the workspace uplift Detailed requirements are contained within the tender documentation. Instructions to Tenderers Enquiries must be directed via the online forum in TenderLink. The online forum will be open for enquiries until Thursday 12 November 2026. Completed responses must be submitted via the electronic tender box on the TenderLink portal. Tenderers will receive a Successful Submission Receipt timed and dated upon completion. The RFT will close at 2:00pm (ACDT) on Monday 16 November 2026, and submissions must be fully received by this time. The University 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 tenderer as it sees fit. Staff of the University are unable to respond to verbal enquiries in relation to the tender. Late, verbal or emailed tenders will not be accepted.
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