Design & Construct - Bridge Renewal - Boundary Road Forrest
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview Colac Otway Shire Council is inviting submissions from suitably qualified and experienced contractors for the design and construction of the Boundary Road bridge deck and associated structural elements at Forrest. Scope Design and construction of the Boundary Road bridge deck and associated structural elements as required Contractor Requirements Suitably qualified and experienced in design and construction of bridge structures Instructions to Tenderers Suppliers intending to submit a response should allow sufficient time to upload their submission to the eProcure portal before the close time of 2.00pm, as large files may take some time to load. Failure to fully upload a submission by the close time will result in being locked out of the portal. Late submissions will not be accepted unless it can be proven that exceptional circumstances prevented the timely upload of the response.
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