Fleet Maintenance Services (Heavy Diesel/Agricultural/Earthmoving/Passenger)
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About this tender
Overview The Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (SMCT) is inviting responses for RFT-1038 Fleet Maintenance Services (Heavy Diesel/Agricultural/Earthmoving/Passenger), covering the services required to undertake and successfully complete the fleet maintenance works as detailed in the tender documentation. Scope The scope includes: Provision of fleet maintenance services for heavy diesel vehicles Provision of fleet maintenance services for agricultural vehicles Provision of fleet maintenance services for earthmoving vehicles Provision of fleet maintenance services for passenger vehicles Tender Briefing and Site Inspection A briefing session will be held at 600 Princes Hwy, Springvale, Victoria, Australia, 3171 on 28 October 2026 at 09:00 am. Attendance at the briefing is a pre-requisite to submission and consideration of a bid. Registration closes on 27 October 2026 at 12:00 pm. MANDATORY site visits are scheduled as follows: Bunurong Memorial Park: meet at Southern Aurora Centre Reception, Wednesday 28th October 2026, 9am Springvale Botanical Cemetery: meet at Clarence Reardon Centre Café Vita Et Flores, Wednesday 28th October 2026, 11am Cheltenham Memorial Park: meet outside Reception building, Thursday 29th October 2026, 9am Failure to attend the MANDATORY site visits will deem any Tender submissions void. A site visit is a pre-requisite to submission and consideration of a bid. Instructions to Tenderers Responses are to be submitted via the Buying for Victoria (Tenders Vic) website. All questions must be submitted by 2.00pm Friday 6th November 2026 Responses to questions will be provided no later than 2.00pm Thursday 12th November 2026 A VGPB Contract is attached and needs to be reviewed as part of the submission process.
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