Roller door, shutter and gate maintenance services at DEECA properties
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About this tender
Overview The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) is seeking responses to Request for Tender (RFT) PRA 816 for the provision of roller door, shutter and gate maintenance services at DEECA properties. About DEECA is Victoria's lead government agency for sustainable management of water resources, climate change, bushfires, public land, forests and ecosystems. The Department leads the state's effort to do more with less, using limited natural resources sustainably while improving productivity, and ensures Victoria's ecological systems remain sustainable. The Department seeks to provide leadership in the application of sustainability principles in its buildings. Purpose The Department requires a suitably qualified organisation to undertake maintenance of gates and shutters across the DEECA property portfolio. This program will engage a qualified specialist to conduct condition assessments, undertake minor repairs and provide detailed reporting on the performance and compliance status of these assets. In issuing this RFT, the Department seeks to identify a Tenderer who is able to provide the required Goods and/or Services, able to demonstrate a commitment and ability to work in collaboration with the Department over the term of any agreed contractual period to continuously seek improvements in value, efficiency and productivity, and prepared to work with the Department to identify opportunities for improvement in the quality and level of service provided, for the mutual benefit of both the Department and the Tenderer. Scope The scope includes: Maintenance of gates and shutters across the DEECA property portfolio Conducting condition assessments of gates and shutters Undertaking minor repairs to gates and shutters Providing detailed reporting on the performance and compliance status of these assets The Department's specific requirements in relation to the Goods and/or Services are set out in Part B of the RFT (Specification). Contractor Requirements Suitably qualified to undertake maintenance of gates and shutters across the DEECA property portfolio Able to provide the Goods and/or Services required by the Department in the manner set out in the Specification Able to demonstrate a commitment and ability to work in collaboration with the Department over the term of any agreed contractual period to continuously seek improvements in value, efficiency and productivity in connection with the provision of the Goods and/or Services Prepared to work with the Department to continue to identify opportunities for improvement in the quality and level of service provided to the Department Capable of providing all of the Goods and/or Services and complying in full with the conditions set out in the RFT Instructions to Tenderers The RFT is structured as follows: Introduction: contains an overview of the opportunity presented in, and the objectives of, the RFT Part A, Conditions of Tendering: sets out the rules applying to the RFT documents and to the Tendering Process. These rules are deemed to be accepted by all Tenderers and by all persons having received or obtained the RFT Part B, Specification: describes the Goods and/or Services in respect of which the Department invites Tenders from interested persons Part C, Proposed Contract: contains the terms and conditions in compliance with which the Department desires the Goods and/or Services set out in Part B to be provided Part D, Tenderer's Response: specifies the information to be provided in a Tender and may also specify any information to be provided by a Tenderer by other means. Part D may include templates to be completed and included in a Tender Note to Tenderers: only Tenderers capable of providing all of the Goods and/or Services and complying in full with the conditions set out in this RFT should submit a Tenderer's Response. Enquiries Contact: Leonard Robbins Role: Contractual Phone: +61 0417 407 879 Email: leonard.robbins@deeca.vic.gov.au
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