Mobile Equipment Maintenance Services

Closes in 13 daysSubmission deadline: 25 November 2026, 10:00 PM Australia/Perth

About this tender

Overview Rio Tinto Iron Ore Pilbara is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified organisations capable of providing heavy and light mobile equipment maintenance services in the Pilbara. Scope The requirement covers a range of assets including but not limited to loaders, graders/dozers, excavators, drills, and watercarts. Service delivery may be required across Rio Tinto's shut program as well as supplementary support for planned and breakdown maintenance requirements. The scope includes: Planned and breakdown maintenance Major component changeouts (including drives and motors) Line boring and welding services Annual air-conditioning servicing Hydraulic tuning Lifting and jacking Autoelectrics Washdowns Efficient mobilisation, including at short notice in response to critical breakdown events, onboarding, site presence, and invoicing Reporting on personnel deployment, including engagement location and duration, particularly where engagement extends over multiple purchase orders Reporting on productivity and labour efficiency opportunities in delivering services to support Rio Tinto's future productivity targets Contractor Requirements Proven capability to provide quality mobile equipment maintenance services at scale in a mining environment Ability to deliver services simultaneously at scale in a mining, or similarly complex, environment Appropriately qualified personnel to support on-site service delivery for the mobile equipment fleet Systems and administration support to manage contractor engagement solutions, including onboarding, site presence, and invoicing Contract management and reporting capability covering how personnel are deployed across Rio Tinto sites, including location, length of engagement (regardless of how many different purchase orders), and flagging of potential improvement opportunities in service delivery

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