Contract - SWTAFE2023/001

South-West TAFE will be undertaken a tender process for the supply of classroom portables at it's Sherwood Park Campus (Warrnambool). 

South West TAFE's Sherwood Park Campus is located just six kilometres east of Warrnambool, adjoining Deakin University, and specialises in training programs for land-based courses, building, cabinet making trades, specialist industry training including high risk work and motorcycle licence testing.

The project requires the supply of two classroom portables, including office space and amenities by the 30 June 2023 to ensure we can meet the current growth in the areas of Building and Construction, Cabinet Making, Agriculture and Horticulture.

The project is expected to go out to tender in mid February 2023, with a three-week response period, under an open tender process. The contract will be a Victorian Public Construction Contract.

APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT POLICIES AFFECTING THE PROCURMENT

Applicable Government policies affecting this procurement include, but not limited to:

• Ministerial Directions and Instructions for Public Construction Procurement (https://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/public-construction-policy-and-resources/ministerial-directions-and-instructions-public-construction-procurement)

• Local Jobs First Act 2003 and the Local Jobs First Policy (https://localjobsfirst.vic.gov.au)

• Social Procurement Framework (https://www.buyingfor.vic.gov.au/social-procurement-victorian-government-approach)

• Supplier Code of Conduct (https://www.buyingfor.vic.gov.au/supplier-code-conduct)

• Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic)

• The supplier performance and shared reporting regime Security of Payment under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (https://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/ministerial-directions-and-instructions-public-construction-procurement/supplier-performance-and-shared-reporting-regime-direction-and-instruction-82)

• The DataVic Policy (https://www.vic.gov.au/datavic-access-policy-guidelines)

• The Victorian Data Security Standards, issued under the Privacy and Data Security Act 2014 (https://ovic.vic.gov.au/resource/victorian-protective-data-security-standards/)

• The Whole of Victorian Government Intellectual Property Policy (https://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/funds-programs-and-policies/intellectual-property-policy)

• Prohibition of the installation or design into any building of Type A or Type B Construction a Prescribed Combustible Product as part of an External Wall (including as an attachment). Refer to the Minister’s Guideline MG-14 for details of exceptions (https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/building-policy/victorian-cladding-taskforce)

• The requirements of Instruction 2.1 (International Agreements) under the Ministerial Directions for Public Construction Procurement in Victoria apply to this tender.

OPEN TENDER INFORMATION

It is anticipated that this tender will be an open tender.

The firm must be prequalified in New Commercial Construction on the Construction Supplier Register.

Other considerations will be the firm’s capacity, capability and experience on education, civic, and live environment projects.

Please register your interest in tendering for this project by sending an email to [email protected] by no later than 9.00am on Thursday 9/02/2023. Please include your CSR registration number, prequalification category and project limit.

Do not respond directly to this Forward Notice.