The project involves utilising a foam bitumen stabilising construction method to address the reactive (black) soils in the region, to upgrade the largely two lane section of the Newell Highway, incorporating a wide centreline treatment and adding overtaking lanes.

This is a Quality Assurance contract.

Tenders are invited from pre-qualified contractors with Roads and Maritime Services under the National Prequalification Scheme at Category 4 or higher for roadworks and at Financial Category F50 or higher.

A pre-tender meeting, including a site inspection, will be held at 10:30am,Tuesday 19 December 2017 at the Boggabilla Town and Country Club, Corner of North and Yeoman Street. Attendance is mandatory to submit a conforming tender. Tenderers purchasing the documents will be advised of the full details of the meeting.

All Tenderers must comply with the New South Wales Government’s Code of Practice for Procurement (NSW Code) and the New South Wales Government's Implementation Guidelines to the New South Wales Code of Practice for Procurement: Building and Construction (NSW Guidelines).

Copies of the NSW Code and NSW Guidelines are available at www.procurepoint.nsw.gov.au and www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au respectively.

“This project is jointly funded by the Australian Government.

The Building Code 2016 applies to this project. This document is available here.

It is a requirement for this project that the successful contractor be accredited under the Australian Government Work Health and Safety Accreditation Scheme (the Scheme) at the time of entering into the contract for ‘building work’ for the Project and must maintain accreditation under the Scheme while the ‘building work’ is being carried out. Information on the Scheme is available on the Australian Government website at www.fsc.gov.au.”

A general information document about eTendering with Roads and Maritime Services is available from here.

Further information may be obtained from Craig Matthews, Project Manager by emailing craig.matthews@rms.nsw.gov.au.

Tenders are to be lodged electronically or in the tender box at Roads and Maritime Services, Ground Floor, 20-44 Ennis Road, Milsons Point NSW 2061.

Tenders close at 2pm on 15/02/2018.