Tenders are invited from contractors to remove hollow bearing trees on sections of the Newell Highway between Mungle Back Creek and south of Boggabilla, approximately 90km north of Moree, NSW and within the Moree Plains Shire Council local government area. Roads and Maritime is seeking tenders via e-tendering.

This work consists of (but not limited to):
* Site establishment and dis-establishment of work
* Control of traffic including the provision of approved Traffic Management Plans to facilitate the construction of the work
* Removal of hollow bearing trees
* Mulch the tree tops, branches (less than 200mm) and leave the trunks in the corridor outside the clear zone as habitat
* All other work which you are or may be obliged by the terms of the Contract to undertake together with any work which is necessary or incidental to the work and all associated coordination and supervision of such work.

The work is to be constructed within, upon and next to an operating road adjacent to live traffic with a high proportion of heavy vehicles. The Work Under the Contract is to be carried out with the least possible disruption to traffic and accesses to nearby properties.

A pre-tender meeting and site inspection will be held at 10am on Friday 4 May 2018. Please contact the Project Manager - Jay Sinha on 0429 170 197 for the location of meeting. Attendance is mandatory to submit a conforming tender.

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

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

This project is jointly funded by the Australian Government.

The Code for the Tendering and Performance of Building Work 2016 applies to this project. This document is available at https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017C00125. By submitting a tender for this project you will become subject to the Code for the Tendering and Performance of Building Work 2016.

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.