Tenders are invited for the underwater diving services for inspection and maintenance of bridge substructure elements throughout Regional and Outer Metropolitan (ROM) division of Transport for NSW (TfNSW).

The scope of work under the contract is as per the TfNSW QA specification “B350 Underwater Bridge Inspections”. Individual work orders will define the inspection and maintenance requirements of the bridge.

B350 specification sets the requirement for underwater inspection of bridge substructure elements between the waterway bed level and either high water level (tidal waters) or normal water level (inland or non-tidal waters), in either salt water or fresh water less than 50m deep (for bridges at sea level), or the corresponding diving depth for bridges at altitude. This specification includes high-pressure water cleaning or hand scraping of those piles and pile caps nominated for detailed inspection, inspection of the waterway, and the specified sampling and coring work. Work other than inspections and sampling (such as removal of skirt panels, underwater repair work or underwater labouring) may also be required.

A non-mandatory web based pre-tender meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams at 10am on Tuesday 19 October 2021.

Tenderers must confirm their attendance for the pre-tender meeting by COB Friday 15 October 2021 by emailing jaswinder.kaur2@transport.nsw.gov.au with subject heading stating ‘pre tender meeting attendance confirmation – 21.0000129348.1714 - Underwater Diving Services to Regional and Outer Metropolitan NSW.’

A link to join the meeting will be provided to the confirmed attendees.

All tenderers must comply with the New South Wales Government's Procurement Policy Framework (NSW Framework), Supplier Code of Conduct (NSW Code) and New South Wales Industrial Relations Guidelines: Building and Construction Procurement (NSW Guidelines).

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