Invitation to Tender: QRP-23-100 – Supply of Concrete Sleepers and Turnout Bearers

OVERVIEW OF SERVICES

Concrete sleepers are an essential component of medium and heavy-duty ballasted railway track structures, and the sourcing of a value-for-money, high-quality concrete sleeper product that meets our engineering specifications is of a high strategic value to Queensland Rail.

Concrete sleepers are type-approved for use in the Queensland Rail network and must meet rigorous engineering specifications.

Queensland Rail has a requirement for the Supply of Concrete Sleepers and Turnout Bearers. The objective of this Request for Tender process is to select the most appropriate tenderer/and or tenderer that provides the best value for money for Queensland Rail.

PROCESS OVERVIEW

1. Tenderers who wish to access the tender documents must have a SAP Ariba network account and register the account to do business with Queensland Rail to enable visibility of your Ariba profile. To register, please refer to the Ariba Registration of Company Profile guide. You must also then register interest by emailing the Contact Officer (michelle.mcdonald@qr.com.au) providing the following details:

a. Name of Tendering Organisation

b. Ariba Network ID (ANID)

c. ABN d. Name of Tender Representative

e. Email address of Tender Representative

f. Phone number

Advertisement through the tendering portal Guide Queensland Rail will only accept tender responses submitted via the Ariba Sourcing system. For this Tender (QRP-23-100), the information uploaded electronically is not all the Tender information, however, it is enough information for the suppliers / interested tenderers to determine whether the scope of works is suitable for their company profile. If a company is interested, please follow the above-mentioned steps.

2. Ariba Sourcing, Queensland Rail’s tendering system, is the only tendering tool that Tenderers must use to submit their responses. Queensland Rail will not accept any physical responses or responses via the Queensland Government tendering website.

3. Refer to the attached document Ariba Guide for Suppliers for instructions on how to navigate Ariba Sourcing (once your interest has been registered). All communication must be sent through to the nominated Queensland Rail Contact Officer.

TENDER PROCESS TIMEFRAME

The anticipated timeframes following the Tender release are:

• Cut-off for Acceptance of Clarifications – 17:00 aest 06/03/2024

• Closing Date of Tender - 14:00 aest 13/03/2024

• Evaluation Process 30/06/2024

• Estimated Award Date – Octmber 2024.

 Queensland Rail reserves the right to alter the above dates throughout the Tender Process should the need arise.

COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL

All communication must be sent through to the nominated Queensland Rail Contact Officer