Banking and Credit Card Services

CSIRO is seeking responses in accordance with this Request for Tender from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Bank Accounts and support services (Banking Services) and Credit Card Facility and Services including an Expense Management System (EMS) (Credit Card Services).

Other Instructions:

Conditions for Participation:

Subject to clause 5.7 of the CSIRORFT2026009 Head Document, Unintentional Errors of Form, CSIRO will exclude a Tenderer from further consideration and evaluation if CSIRO considers in its absolute discretion that the conditions for participation set out in this clause have not been met by the Tenderer. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this RFT, only requirements listed in this clause will be deemed conditions for participation.

a.the Tenderer exists as a legal entity at the RFT Closing Time and Date

b.at the time of lodgement of their Tender, Tenderers must not have been:

i.precluded from tendering for Australian Government funded work or

ii.subject to a judicial decision against them relating to employee entitlements (not including decisions under appeal, and have not paid the claim

c.where the Tenderer is a Relevant Employer, the Tenderer is compliant with its obligations under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) (the WGE Act). Further information may be found at http://www.wgea.gov.au/

d.the Tenderer must comply with all Mandatory Requirements identified in the Attachment A - SOR (Statement of Requirements).

e.the Tenderer (including new businesses and foreign Tenderers) will be required to hold all Valid and Satisfactory Statements of Tax Record:

i.required for its entity type; and

ii.required for the entity type of any first-tier subcontractor that it proposes, as part of its response, to engage to deliver goods or services as part of a contract resulting from a procurement with an estimated value of $4 million or more (GST inclusive).

Timeframe for Delivery:

The anticipated implementation dates for the Services in this RFT are as follows:

(a)Banking Services – be implemented and operational by end November 2026 or as per agreed transition-in plan.

(b)Credit Card Services – to be implemented and operational by end February 2027 or as per the agreed transition-in plan.

Address for Lodgement:

Via AusTender