Cape York Region Package Reference 450/00384.1 Peninsula Developmental Road Expression of Interest – Indigenous Businesses The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) invites Expressions of Interest (EoI) from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses seeking involvement as subcontractors in projects associated with the Cape York Region Package (CYRP), for work due to commence in mid 2015. Businesses should demonstrate the capability to undertake road construction and other associated works on the Peninsula Developmental Road (PDR) which will be specified in this EoI document. Background The CYRP is a $260.5 million package of works, jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments, to upgrade priority infrastructure on Cape York Peninsula. TMR is delivering the $200 million PDR component of the program over the next four years, 34 kilometres of which was sealed prior to Christmas 2014. Future works will be tendered on a project by project basis. The scope of works for these projects will consist of upgrading and construction of various sections of the PDR in various stages, and will require sub-contractors with one or more of the following capabilities: construction plant with proficient operators, including graders, excavators, scrapers, dozers, water trucks, tip trucks, rollers, aggregate spreading trucks crushing equipment with proficient operators to produce gravel base, concrete aggregates and sealing aggregates from hard rock quarries mobile concrete batching plants and delivery trucks camp establishment, maintenance and operation of facilities traffic controllers, including fully equipped vehicles. Evaluation EoI submissions will be assessed against the evaluation criteria listed overleaf. Details of conforming proponents will be forwarded to the tenderers for PDR civil projects. The tenderers will then choose which, if any, proponents they will contact to negotiate possible engagement as sub-contractors. It is anticipated that the next PDR tender will be called in March/April 2015 for the Mein Deviation upgrade project, north of Archer River. Expression of Interest – Indigenous Businesses, Transport and Main Roads, February 2015 EoIs will be evaluated using the following criteria: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Key staff experience and skills – including skills and experience of your nominated people over the past five years, their prior experience and their qualifications/capabilities. Company experience – track record of your company, providing also two referees with their contact details and relevance to the nature of this project. Indigenous employment and training policy – including details of what training is provided to staff and the company’s Indigenous employment opportunities plan. If training is a focus of the company, then also consider submitting your details for the separate EoI for Employment and Training. Company resources and management systems – including details of company turnover over the past five years; number of staff; plant resources; quality assurance; environmental and safety systems; insurances. Black Business Finder (BBF) – The *application template to be completed and signed for uploading to BBF which will register your business. * Available from [email protected] OR confirmation of registration already to BBF. http://bbf.org.au/. TMR/Contractors shall not be bound to accept any EoI. Submission EoI submissions shall be a maximum of three pages with all respondents required to address Evaluation Criteria 1 to 5 and include the completed BBF registration form. BBF application template available from [email protected] OR online. http://bbf.org.au/. In order to receive notifications, Cook Shire Council should be ticked on your application as one of the regions to which you are able to provide services. The EoI must be enclosed and sealed in an envelope addressed as below and endorsed on the outside – “EoI – Indigenous Businesses PDR 450/00384.1”. Submissions to inform contractors short-listed to tender for the Mein Deviation project close at 2pm on Friday 20 March 2015. Note that all submissions received by this date, together with other submissions lodged subsequently, will be considered in future CYRP tendering processes. EoI submissions and BBF registration forms are to be sent to [email protected]. For further information about the CYRP or the EoI and tendering process, please contact TMR via the details below: Contact name: Mr Peter Agar (RPEQ), Principal Engineer (Civil) Phone: (07) 4045 7181 Mobile: 0418 733 504 Fax: (07) 4045 7250 Email: [email protected] Address: PO Box 6185 Floor 4, Cairns Corporate Tower 15 Lake Street Cairns Queensland 4870
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