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CSIRO Cleaning Services
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart
CSIRO through this Request for Tender (RFT) is seeking responses from suitably qualified and experienced service providers with capability and capacity to perform and provide cleaning services for the sites listed at Section 1.5.4 CSIRO Zones and Sites of Attachmnt A - Statement of Requirements..
CSIRO is seeking to attract a suitably experienced service providers to maintain to a safe, clean, tidy and aesthetically pleasing standard using health, safety and environmental best practice to assist the CSIRO in meeting current and future health, safety, environmental and sustainability targets.
The structure of the RFT documents is as follows:
Request for Tender - Head Document
Attachment A SOR (Statement of Requirements)
Annexure A – Site List and Site Plans (Confidential) (Not Published on AusTender)
Annexure B – ACDP Secure Area Essential Information
Annexure C – ACDP Secure Clothing Form
Annexure D – Deed of Confidentiality (Non – Disclosure Agreement)
Annexure E – Instructions and Performance Requirements (Not Published on AusTender)
Attachment B TRS (Tender Response Schedules)
Annexure A - Pricing Response Schedule (All Confidential) (Not Published on AusTender)
Attachment C Draft Facilities Contract
Attachment D MIS Information and Forms (i-iv) MIS Information and Forms
Industry Brief - Presentation
In accordance with the Head Document and further detailed in Attachment B - Tender Response Schedule and below:
Clause 5.
5 Conditions of Tender
5.1 Conditions for Participation
5.1.1 Subject to clause 5.7, 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 will be required to provide as part of their response either:
i. a Valid and Satisfactory Statement of Tax Record/s; or
ii. a receipt/s demonstrating that a Statement of Tax Record has been requested from the Australian Taxation Office.
Note: Tenderers are to note, this requirement also applies to all new businesses and foreign Tenderers that do not have an Australian tax record of at least four years.
e. the Tenderer holds a Valid and Satisfactory Statement of Tax Record for any first tier subcontractor that it proposes, as part of its response, to engage to deliver goods or services with an estimated value of over $4 million (GST inclusive).
f. the Tenderer must comply with all Mandatory Requirements identified in the Attachment B -TRS (tTender Response schedules).
5.2 Minimum Content and Format Requirements
5.2.1 Subject to clause 5.7, Unintentional Errors of Form, CSIRO will exclude a Tenderer from further consideration if CSIRO considers in its absolute discretion that the Tenderer’s response does not meet the minimum content and format requirements listed in this clause. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this RFT, only requirements listed in this clause will be deemed minimum content and format requirements for the purposes of this RFT.
a. The Tender must be lodged electronically via AusTender, the Australian Government Tendering System, in accordance with, clause 3.9, AusTender Terms and Conditions
b. The Tenderer must complete and submit in their Response the:
i. Tenderer’s Deed Poll, substantially in for form at Schedule 10,
as set out in Attachment B - TRS (Tender Response Schedules).
c. Where the Tenderer is a Relevant Employer, the Tenderer must provide evidence as specified in Schedule 3 item 1.3.5 of Attachment B - TRS (Tender Response Schedules). Further information can be found at clause 5.9.
d. Tenderers (including new businesses and foreign Tenderers) are required to provide evidence of their compliance as specified in Schedule 3 item 1.3.6 of Attachment B - TRS (Tender Response Schedules) and include with their Response:
i. a Valid and Satisfactory Statement of Tax Record/s, or
ii. A receipt/s demonstrating that a Statement of Tax Record has been requested from the Australian Taxation Office.
Where a Tenderer does not provide the Statement of Tax Record (STR) as part of its response to the Tender, the Tenderer will be required to provide all required Valid and Satisfactory Statement of Tax Record/s within two weeks of the RFT Closing Time and Date.
NOTE: It is recommended that Tenderers review the information and guidance provided in clause 5.8 of the RFT Head Document as CSIRO may exclude a Tenderer from further consideration and evaluation if the conditions for participation have not been met by the Tenderer.
‘Table 1 Statement of Tax Record Requirements By Legal Entity’ in the Attachment B - TRS (Tender Response Schedules) provides further instructions of requirements. Tenderers should be mindful of applying for a Statement of Tax Record under the correct entity structure to avoid an incorrect Statement of Tax Record being obtained. Tenderers should also ensure that the information provided on its entity structure is consistent within Attachment B – TRS and the Statement of Tax Record.
e. Noting the requirement at clause 5.2.1 b, Tenderers should substantially complete all remaining schedules of Attachment B - TRS (Tender Response Schedules), including the RFT Pricing Tables at Annexure A in the format provided.
f. The Tender, including all attachments and supporting material, must be written in English.
g. Alternative solutions will only be considered where the Tenderer also provides in its Tender, a response that conforms to the specified requirements of this RFT
estimated by the 30 November 2023.