2021-10-18 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             18 OCTOBER 2021


6    REPORTS DIRECT TO GENERAL COMMITTEE

8    T000054 – TEWANTIN BYPASS STAGE 1 INTERSECTION UPGRADE – TENDER AWARD

Author           Designer Capital Works, Aiden Flannery
                 Infrastructure Services Department

Index            ECM/ Project and Contract/ T000054 Tewantin Bypass Stage 1 – Intersection
                 Upgrade / Council Reports
                 ECM/ Projects (T1) / Tewantin Bypass – Beckmans Rd – CAP.WORK – 100970
                 ECM/ Subject/Contract/Road Construction

Attachments      1.   Evaluation Spreadsheet


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
•    The design and delivery of the Beckmans Road roundabout as a critical piece of the Tewantin
     Bypass is funded by Transport and Main Roads (TMR) with additional funding provided by
     Noosa Council.
•    Noosa Council have agreed to manage the delivery of the project.
•    This is the largest project Council officers have designed in-house.
•    A Request for Tender (RFT) was advertised on 24 August 2021 and closed on 22 September
     2021.
•    Five respondents provided compliant submissions for Council to assess.
•    The tender price is within the allocated budget and includes a component of work that is
     Council’s responsibility.
•    The budget for the component that is Council’s responsibility (upgrade to pavement entering
     the roundabout) has been approved by the Capital Works Executive on 30 September 2021
•    The remaining tender price is fully funded by the Department of Transport and Main Roads
     under the terms of the Funding Agreement.
•    The comprehensive assessment of the five tenders resulted in the recommendation to award
     the contract to SGQ Pty Ltd.
•    Endorsement of the recommendation will allow the contractor to mobilise in November and
     complete the project in July 2022 according to requirements.
•    Recommendation to approve expenditure of $7,849,520 excluding GST, including contract
     value and contingency spend.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Designer Capital Works to the General Committee Meeting dated
18 October 2021 and:
A.   Award Contract T000054 for the construction of the Tewantin Bypass Stage 1 – Intersection
     Upgrade works to SGQ Pty Ltd for the sum under a schedule of rates contract for the amount
     of $5,052,575 excluding GST;
B.   Approve expenditure under this Contract up to $7,849,520 excluding GST, including
     contingency spend.




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