2022-11-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             8 NOVEMBER 2022


Approximate historical expenditure for parks and landscaping services from this arrangement
was as follows:


       Calendar Year          2019             2020              2021           2022 YTD
         Invoiced $         $228,000         $396,000          $722,000         $496,000


In accordance with Part 3 of the Local Government Regulations and Council Procurement
Policy, Council invited written tenders for the provision of various parks and landscaping
services. The ITT was issued as a schedule of rates contract for an initial contract term of twelve
(12) months, plus four (4) further terms of up to twelve (12) months each at Council’s sole
discretion, and subject to satisfactory performance.
Council invited written tenders via the Council VendorPanel e-portal on 13 September 2022 and
advertised the tender on Council’s website on 13 September and within the Noosa Today
publication on 16 September 2022, with responses closing on 13 October 2022.
Seventeen (17) responses were received within the VendorPanel e-portal from the following
suppliers in alphabetical order:

•     AVM Operations Pty Ltd t/as All Vegetation Management
•     APG Group Pty Ltd t/as Aussie Parks & Gardens Group
•     F & RH Howarth t/as Cape Nursery
•     TTF Allofus Family Trust t/as Complete Turf Management
•     Creative Playground Surfaces Pty Ltd
•     S.C.L Services Pty Ltd t/as Disc Landscapes
•     TTF GLG Greenlife Group Unit Trust t/as GLG Greenlife Group
•     Green Options Pty Ltd
•     Canasta Holdings Pty Ltd t/as Greenwood Landscape Management
•     SG Montague & JM Wallis t/as Hoyles Landscape Management
•     Hydromulch Solutions Pty Ltd TTF Outside the Box t/as Hydromulch Solutions
•     TTF The Pennell Family Trust t/as Nature Zone Landscaping & Property Maintenance
•     Ranges to Reef Environmental Service Pty Ltd
•     The Maintenance Company Pty Ltd
•     TTF The Pump House Unit Trust t/as The Pump House
•     Irrigation Centre Pty Ltd t/as Think Water Noosa
•     Wagners CFT Manufacturing Pty Ltd

2.     Tender Evaluation

The ITT sought to have a list of suppliers that required the following mandatory insurance:
•    Public & Product Liability;
•    Third Party & Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance; and
•    Workers Compensation – WorkCover (where applicable).

All suppliers recommended for inclusion to the ROPS complied with the above insurance
requirements.

The ITT also sought the following licencing/qualifications for services (where applicable):
•    Traffic Management Accreditation;
•    Construction Industry Blue/White Card;
•    30215 QLD General Safety Induction Card;
•    Nursery & Garden Industry Accreditation;
•    ACDC Chemical Accreditation;

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