2022-08-09 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  9 AUGUST 2022


5.    REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMITTEE



1     T000061 – TRAIL 5 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT TENDER AWARD

Author            Project Manager, Aiden Flannery
                  Infrastructure Services Department

Index             ECM/ Project & Contract / T000061 Trail 5 Design & Construction /
                  Reports to Council
                  ECM/Subject / Contracting / Tenders

Attachments       1.    Evaluation Spreadsheet


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report provides a tender evaluation summary and recommendation to award the contract
to Wilson Family Trust trading as Trailworx to carry out the Trail 5 Design & Construction works.
     In accordance with Council Procurement Policy and procedure, an Invitation to Tender
      (ITT) was initiated and one response, with the compliant responses considered for further
      assessment.
     This tender is considered advantageous to Council as the Contractor is a specialist in trail
      design and construction, is local owned and operated and presents value for money.
     The project is 95% funded by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority through the Local
      Economic Recovery (LER) program with Council contributing the remaining 5%. The
      tender price is within the allocated budget.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Project Manager to the Services & Organisation Meeting
dated 9 August 2022 and:
A.    Award Contract T000061 for the design and construction of the Trail 5 upgrade works to
      Wilson Family Trust t/a Trailworx for the lump sum price of $714,000 excluding GST; and
B.    Approve expenditure under this Contract up to $800,000 excluding GST, including
      contingency spend.

REPORT
1.    Project Background

Following the development of the Noosa Trails Network Masterplan, $1.61 million in State grant
funding was awarded through the Local Economic Recovery (LER) program for the upgrade of
the Cooroora Trail (formerly known as Trail 5). The upgrade works generally consist of:
     Remediation/ upgrade of the existing trail network linking Pomona to Cooran via Tuchekoi
      National Park (primarily Trail 5);
     Revised directional trail signage; and
     Upgrades to trail hub facilities, horse yards, and parking to provide a better user
      experience and improve bush fire resilience.

The project consists of the following stages with the current status noted:


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