Tender Details
Rail Profiling Service
Business Name
Queensland Rail
VP Reference #
VP472978
Buyers Reference #
QRP2462
Opens
Friday 15 August 2025
(E. Australia Standard Time)
Closes
Monday 13 October 2025 02:00 PM
(E. Australia Standard Time)
CLOSED
Supplier query cut-off
Monday 13 October 2025 02:00 PM
(E. Australia Standard Time)
Expected decision
Friday 12 December 2025
(E. Australia Standard Time)
Buyer Details
Business Name
Queensland Rail
Location
305 Edward St
Brisbane City, Queensland 4000
Australia
WebSite:
http://www.queenslandrail.com.au
Business Info
Founded in 1865, Queensland Rail has a proud history of connecting Queensland communities and supporting local jobs, industries and economies. We are committed to providing a customer-focused, safe, modern and world-class rail service for Queenslanders.
With total assets of $8.0 billion, and a network that extends more than 6,600 kilometres across the state, we are also focused on providing customers and Queenslanders with an efficient and value for money service.
Our 7,500 strong workforce delivers services across our South East Queensland and Regional networks, including Travel and Tourism services and Regional Freight.
Our South East Queensland team provides 8,392 services each week, supporting our customers to reach their destination safely and on-time. In 2019-2020, 44 million passenger trips were taken on the South East Queensland network (a decrease of approximately 20 per cent compared to 2018-2019, associated with COVID-19).
The Regional networks commuter and rail tourism markets are serviced by the Travel and Tourism products. These comprise eight services connecting Regional communities across Queensland with other Regional centres and the South East Queensland corner. These services support the Queensland tourism industry through the provision of unique rail tourism experiences including special events and charters through the operation of a small fleet of heritage services.
Our Regional networks and Freight team provides rail access for freight operators and other Queensland Rail supply chain customers to enable the critical transport of resources and general freight across the state.
We are proud of the role we play in providing vital passenger and freight services and we are dedicated to ensuring that our systems, procedures and practices reflect the highest standards of corporate governance.
Contact Name
Rinna Kato
Position:
Senior Category Specialist
Primary phone:
NA
Mobile phone:
NA
Fax number:
None Provided
Email:
rinna.kato@qr.com.au
What the buyer is requesting
Details
Aurizon and Queensland Rail are seeking a Contractor/Contractors to supply Rail Profiling Services.
Queensland Rail manages over 6,500 km of track within its rail network and Aurizon manages 2,670 km of track including turnouts and requires ongoing rail profiling services to restore the rail profile on its network, remove irregularities from worn track, reduce rail and rollingstock wheel wear, improve the ride comfort for our customers, reduce rail squeal for residents living close to our track infrastructure and ultimately extend the life and reduce the risk of rail failures.
To view the whole tender pack, tenderers are required to email the Contact Officer and request access to the ARIBA eSourcing system.
When requesting access, please ensure your email contains at least the following information:
• Full Company Name;
• Name of person(s) who requires access to Ariba (can be more than one);
• Email address for person(s) requiring access;
• Phone number for person(s) requiring access;
• Companies physical location / address;
• Company phone number (if different from above); and
• If you are an existing supplier and if you know your current ARIBA access ID (ANID#) with Queensland Rail (optional)
Offers must be lodged by 2.00pm AEST on 6 October 2025 in Ariba Sourcing.
An optional market briefing will be held on Friday 29 August 2025 @10am AEST (subject to change)
Tenderers who would like to participate must email interest to Contact Officer and register prior to the event.
Any offer not properly lodged before the specified closing time and date may be rejected at the discretion of Queensland Rail. If an extension occurs this will be updated in Ariba Sourcing
Supplier lists selected
Lists
Railway, Tramway and Track
Categories selected
Categories
Railway, Tramway and Track
1: Engineering Services
2: Machinery and Equipment
3: Maintenance Services
4: Other Services
Regions of Service
Locations
Queensland
1: Brisbane
All Regions of Service locations are within Australia.
Information requested by others
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Updates made to this Request
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