Question:
Hi BRS wish to attend the site visit.

Please provide details to info@brs-electrical.com.au

Answered on 11/Jun/2026 08:30 AM:


Noted - further details will be emailed today.

Question:
Can you confirm if electrical metering data would be available for each building.

Answered on 24/Jun/2026 08:56 AM:


On the Toowoomba Campus, approximately 20% of Buildings are currently equipped with smart metering. Data logs from these systems will be made available to the successful tenderer for comparison and analysis purposes only. Not all buildings are metered at a granular level, and as such, the Campus may require the successful tenderer to supply and install additional data loggers or metering equipment to obtain accurate and comprehensive energy usage data. In addition to metered data, historical campus-wide utility bills can be provided, including basic consumption information, to support benchmarking and validation activities.

Question:
1 Existing consultant reports — confirm complete and current set: A substantial suite of prior reports has been provided for the Toowoomba

campus, including the GHD Electrical Assets Strategy Inspection Report (Dec 2024), the USQ Condition Assessment (2020), the HV Asset

Inspection (AGR, Dec 2023), the RMU/Transformer service report (CTG, Nov 2023), the MSB/DB inspection reports (A.G. Coombs, Feb 2023; CTG,

Oct 2023), the HV Safety Compliance Assessment (BNH, Oct 2021), the PMT Protection Grading Report (Electro-Technical/Wiley, 2018), and the

Ergon earth testing report (2017). Please confirm (a) that this is the complete set and no further electrical reports exist; and (b) the latest

revision of each, as several have been issued in draft or appear superseded.

2 Transformer capacity & recorded maximum demand: Please provide the rated capacity and recorded maximum demand for each transformer /

Main Switchboard — drawn either from electricity billing data covering a summer (peak) period, or from the campus BMS/EMS where metering

is available. This will allow CV Services to establish the existing demand baseline against installed transformer capacity and inform the 10–15 year

master planning and future-state load projections.

3 MSB room layouts & space constraints: Please provide switchroom floor plans (with dimensions) for each Main Switchboard location, to allow

assessment of in-place replacement feasibility versus relocation. We note UniSQ’s stated intent at Building S to relocate the existing transformer

externally to free the internal substation for a new MSB where the room is undersized; please confirm whether similar space constraints are

known at other buildings.

4 Underground reticulation / cable route plans: GHD’s scope expressly excluded cable condition and cable routes. Please provide any underground

reticulation drawings, cable route plans, or cable-pit registers for both the HV and LV networks, and confirm whether cables are direct-buried, in

conduit, in concrete encasement, or in pits. Please also confirm whether any cable routes are known or suspected to be in asbestos-cement

conduit.

5 Cable investigation — Provisional Sum acceptance: If underground cable route documentation does not exist, please confirm that UniSQ accepts

a cable-route investigation (ground-penetrating radar, cable-pit CCTV, and targeted potholing) being undertaken in Phase 1 and carried as a

Provisional Sum, as the Phase 2 cable replacement design cannot be scoped or priced without it.

6 Service continuity & shutdown windows: Please provide UniSQ’s service continuity / shutdown strategy and the academic calendar identifying

semester breaks, examination periods, and low-occupancy windows per building, so that major HV/LV outages can be planned around teaching

and research activity.

7 Critical buildings register: Please identify operationally critical buildings (laboratories, ICT / data centres, research facilities) with a criticality tier

and operational hours, so that temporary-supply and service-continuity requirements can be designed appropriately and reflected in the staging

strategy.

8 Solar / embedded generation: A 1.1MW solar plant is understood to connect into the campus network at Substation A (via transformer TG1).

Please provide locations, rated capacities, grid-connection configuration, and the export strategy for all solar and embedded-generation assets,

as these affect protection coordination and future-state HV design.

9 Asbestos register: Please provide the campus asbestos register and confirm specifically whether any switchrooms, switchboard enclosures, or

underground cable routes contain asbestos-cement conduit, asbestos board, or ACM linings, as this materially affects construction methodology,

worker safety, and cost.

10 Recent failure history & oil-leaking transformers: Please provide the recent failure / outage history of electrical assets. Specifically, for the two

transformers identified with oil leakage in the GHD report, please confirm the current containment status, leakage volume, and whether an

environmental / soil-contamination assessment has been undertaken.

11 MSB / DB single-line diagrams: GHD confirmed no campus SLDs exist and that UniSQ personnel were relied upon to identify assets. Please

confirm whether UniSQ holds any SLDs — including partial or hand-drawn as-builts — for any MSB or distribution board. We also note that SLD

drawings within the issued document set include Springfield-campus drawings (not Toowoomba); please confirm that no Toowoomba SLD has

been omitted in error.

12 Ergon Energy supply agreement & capacity: Please provide the Ergon Energy / Energy Queensland supply agreement, the agreed maximum

demand at Substation A (the single incoming connection point), and confirm any current supply limitation or available headroom for future load

growth, including the metering arrangement.

13 Substation 3/6 replacement — status & scope boundary: The GHD report notes that Substation 3/6 replacement is “in progress by others”,

potentially affecting approximately 89 downstream boards across Blocks Y, R, E, G, H, W and U1. Please provide the current design / construction

status, the responsible consultant and contractor, and confirm the scope boundary so these boards can be correctly excluded from, or

coordinated with, CV Services’ scope.

14 Generator & UPS register: Please provide a campus-wide register of all generator and UPS installations — including capacity (kVA), age, fuel type,

connected loads, maintenance status, and last service date — as these affect temporary-supply planning and service continuity during outages.

15 BMS / metering / SCADA interfaces: Please confirm which switchboards have Building Management System points, power-metering, or SCADA

connections, so that re-connection of building automation and monitoring is correctly scoped into the switchboard replacement design and not

lost during board changeover.

16 RMU6 access: RMU6 (ABB) could not be inspected during the GHD investigation because the enclosure lock could not be opened, and it is

currently the only HV asset with an entirely unknown condition. Please provide the correct key / access arrangement so that RMU6 can be

physically inspected as a Phase 1 priority.

17 RMU11-T9 transformer footing subsidence: The GHD report records visible subsidence and movement of the RMU11-T9 transformer footing,

indicating a latent sub-base condition. Please advise whether any geotechnical or structural investigation has been undertaken, and confirm

whether such investigation (and any resulting remediation or transformer relocation) is to be carried by CV Services or by UniSQ.

18 Protection coordination — unresolved grading: The 2018 PMT Protection Grading Report identified that the RMU18 80A HV fuse does not

coordinate with the upstream Substation A protection, and that earth-fault mal-grading could not be resolved without reworking the upstream

relay settings. Please confirm whether this has since been resolved, and provide any subsequent protection study or Ergon correspondence.

19 Earthing system data: The 2017 Ergon earth-testing report covered Substation A only, was undertaken without a site-specific risk profile, and

could not complete current-distribution measurement due to switchboard access restrictions. Please provide any campus-wide earthing design

or test records and confirm whether a site-specific earthing risk profile exists. We note any new or relocated transformer (e.g. Building S) will

require a fresh AS 2067-compliant earthing design.

20 Building Information Matrix: Please confirm whether the issued Building Information Matrix can be supplied populated with existing building

data (occupancy, supply type, criticality, available shutdown windows), or whether full population of the matrix is to be undertaken by CV

Services within the Phase 1 scope.

21 Incumbent maintenance contractor: Please provide the name and contact details of the incumbent HV/LV maintenance contractor for the

Toowoomba campus, and confirm whether UniSQ approves CV Services engaging them as a paid site-investigation support subcontractor during

Phase 1 — subject to a conflict-of-interest protocol (e.g. exclusion from the Phase 3 construction tender) — to draw on their undocumented

knowledge of cable routes, board connections, and access constraints.

Answered on 30/Jun/2026 09:04 AM:


1. As noted in the tender and walkthrough, information included in the tender pack is the best we have available at this time.

2. Unsure if this is a question or a statement. In any case, refer to answer 1.

3. Refer to answer 1. Capturing general spatial information to complete the example matrix is part of the scope. Please provide the methodology on how you will do this efficiently.

4. The Site Services PDF is the most comprehensive information available. Validation is required; please include it in your methodology

5. Please provide a methodology to systematically capture the required information through the stages

6. This is identified as a deliverable to be identified through stakeholder workshops.

7. Also for capture during stakeholder sessions - Example matrix was provided - the consultant may want to provide an alternative systematic approach.

8. Please clarify what the question is and lodge as a separate RFI

9. The asbestos register provided is the extent of information available.

10. We will need some more time to collect any available information. Expect a response by COB Friday, 03 July - Springfield is not in scope at this time; please disregard the Springfield documents.

11. Lack of existing SLD is a core issue to resolve - what has been issued is the extent of what is available. Capture of the current state is a deliverable.

12. Expect a response by COB Friday, 03 July

13. Generally limited to the replacement of the transformer MSB and Mains cables back to H Block only - downstream boards not in that project - Full project details available on award. Assume downstream boards are to be assessed as with the rest of the site.

14. Expect a response by COB Friday, 03 July

15. Intermittent and limited at the moment, unified metering is a desired outcome and will need to be factored into the capability of any new board on an agreed platform to be confirmed in stakeholder sessions.

16. Establishing an RMU replacement pathway is part of the scope of designing. This is an upgrade of EOL equipment, and most of the RMU's are assumed to be close to or over their design life.

17. Unknown - producing a brief for the required investigation would be part of the design scope.

18. Please clarify what the question is and lodge it as an individual RFI.

19. Please clarify what the question is and lodge it as an individual RFI.

20. Matrix provided is an example of desired outcomes - please provide methodology for capture of this information during stage 1.

21. It is expected that the design lead will communicate and interact with incumbent providers. if works are required under the provisional sum, then the lead will be responsible for managing the works accordingly. If works are required directly with the Principal and the incumbent, the design lead will advise on the scope of works. There is no conflict here.

Question:
unfortunately, we have missed the site visit scheduled for the 15th of June, could we request to have a site visit prior to the tender submission. thanks

Answered on 30/Jun/2026 08:09 AM:


TOOWOOMBA CAMPUS

A second site visit has been scheduled for the Toowoomba Campus – Monday 06 July 2026 at 1:00pm. The second visit is not mandatory for any Tenderer that has already attended the first site visit. The second site visit can be considered as meeting the requirements of the "mandatory site visit criteria" but will be run similarly to the first site visit. As this is a secondary site visit there will be no extension to the tender period due to this site visit. The site visit will have the same itinerary as the first (see Site Attendance Sheet provided as a further attachment), with adjustments made on the day at UniSQ's discretion, premised on resource availability. Any Tenderer that attended the first walkthrough is welcome to attend the second and can send the same, or different persons at their discretion.

Question:
Will UniSQ consider a submission and fees for Phase 1 only?

As the project requires a large volume of investigative works and master planning, it is difficult to provide dees for Phase 2 & 3 which will be informed by Phase 1.

Answered on 30/Jun/2026 09:00 AM:


Phase 1 will be considered a firm price.

Phase 2 is to be considered a firm price - the tender should clearly describe the methodology, inclusions, exclusions, proposed resources and extent of services being offered for the proposed fees (what you can do and for how much). The clarity of this methodology and presentation of approach is part of the non-price assessment, and this will demonstrate the tenderer's capability in this space.