Queensland Rail

Friday 31 October 2025 (E. Australia Standard Time)

Thursday 13 November 2025 05:00 PM (E. Australia Standard Time) CLOSED

Thursday 13 November 2025 05:00 PM (E. Australia Standard Time)

Thursday 20 November 2025 (E. Australia Standard Time)

Queensland Rail

305 Edward St
Brisbane City, Queensland 4000
Australia

http://www.queenslandrail.com.au

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.

Michelle Mcdonald

Senior Category Specialist

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michelle.mcdonald@qr.com.au

Purpose:

This notice is issued for informational purposes only. No Scope of Works or additional details are available at this time.

Overview:

Queensland Rail manages a 6,000km rail network across the state, including over 2,000km within the North Queensland Greater Area Rail Network.

A future tender will seek to engage qualified suppliers to deliver Vegetation Management Services across key regions in North Queensland, including Burdekin, Fitzroy, Mackay/Whitsundays, North Queensland (Wet Tropics), and the Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa Line region). The objective is to support safe and reliable rail operations through effective vegetation control and maintenance.

Indicative Scope:

The anticipated services may include:

Mechanical and chemical vegetation control

Inspection and reporting

Compliance with environmental and safety regulations

Coordination with operational teams to minimise service disruptions

All services will be expected to align with Queensland Rail’s technical specifications, safety standards, and environmental guidelines.

The following is an exhaustive/complete list of all Services that be requested under the contract; however not all Services will necessarily apply to or be required in every region.

(a) Comprehensive slashing: (formerly called Total Slashing – this includes treatment within the Danger Zone.

(b) General Slashing (formerly called Total Slashing - Excludes Danger Zone)

(c) Selective Slashing A (formerly called Level Crossing & Yard etc slashing & now including the Danger Zone

(d) Selective Slashing B (formerly called Level Crossing & Yard etc slashing)

(e) General Asset and urban fenceline

(f) Rail Stock & Rural fenceline

(g) Weed treatment (Grass/Broadleaf)

(h) Weed treatment (Woody)

(i) Embankment Slashing

(j) Wide Corridor / Fire Protection

(k) Minor works/ Infrequent services

Timing:

Existing contracts are due to expire at the end of 2026. The tender is expected to be released in mid-January 2026.

Note:

This is a forward procurement notification only. No further information is available at this stage.

• Queensland
  1: Far North
  2: Fitzroy
  3: Mackay
  4: North West
  5: Northern

All Regions of Service locations are within Australia.

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