Tender Details
Inspection and Testing of Essential Fire Safety Services
Business Name
Nambucca Valley Council
VP Reference #
VP516350
Buyers Reference #
T2025-044
Opens
Thursday 09 July 2026 (AUS Eastern Standard Time)
Closes
Sunday 02 August 2026 05:00 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time) CLOSED
Supplier query cut-off
Monday 27 July 2026 05:00 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time)
Expected decision
Sunday 16 August 2026 (AUS Eastern Standard Time)
Buyer Details
Business Name
Nambucca Valley Council
Location
44 Princess St
Macksville, New South Wales 2447
Australia
WebSite:
https://nambucca.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/default/home.asp
Business Info
Nambucca Valley Council is a local government area in the mid north coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

The local government area was created on 15 December 1915, from land excised from Bellingen Shire, and was originally called Nambucca Shire. The area was renamed Nambucca Valley from 4 December 2019
Contact Details
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What the buyer is requesting
Details
This tender is for the provision of Inspection and Testing of Essential Fire Safety Services across various Council-owned and managed buildings within the Nambucca Valley Local Government Area. Nambucca Valley Council is advertising a tender to source a suitably qualified and experienced firm required to provide

Essential Fire Safety Services for various council premises and sites within the Nambucca Valley. The objective of this tender is to establish a reliable, compliant and value-for-money service arrangement that supports Council’s statutory fire safety obligations, reduces compliance risk, maintains safe public facilities, and ensures all required inspections, testing and Annual Fire Safety Statements are completed accurately and on time.

The successful contractor will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Inspection and testing of essential fire safety measures in accordance with relevant Australian Standards and legislative requirements.

• Preparation of inspection reports identifying defects and non-conformances.

• Notification of critical defects requiring immediate rectification.

• Provision of Annual Fire Safety Statement (AFSS) documentation and supporting records.

• Testing of systems including, but not limited to:

o Portable fire extinguishers;

o Fire blankets;

o Fire detection and alarm systems;

o Emergency and exit lighting;

o Fire doors;

o Hose reels and hydrants;

o Sprinkler systems;

o Smoke hazard management systems;

o Fire indicator panels;

o Any other essential fire safety measures installed at Council facilities.

• Maintaining accurate service records.

The successful tenderer will be liaising with Council representatives regarding scheduling and access requirements as well as completing all scheduled inspections and testing in accordance with the agreed annual service schedule, responding to request for service, submitting reports in a timely manner.

The successful tenderer must agree to comply with Councils Work, Health & Safety (WHS) requirements including online induction requirements current platform is BeSafe undertaken an online prequalification and uploading all required insurance documents.

The successful tenderer must provide timely notification of critical defects or issues affecting building compliance. Maintain effective communication regarding scheduled inspections, access requirements and service delivery.

There will be an information briefing for suppliers at the Nambucca Valley Council Administration Building located at 44 Princess Street, Macksville NSW 2447 on Thursday 16.07.2026 @ 11am
Background information / Compatibility requirements
Details
• Have adequate number of qualified technicians to undertake all scheduled inspections and testing within the required timeframes.

• Provide a dedicated Contract Manager or primary contact responsible for coordinating all works, reporting and communication with Council.

• Have the capacity to respond to emergency call-outs and urgent defect notifications within the response times specified in the Contract.

• Provide all labour, supervision, tools, calibrated testing equipment, vehicles and materials necessary to perform the Services.

• Ensure sufficient resourcing is available during periods of staff leave, illness or peak workloads to prevent delays to scheduled inspections.

• Ensure all personnel present professionally, wear appropriate PPE and comply with Council's site access and safety requirements
Supplier lists selected
Lists
  • Building Trade, Repairs, Maint.
  • ELEC, Lighting, Equip & Services
  • Fire & Safety
Categories selected
Categories
  • Building Trade & Repairs & Maintenance Services
    1: Fire Equipment & Maintenance Services
    2: Other Maintenance & Services
  • Electrical Systems, Lighting, Equipment & Services
    1: Testing & Tagging
  • Fire & Safety
    1: Fire Systems
Regions of Service
Locations
  • New South Wales
    1: Mid-North Coast

All Regions of Service locations are within Australia.
Information requested by others
10/Jul/2026 11:42 AM
Question:
Hi Nambucca Valley Council,

Will the council also be reviewing their fire alarm monitoring services for this tender?\

Thanks,

Vaughn

Answered on 16/Jul/2026 08:48 AM:


Good morning

Thank you for your interest in Council's tender. To answer your question, we do not have any panels that communicate with the bridge and therefore fire alarm monitoring is not part of the tender process.

With regards

Nambucca Valley Council
14/Jul/2026 10:56 AM
Question:
Hello,

To accurately price the smoke detector replacement item included in the tender schedule, could the Buyer please confirm the following details for each of the below venues:

Bowraville Theatre

Fire Indicator Panel (FIP) manufacturer and model/type

Is the fire detection system addressable or conventional?

Nambucca Library

Fire Indicator Panel (FIP) manufacturer and model/type

Is the fire detection system addressable or conventional?

This information is required to ensure the correct detector type and associated installation requirements are allowed for in our tender pricing.

Thank you.

Answered on 16/Jul/2026 08:49 AM:


Good morning

Thank you for your interest in this tender. To answer your question;

Bowraville Theatre

Fire Indicator Panel (FIP) manufacturer and model/type

Notifier 1600 conventional Fire Panel

The system is stand alone and does not communicate to a monitoring service.

Nambucca Library

Fire Indicator Panel (FIP) manufacturer and model/type -

TOA SX-2000 Series OWS

The system is stand alone and does not communicate to a monitoring service.

With regards

Nambucca Valley Council
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