Question:
Dear Sirs,

By this message I would like to highlight our interest in this project, since it's one of our areas of expertise and we coud add remarkable value. However, we do find the deadline to be a little tight and, if at all possible, I would like to kindly ask for an extension of time for submitting our proposal of, at least, three weeks.

Kind regards,

Answered on 16/Jun/2025 10:23 AM:


Good morning,

TMR is comfortable with giving an additional week for this tender, without adversely impacting our timeframes.

Please note we have extended the close date for this tender to Wednesday 2 July 2025, at 2 pm.

Question:
Dear Sir/ Madam,

We would like to seek clarification on whether participation under a manpower arrangement is acceptable for this tender.

Kindly confirm if we may submit our proposal to provide personnel support as part of the scope.

Thank you.

Answered on 18/Jun/2025 10:01 AM:


Good morning,

TMR is seeking a company/team to deliver the scope of services as outlined in the tender documents.

Thank you.

Question:
Are you seeking a company/team to provide technical advisory services or an individual person seconded to TMR providing Technical Advisory?

Answered on 18/Jun/2025 09:49 AM:


TMR is seeking a company/team to deliver the scope of services as outlined in the tender documents.

Question:
Q1 – Does the acronym BCE refer to ‘Business Case Equivalent’?

Q2 – The RFQ mentions ‘Challenges around the existing product not meeting customer expectations, accessibility non-compliance and rollingstock reliability’. Are TMR primarily seeking a consultant specialising in access and universal design, or are they also seeking technical advisory services from other disciplines? If so, can you provide an indication of what these disciplines might be?

Answered on 18/Jun/2025 02:57 PM:


Q1 – Does the acronym BCE refer to ‘Business Case Equivalent’?

Answer- Yes, the acronym ‘BCE’ refers to ‘Business Case Equivalent.

Q2 – The RFQ mentions ‘Challenges around the existing product not meeting customer expectations, accessibility non-compliance and rollingstock reliability’. Are TMR primarily seeking a consultant specialising in access and universal design, or are they also seeking technical advisory services from other disciplines? If so, can you provide an indication of what these disciplines might be?

Answer- In addition to the Technical Advisor – Rollingstock, TMR and Queensland Rail will be engaging a range of other external advisors to assist with developing the BCE, including:

- Accessibility Advisor.

- Cost and Risk Advisor.

- Financial, Commercial and Economic Advisor.

- Product/Market Advisor.

- Stakeholder and Communications Advisor.

- Technical Advisor – Civil.

- Legal Advisor.

- Service Planning Advisor.

The Technical Advisor – Rollingstock will need to interface with a number of other advisors in the course of delivering their scope of work, particularly the Accessibility Advisor, the Cost and Risk Advisor and the Technical Advisor – Civil.

Question:
Please can it be clarified what the requirement for support is based on. is it:-

- Options for Overhaul/Refresh of the existing fleets

- Options for new train fleet to replace the existing fleet

- Or consideration of options for both refresh of existing fleets versus new train fleet

Thank you.

Answered on 20/Jun/2025 07:59 AM:


TMR wishes to confirm that requirement for support is based on options for new train fleet to replace the existing fleet.

Note that overhaul of the existing fleet will form the Base Case for the business case analysis and there will no support required for the Base Case development as Queensland Rail already has this well-defined.

Question:
Please confirm that the scopes described in section 1 of the requirements including the additional scopes should be completed by the end of November 2025.

Is this date calculated considering that the works will start at the beginning of August?

Kind regards.

Answered on 20/Jun/2025 02:33 PM:


As per the scope specification in the Request for Quote, this work (including additional scope outlined in Addendum 1) will need to be completed by the end of November 2025. The successful tenderer will need to ensure that they have considered an appropriate methodology and that their team is resourced accordingly to meet the required timeframes.

TMR is seeking to engage the successful tenderer mid-July, with work to commence immediately following contract award. Project delivery deadlines are not negotiable and alternate delivery timelines that do not align with requirements will not be considered.

Question:
Based on our experience we consider that for the described scope, taking into account the time needed for the generation of the documentation to launch the consultation to the market and the response from them, we would need 12 months to complete all tasks. Please indicate if it is possible to propose a different timetable from the one proposed?

Kind regards.

Answered on 23/Jun/2025 03:58 PM:


As per the scope specification in the Request for Quote, this work (including additional scope outlined in Addendum 1) will need to be completed by the end of November 2025. The successful tenderer will need to ensure that they have considered an appropriate methodology and that their team is resourced accordingly to meet the required timeframes. TMR is seeking to engage the successful tenderer mid-July, with work to commence immediately following contract award.

Project delivery deadlines are not negotiable and alternate delivery timelines that do not align with requirements will not be considered.

Question:
With regard to Professional Indemnity insurance, can you please outline what level of cover is required for this engagement.

Answered on 23/Jun/2025 03:46 PM:


Professional indemnity insurance cover of $5 million for any one claim and $10 million in the aggregate is required for this engagement.

Question:
With regards to Criteria 2 "Capability and Experience", can you please confirm if the Curriculum Vitae's (CV) form part of the 3 page limit or will CVs be treated as separate attachments to the offer? Please clarify this requirement.

Answered on 24/Jun/2025 08:31 AM:


The CV’s can be provided in addition to the 3-page limit

Question:
Can TMR confirm if they require an upper limiting fee to accompany the hourly rates or prefer a fixed price offering?

Answered on 26/Jun/2025 08:37 AM:


TMR are seeking an upper limiting fee for this engagement.

Question:
Please could we clarify the following with reference to Addendum 1:

• Does the preparation of the cost estimate need to be in line with any DTMR cost estimating standards and if so could you please provide those standards?

• What commercial reliance will be placed on cost estimates provided as part of the Rollingstock Cost Development methodology?

Answered on 01/Jul/2025 08:59 AM:


• The rollingstock cost estimate is a benchmarked estimate that does not require alignment with DTMR’s Project Cost Estimating Manual.

• The rollingstock cost estimate will be used to inform investment decision making. The purpose of the cost estimate is to, as accurately as possible, provide the funding envelope that Government will need to provide for should investment in the project be approved. The Project Assessment Framework (PAF) requires that an investment decision is made on P90 project costs, meaning that there is a 90 per cent level of confidence that costs will not be greater than the estimate. Given the high-level nature of the cost estimate developed for the rollingstock component of the project and the inherent uncertainty in an estimate developed through this method, there will be a need to ensure appropriate levels of risk are incorporated into the estimate. The Technical Advisor – Rollingstock will be required to work with the Cost and Risk Advisor to ensure that appropriate risk adjustments are incorporated into the rollingstock cost estimate to meet PAF requirements.