Queensland Rail

QRP-25-31

Friday 05 September 2025 (E. Australia Standard Time)

Monday 29 September 2025 02:00 PM (E. Australia Standard Time) CLOSED

Monday 29 September 2025 02:00 PM (E. Australia Standard Time)

Monday 10 November 2025 (E. Australia Standard Time)

Queensland Rail

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.

The buyer has elected to have their personal and contact details hidden. These details will be revealed at the buyers discretion.

Invitation to Tender: QRP-25-31 – Supply of Consumables and Testing for Heat and Hydration

SCOPE OVERVIEW

Queensland Rail is seeking a Contractor for the supply and quality control of consumable hydration products, training and associated testing services as part of the Network Safety Heat and Hydration Management program preventing risk of heat-related illness.

The objective of this RFP process is to establish a minimum of 1 preferred Contractor(s) for the provision of some or all of the range of Goods and Services required as set out in the Scope of Work, while providing the best value for money for Queensland Rail.

The following hydration products and associated materials for hydration testing form part of this scope. The goods and/or services tendered shall include, but may not be limited to:

• Consumable electrolyte replacement products for hydration (with coverage for varied dehydration risk levels, such as low / medium / high)

• Test equipment to conduct hydration testing (which may include associated consumable products to facilitate the nominated hydration testing methodology)

• Training of Queensland Rail representatives (which may include training for hydration testing and/or scientific informational hydration education)

Delivery location is nominated as the following Queensland Rail site:

Queensland Rail - IML Distribution Centre, 347 Bilsen Road, Geebung, QLD, 4034

This main delivery address is subject to change throughout the course of the Contract term and will be advised to the Contractor if/when any such change occurs.

Provision of training shall be at a Queensland Rail Office or Depot and/or a suitable location in Queensland convenient to Queensland Rail to allow operation of the equipment.


TENDER PROCESS TIMEFRAME

The anticipated timeframes following the Tender release are:

• Closing Date of Tender - 02:00pm AEST on 29/09/2025

• Evaluation Process - October–November 2025

• Estimated Award Date – December 2025

Queensland Rail reserves the right to alter the above dates throughout the Tender Process should the need arise.

****************NOTE: All addenda for this tender will be released via the Ariba Sourcing system not via VendorPanel *******************************

• Queensland
  1: Brisbane
  2: Central West
  3: Darling Downs
  4: Far North
  5: Fitzroy
  6: Gold Coast
  7: Mackay
  8: North West
  9: Northern
  10: Offshore (QLD)
  11: South West
  12: Sunshine Coast
  13: West Moreton
  14: Wide Bay-Burnett

All Regions of Service locations are within Australia.

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