Tender Details

Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review

Business Name

Resources Safety and Health Queensland

VP Reference #

VP495363

Buyers Reference #

RSHQ.2026.117.2

Opens

Thursday 22 January 2026 (E. Australia Standard Time)

Closes

Friday 20 March 2026 05:00 PM (E. Australia Standard Time) CLOSED

Supplier query cut-off

Saturday 07 March 2026 05:00 PM (E. Australia Standard Time)

Expected decision

Friday 17 April 2026 (E. Australia Standard Time)

Buyer Details

Business Name

Resources Safety and Health Queensland

Location

275 George St
Brisbane City, Queensland 4000
Australia

WebSite:

https://www.rshq.qld.gov.au/

Business Info

Resources Safety & Health Queensland (RSHQ) is the independent regulator of worker safety and health in Queensland's mining, quarrying, petroleum, gas and explosives industries.

Contact Name

Maria-Alicia Gomez

Position:

Manager, Strategic Procurement

Primary phone:

07 3199 8006

Mobile phone:

0435887852

Fax number:

None Provided

Email:

maria-alicia.gomez@rshq.qld.gov.au

What the buyer is requesting

Details

Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) is seeking to engage a suitably qualified expert/s to undertake a clinical audit of health assessments under the Coal Mine Workers’ Health Scheme (CMWHS). This clinical audit will assess the quality and consistency of clinical decision making, specifically related to causality decisions in diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and broader matters related to the respiratory health surveillance component of the health assessment.

Background information / Compatibility requirements

Details

The Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (Act) and the Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017 (Regulation) establishes a regulatory framework that protects the safety and health of workers affected by operations at a coal mine in Queensland. This includes provisions for mandatory health surveillance through the Coal Mine Workers’ Health Scheme (CMWHS). Coal mine workers must have an assessment on entering the industry and then at least every five years while employed in the industry. The CMWHS is used to determine fitness for work and to provide early diagnosis and intervention for respiratory diseases like coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and silicosis.

RSHQ maintain a register of providers approved to carry out functions under the CMWHS. This includes examining medical officers (EMO) who complete the examination section of the health assessment and supervising doctors who carry out, supervise and report on health assessments. Employers are required to appoint one or more supervising doctors as their appointed medical adviser (AMA). A list of approved providers registered under the CMWHS is published on the Register of doctors and medical providers | Business Queensland website.

Quality health assessments are vital for accurate and timely disease detection, ensuring suitable fitness for work decisions and identifying workplace restrictions to manage risks to acceptable levels. Recent compliance activities and anecdotal evidence highlights the need for an evaluation of completed health assessments to ensure quality, reliability and consistency in decision making.

Desired Outcomes ('Nice to haves', Conditions & Warranties, SLA's, Project benefits)

Details

Mandatory criteria:

Current registration to practise medicine in Australia or current medical registration in good standing in another jurisdiction suitable for consultancy/expert review services for this engagement.

Independence and impartiality, including objective audit opinions, not currently performing SD/EMO functions under CMWHS or a robust conflict of interest plan that preserves impartiality.

Clinical governance competence for record review, defensible documentation, evidence appraisal, and privacy/confidentiality when handling de-identified assessments.

Occupational medicine expertise.

Applied decision-making compatible with the CMWHS, including defensible fitness-for-work determinations and restrictions linked to findings, exposure history, and regulatory obligations.

Understanding of COPD diagnosis & causality attribution, including separating COPD from asthma/bronchiectasis, weighing smoking vs occupational exposure, documenting reasoning, uncertainty, and indications for further information/referral.

Demonstrating exposure-history evaluation, including interrogation of coal/silica/diesel exposures (duration, intensity, controls), integration of objective tests (spirometry/DLCO/imaging where available), and linkage to causality conclusions.

Consistency and comparability, including criteria that yield consistent outcomes across reviews, readiness for blinded review and clear rationale when departing from CPG or Return to work guideline.

Effectively communicate risk and compliance impacts, including pinpoint non-compliance and/or documentation gaps and explain impacts on worker safety and industry data, and proportionate and practical recommendations.

Contract Compliance

Supplier lists selected

Lists

Healthcare Services

Categories selected

Categories

Healthcare Services
1: General Practice Services
2: Health & Wellbeing Services
3: Health Research, Surveys & Evaluation
4: Health Screening Services & Programs
5: Medical Assessments & Examinations
6: Medical Science Research Services
7: Medical Speciality Services
8: Occupational Hygiene Services

Regions of Service

Locations

New South Wales
1: Offshore (NSW)
2: Sydney
Queensland
1: Brisbane
2: Central West
3: Darling Downs
4: Far North
5: Mackay
6: Northern
7: Offshore (QLD)
8: South West
South Australia
1: Adelaide
Western Australia
1: Central
2: Midlands
3: Offshore (WA)
4: Perth
5: South West
6: Upper Great Southern

Regions of service locations also include areas outside of Australia.

Information requested by others

27/Jan/2026 02:44 PM

Question:
Good afternoon

On Vendor Panel, the front cover of Part A: Invitation to Offer and Section 1.3 Closing Time and Date it is indicated that the closing date is 06/03/2026.

Section 1.4 Indicative Timetable indicates in Closing date and time for offers as 27/02/2026.

Can you please confirm which date is accurate?

Thank you.

Answered on 06/Feb/2026 11:08 AM:

Please refer to attached document 'Q&A - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review - RSHQ.2026.117.2'.

27/Jan/2026 02:45 PM

Question:
Good afternoon

Part A: Invitation to Offer Section 1.11 How offers are to be submitted

This section states that the offer must be lodged via QTenders website.

Can you please confirm if the platform required is QTenders or Vendor Panel?

Thank you.

Answered on 06/Feb/2026 11:09 AM:

Please refer to attached document 'Q&A - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review - RSHQ.2026.117.2'.

27/Jan/2026 03:23 PM

Question:
Good afternoon

Can you please advise how many health assessments and / or COPD cases will be provided for the purpose of the audit?

This is required to accurately determine required resources and time commitment.

Thank you.

Answered on 06/Feb/2026 11:08 AM:

Please refer to attached document 'Q&A - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review - RSHQ.2026.117.2'.

27/Jan/2026 04:04 PM

Question:
Good afternoon

Is there an existing or previous audit against which the outcomes of this audit are intended to be compared? If so, will the previous audit tool and/or questions be made available to ensure consistency in data collection and comparability of results?

Thank youl

Answered on 06/Feb/2026 11:09 AM:

Please refer to attached document 'Q&A - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review - RSHQ.2026.117.2'.

04/Feb/2026 06:34 PM

Question:
1. Could you please confirm the whether the CMWHS assessments which are to be reviewed as part of the audit will be de-identified with respect to both the patient (worker) and the doctors who have conducted and signed off on the medicals?

2. Does RSHQ have a target number of assessments to reviewed/audited, and/or a target time period, or will the supplier determine an appropriate number of assessments to review?

3. Noting the item regarding “grossly inadequate, incompetent or reckless conduct that could expose workers to an unacceptable level of risk”, does RSHQ have a definition or guide as to what they consider would characterise type of conduct?

4. Regarding the clinical review of COPD cases, does RSHQ have a target number of assessments to reviewed/audited and/or a target time period, or will the supplier determine an appropriate number of COPD cases to review?

5. The tender advises that the review is a clinical audit. Is there an expectation that the supplier will need to be involved in the full audit cycle including reviewing of any recommendations at a later stage (subsequent to providing the report)?

6. Regarding the clinical review of COPD cases, could RSHQ confirm whether any recommendations made by the supplier after review of individual COPD cases, will be used to reconsider previous liability decisions which have been made about the work-relatedness (or non-work-relatedness) of individual COPD cases?

Answered on 13/Feb/2026 12:13 PM:

Please refer to attached document 'Q&A - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review - RSHQ.2026.117.2'.

09/Feb/2026 09:28 PM

Question:
I am having trouble finding Attachment 1: Price Response Schedule and Attachment 2 - Local Benefits Test (which seem to be required to be completed) in the tender documents. Could these please be sent or uploaded?

Answered on 13/Feb/2026 12:23 PM:

Please refer to attached document 'GGS-partc-local-benefits-test-attachment RSHQ.2026.117.2.docx'

Updates made to this Request

06/Feb/2026 11:07 AM

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1. Added: Q&A - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review - RSHQ.2026.117.2.pdf

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13/Feb/2026 12:12 PM

13/Feb/2026 12:21 PM

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25/Feb/2026 09:17 AM

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1. Added: Part A-GGS-Invitation to Offer-january-2026 - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review.docx

2. Added: Part-B-ggs-one-off-Contract-Details-january-2026 - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review.docx

3. Added: Part C-ggs-one-off-ITO-response-schedule-january-2026 - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review.docx

4. Added: Q&A - Doctor Quality Assessments - COPD and Health Assessment Review - RSHQ.2026.117.2.pdf

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02/Mar/2026 02:31 PM