Have you completed Part 1B - Tender Submission Documents and included within your submission?

Have you provided a company profile and capability statements (including subconsultants)?

Have you provided key personnel CVs / resumes and time allocations (including subconsultants)?

Have you provided a deliverables program?

Question:
Good afternoon,

We are very interested in participating in this tender opportunity; however, we would like to request an extension if this is possible. We understand due to the timeframe this may not be feasible, but we would be grateful for the extension if it permits.

Thank you in advance for your response.

Kind regards,

Answered on 27/Oct/2025 04:39 PM:


The quotation closure date has been extended to Thursday 13th November 2025 at 5:00pm.

Question:
The supplied Statutory Declaration at 2.6 appears to be for another project. Is it possible to get this amended to reflect the current tender please.

Answered on 27/Oct/2025 04:40 PM:


An updated document has been issued as an addendum to correct this error - noted as revision 2 on the cover sheet. No other changes to the document have been made.

Question:
Hello, can we please have clarifications on the following:



1. Please confirm the composition of Council’s property portfolio referenced in the RFT (“approximately 650 parcels”) and confirm whether the scope includes operational council assets and infrastructure or is limited to non-operational/development land.

2. Please confirm the property, asset, and valuation data sources, formats, and level of completeness to be provided by Council, including whether comprehensive asset condition assessments of any improvements on the land are included.

3. Please confirm if a register defining business/operational use of each site will be available.

4. Where any data gaps exist, please confirm if the Consultant is requested to gather additional asset information and condition data (through onsite inspections) to support robust options analysis.

5. Please confirm if stakeholder engagement will be limited to within Council or also with external and community stakeholders, and the expected number of workshops to be undertaken.

6. Please confirm if Council is seeking the financial analysis tool to be developed on a specific platform, and if so which. Please also advise if the tool is required to interface with any of Council’s existing systems.

7. Please confirm the approximate number of sites Council anticipate being identified and shortlisted for detailed highest and best use and feasibility studies (i.e., the estimated number of “priority sites” to be identified).

8. Please confirm the required deliverables and scope for the Tamworth Global Gateway Park component (e.g., consultant to lead and deliver the Phase 2 business case, feasibility assessments, development strategy etc.).

9. Please confirm whether Council will provide any existing supply/demand forecasts, demographic or growth projection data and other strategic analysis, or whether the Consultant is expected to generate supply and demand forecasts and modelling (including assumptions and data sources) as part of the scope.

10. Please confirm if Council intend to provide GIS layers of the land holdings to support analysis.

11. Please confirm what Council intends by “identify gaps in the portfolio and recommend acquisition strategies” specifically, whether this refers to high-level strategic assessment (e.g. identifying broad service or market gaps) or detailed property-specific analysis and acquisition recommendations, as this will significantly affect the level of investigation and resourcing.

12. Please confirm whether Tenderers are permitted to include a detailed proposed methodology in their submission (for example in Part B – supplementary documents) and clarify whether inclusion of such methodology would be treated as accepted content rather than “unsolicited information,” given the RFT’s statement on unsolicited material.

13. Please provide indicative timeframes, or any critical dates for each project phase.

14. Please confirm the correct evaluation weightings in Part 1A s.3.6.2 — the table lists Tender price 30% and three other criteria at 20% each (which totals 90%); please confirm the intended full weighting breakdown.

Answered on 29/Oct/2025 10:48 AM:


1. The composition of Council’s property portfolio is all land classified as Operational in accordance with section 31 of the Local Government Act. This includes vacant and improved land. It does include land use by Council for operational purposes as well as non-operational/development land. However, the focus of Phase 1 is to identify the parcels of land which could be utilised for commercial benefit or potential development.

2. The property, asset and valuation data sources and format are created from existing Council records and asset registers. The detail and accuracy of this information will need improvement as part of Phase 1. A complete list identifying the parcels of land (Lot and DP) which will determine the scope of the project will be provided. This information will not include comprehensive asset condition assessments of any improvements on the land.

3. A register defining business/operational use of each site is not available.

4. Where any data gaps exist the consultant will be requested to gather asset information and condition data. This may include on-site inspections for certain parcels of land. The consultant will not be required to inspect 650 parcels of land. The number of required onsite inspections will be determined as part of Phase 1. It is expected to be a much smaller number of selected properties or precincts.

5. Stakeholder engagement will be limited to within Council. It is expected that 3-5 workshops would be sufficient to understand the current asset use and strategic priorities of Council’s internal land asset owners/managers.

6. We do not require the financial analysis tool to be developed on a specific platform or to necessarily interface with any of Council’s existing systems.

7. The number of expected shortlisted sites is unknown and will depend on the analysis of Phase 1. Depending on this analysis it is estimated that the number of sites that could be shortlisted could be between 50 – 300.

8. The deliverables of the Tamworth Global Gateway Park component would be for the consultant to provide market insights, feasibility assessments, and potential development strategies / options for different develop opportunities/pathways. This information will be incorporated into a Business Case being prepared by Council. The scope of this part of the project would be defined certain land area (specific development Stages) which make up the next development phase of the Tamworth Global Gateway Park.

9. Existing supply/demand forecasts are not available. Council may be able to provide demographic or growth project data in relation to the local government area only.

10. Council does not intend to provide GIS layers of the land holding to support analysis.

11. “Identify gaps in the portfolio and recommend acquisition strategies” refers to a high-level assessment of Council’s existing land assets to determine if there should be any focus on acquisition of a certain property or type of property (if any) to achieve a desired outcome.

12. Tenderers are encouraged to provide sufficient information to clarify or explain their submissions. As such, a detailed proposed methodology for completing the works would be accepted.

13. Critical dates/timeframes will be determined upon completion of Phase 1. Priorities are for completion of Phase 1 by 31 March 2026. The TGGP component of the Phase 1 scope is due 24 December 2025.

14. The weighting of the "Technical, managerial, resources, financial resources, and evidence of capability" criterion is incorrect and should read 30%.

Question:
1. Can you confirm if there is any detailed masterplan in relation to TGGP?

2. When does the Council intend to announce their chosen contractor, given the stated ambition to receive definitive advice on the TGGP site by the 24th Dec 2025?

Answered on 29/Oct/2025 12:35 PM:


1. An addenda has been issued with the Phase plan and the Master Delivery Plan for the TGGP. This is to assist with pricing of the TGGP related scope.

2. The award of the package is expected to occur by COB Monday 17th November.

Question:
Good afternoon, we would like to ask the following questions

• Do Council have a Quantity Surveyor engaged for TGGP?

• Can Council confirm that the TGGP component of the Phase 1 scope that is due on 24 December is limited to the services under “Phase 1” scope of services, or includes all items described in Response to Question 8 in the Q&A update.

• At which phase does Council anticipate site inspections will be conducted?

Thank you in advance for your response.

Kind regards,

Answered on 07/Nov/2025 03:30 PM:


1. A QS was engaged for construction estimates relating to development of TGGP Stage 5-8. A QS is currently not under contract for the TGGP.

2. The TGGP component within Phase 1 relates to undertaking all scope to analyse options and prepare Market and Feasibility Analysis for the TGGP.

3. Where any data gaps exist the consultant will be requested to gather asset information and condition data. This may include on-site inspections for certain parcels of land. The consultant will not be required to inspect 650 parcels of land. The number of required onsite inspections will be determined as part of Phase 1. It is expected to be a much smaller number of selected properties or precincts.