Current ATM View - Health/PH24/5645
Commonwealth Warehousing and Logistics Services
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart
The Department is seeking Tenders for Warehousing, distribution and logistics services for immunisation products that may include vaccines and consumables nationally, across Australia. The organisation will have the capacity and capability to accept, receipt, store, pack, dispatch, transport and deliver immunisation products and provide a continuation of current COVID-19 vaccine delivery services that does not impact existing administration sites. This will include:
- A dedicated fleet of vehicles that can deliver immunisation products nationally at varying temperature requirements including ambient, 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, minus 25 to minus 15 degrees Celsius and minus 90 to minus 60 degrees Celsius.
- The ability to deliver immunisation products to hard-to-reach areas including, remote, very remote and external territories at varying temperature requirements including ambient, 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, minus 25 to minus 15 degrees Celsius and minus 90 to minus 60 degrees Celsius.
- Appropriate warehousing infrastructure that can store immunisation products with varying temperature requirements including ambient, 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, minus 25 to minus 15 degrees Celsius and minus 90 to minus 60 degrees Celsius.
- Suitable packaging for temperature sensitive immunisation products.
- Staff who are trained and experienced in:
- handling and managing temperature sensitive immunisation products
- monitoring deliveries and
- maintenance of temperature.
- The ability to coordinate deliveries, manage warehousing space, manage urgent requirements and accurate timely reporting to the Department.
- Capability for system integration to enable ordering, reporting and reconciliation processes in line with Departmental requirements.
It is a requirement that Tenderers must meet the following Essential Requirements:
- Storage and transportation facilities proposed and supplied meet all Therapeutic Goods Administration registration and / or regulatory requirements as well as hold applicable state and territory warehousing / wholesaling licences.
- Storage and transportation facilities are GMP certified and/or meet the Australian Code of Good Wholesaling Practices or can be upon the commencement of the contract.
- Work with the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and become an ACSC partner through the Partnership Program upon commencement of the contract.
The Department will be conducting an Industry Briefing on this Request for Tender on 21 October 2024 commencing at 2pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) via Webinar. Attendance at the Industry briefing is not compulsory.
Registration details are provided within RFT Clause 5 Industry Briefing.
- The Tenderer must not have had any judicial decisions against it (excluding decisions under appeal) relating to employee entitlements and have not satisfied any resulting order.
- The Tenderer, its personnel, and any Subcontractors proposed in the Tender must not, at the Closing Time, be listed as terrorists under section 15 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (Cth).
- The Tenderer (and any Subcontractor proposed in its Tender) must not be named in the Consolidated list referred to in Regulation 40 the Charter of United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008 (Cth).
- The Tenderer must:
- hold a Valid and Satisfactory Statement of Tax Record by the Closing Time; and
- the Tenderer holds a Valid and Satisfactory Statement of Tax Record from any Subcontractor that it proposes, as part of its Tender, to engage to deliver the Services, where the estimated value of the Services to be undertaken by that Subcontractor is over $4 million (GST inclusive).
3 March 2025 – 30 June 2026 with the possibility for an extension of up to 12 months
AusTender at www.tenders.gov.au, in accordance with instructions in the Request documentation