Closed ATM View - CSIRORFT2022021
Advanced Scientific Accelerator Cluster (ASAC)
Canberra
CSIRO is seeking responses from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of an Accelerator Cluster with the capability of supporting both traditional HPC and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence workloads.
Subject to clause 5.7 of the RFT2022021 Head Document, Unintentional Errors of Form, CSIRO will exclude a Tenderer from further consideration and evaluation if CSIRO considers in its absolute discretion that the conditions for participation set out in this clause have not been met by the Tenderer. Notwithstanding anything else contained in this RFT, only requirements listed in this clause will be deemed conditions for participation.
a. the Tenderer exists as a legal entity at the RFT Closing Time and Date
b. at the time of lodgement of their Tender, Tenderers must not have been:
i. precluded from tendering for Australian Government funded work or
ii. subject to a judicial decision against them relating to employee entitlements (not including decisions under appeal, and have not paid the claim
c. where the Tenderer is a Relevant Employer, the Tenderer is compliant with its obligations under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) (the WGE Act). Further information may be found at http://www.wgea.gov.au/
d. the Tenderer will be required to provide as part of their response either:
i. a Valid and Satisfactory Statement of Tax Record/s; or
ii. a receipt/s demonstrating that a Statement of Tax Record has been requested from the Australian Taxation Office.
Note: Tenderers are to note, this requirement also applies to all new businesses and foreign Tenderers that do not have an Australian tax record of at least four years.
e. the Tenderer holds a Valid and Satisfactory Statement of Tax Record for any first tier subcontractor that it proposes, as part of its response, to engage to deliver goods or services with an estimated value of over $4 million (GST inclusive).
f. the Tenderer must comply with all Mandatory Requirements identified in the Attachment A - SOR.
29 September 2023