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Tender Title: Essential Printing Services
Number: RFT0512
Category: Printed media
Closing Date: 09 Jan 2006
Closing Time: 2:00 PM (ACT Local Time)
Publication Date: 06 Dec 2005
Location: All States
Description:
The following information is given as a guide to current practices only.
Category 1 Essential Printing steps include: (a) Stock management and re-ordering of pre-printed stationery and envelopes through the Medicare Australia bulk store;
(b) Printing/Personalisation;
(c) Insertion item management;
(d) Enveloping;
(e) Item Extraction;
(f) Despatch;
(g) Reconciliation; and
(h) Secure destruction
Category 2 Essential Printing steps include:
(a) Stock management and re-ordering of blank stationery through the Medicare Australia bulk store;
(b) Printing;
(c) Distribution (including via overnight courier to the Medicare Australia State Headquarters); and
(d) Secure destruction. Medicare Australia schedules all Essential Printing job runs to occur after the completion of overnight mainframe batch processing. Overnight mainframe batch processing formats and produces data files used to do the following:
Category 1 Essential printing:
(a) Personalisation;
(b) Assign Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) marks (or barcodes for particular job runs) to output for insertion management, multi-page documents, mail merging into envelopes and cheque quality extraction requests;
(c) Prepare job runs for despatch with Australia Post by: (i) Allocating Barcode Sort Plan (BSP) barcodes. Job runs that do not attract a postal discount (due to insufficient volume) are assigned BSP 999 and appear unbarcoded; and (ii) Attaching the Australia Post Delivery Point Identifier (DPID) to each address (Medicare cheques and statements, and Tax statements only).
Category 2 Essential Printing :
(a) Generate manifest reports – used to clear envelope counts for Category 1 Essential Printing job runs with Medicare Australia, and lodge postal discounts with Australia Post. The manifest reports are fixed at the time of batch processing and cannot be adjusted to reflect extractions;
(b) Sort job runs into output spool classes; and
(c) Generate all other Category 2 Essential Printing output.
Print data files are in Advanced Function Printing (AFP) format. A high level page definition also applies to all output which defines the printable areas for each form. Essential Printing output, with the exception of cheque printing, is stored on the Medicare Australia mainframe output spool. Output classes are used to manage job print priorities and physical form requirements. Job output is selected and allocated to printers based on job priority and equipment availability (continuous-feed versus cut-sheet). Cheque printing is printed ‘online’, wherein the executing overnight mainframe batch job outputs directly to a continuous-feed printer, with spooled output bypassed. The current supplier performs ongoing quality control throughout output production, with particular focus on the Category 1 Essential Printing output. At a minimum, print quality and alignment, and stationery quality are checked whenever a completed box of output is removed from the printing equipment, as well as at run completion. Medicare Australia currently relies heavily on its Category 2 printed output, and wishes to examine the use of alternate information delivery methods. Examples of other delivery methods may include, but not be limited to, Online Viewing, Email, Fax, and SMS. Potential Suppliers must describe their capability and capacity to provide alternative delivery methods to printed output, which may or may not involve the Potential Supplier engaging subsupplier specialists in the various delivery areas, at the time that these alternative delivery methods are requested by Medicare Australia. Medicare Australia reserves the right to approach the market for alternative information delivery if it so chooses. Category 2 Essential Printing output is currently printed and manually distributed to Medicare Australia locations . Potential Suppliers must describe their capability, capacity and processes to introduce and implement an electronic method of delivering Category 2 Essential Printing output as an alternative delivery method to the current manual process.
Conditions for Participation:
All Potential Suppliers must satisfy the Conditions for Participation. Note: Conditions for participation are the basic requirements with which Potential Suppliers must be able to demonstrate compliance in order to participate in this RFT’s procurement process. Any Potential Supplier that is assessed through its Submission as not having satisfied the Conditions for Participation to Medicare Australia’s satisfaction, will not be given consideration in, nor will the Potential Supplier be awarded an agreement from, this RFT’s procurement process. Medicare Australia must be assured that Potential Suppliers have satisfactory legal, financial, commercial and technical capacity and infrastructure to provide the Goods or Services proposed in their Submissions. To be considered in this RFT’s procurement process, Potential Suppliers must provide a Profile of the Potential Supplier’s Capacity to Supply (Annexure C), which must address the following points:
(a) the overall ability of the Potential Supplier to provide the Goods or Services, including resources available and/or past performance;
(b) the Potential Supplier’s existing and potential capability to implement added value printing and delivery technologies;
(c) information on current and intended key personnel, including sub-contractors, to be employed in providing the Goods or Services, including their experience and qualifications;
(d) details of other companies (if any) which will be associated with the Potential Supplier in the supply of the Goods or Services, the resources which will be thereby available and their previous satisfactory collaboration (if any);
(e) details of company registration and corporate structure including other companies which are written within the group or are associated or affiliated and a list of the names of the board of directors or shareholders as the case may be;
(f) if the Potential Supplier is based overseas, the name, title and address of the Potential Supplier's Australian representative (if any);
(g) a summary of projects satisfactorily completed within the last 2 years which are similar in nature to the Goods or Services required under this RFT, including the names of the clients and other trade references, encompassing: (1) the Potential Supplier's experience in adhering to schedules and quality requirements for such projects; and (2) the capabilities of proposed sub-contractors and history of previous relationships with them;
(h) details of any charges, liens, judgements or encumbrances, affecting the Potential Supplier's assets including a copy of such charges or encumbrances where they are in written form;
(i) details of the Potential Supplier’s insurance policies, as specified in the Draft Agreement; and
(j) details of any use of any overseas (external to Australia) sub-contractors, subsidiaries or related organisations proposed to provide the Goods or perform the Services. "sub-contractor" means a person who furnishes to the successful Potential Supplier or to another sub-contractor, materials, components, parts or other Goods and/or any associated Goods or Services that are worth more than $20,000. A Potential Supplier will also be excluded from consideration in this RFT’s procurement process if it becomes known to Medicare Australia that the Potential Supplier: (a) is or becomes bankrupt or insolvent (which ever is applicable); (b) has made false declarations in documents that relate to this RFT’s procurement process, including through the Statutory Declaration by the Potential Supplier; or (c) has significantly failed to meet any substantive requirement or perform any substantive obligation under any other agreement with the Australian Government. Potential Suppliers must provide as part of Annexure C, the name of at least three (3) referees. It is preferred that these referees be from customers that have similar arrangements with the Potential Supplier as required by Medicare Australia under this RFT. The Potential Supplier must not have any vested commercial interest in or in connection with the referees. Medicare Australia may contact those referees and Potential Suppliers agree to Medicare Australia doing so. Referee information required: (a) Name of person; (b) Title; (c) Company name; (d) Address; (e) Telephone, fax number; and (f) Brief description of services/agreement.
Timeframe for Delivery: 6 months
Address for Lodgement:
Tender Box Medicare Australia (ground floor Reception Counter) 134 Reed Street North GREENWAY ACT 2900
Tender Type: Request for Tender
Contact: David Levi
Phone: 02-61247303
Fax: 02-61247660
Email: david.levi@medicareaustralia.gov.au
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Tender Title: Printing Services
Number: 2004/025093
Category: Printing
Closing Date: 19 Jan 2006
Closing Time: 4:30 PM (ACT Local Time)
Publication Date: 13 Dec 2005
Location: All States
Description: Printing Services for the public information program and supply of printing paper.
Other Instructions: Printing and supply of letterhead and plain paper
Conditions for Participation: none
Timeframe for Delivery: May 2006 for 3 years
Address for Lodgement:
Mail delivery GPO Box 9827 Melbourne Victoria 3001 or hand delivery ASIC Reception Level 13 CGU tower 485 La Trobe St Melbourne
Estimated Value: AUD$1.00 - $2,500,000.00
Tender Type: Request for Tender
RFT Enquiries: Daniel Rake
Phone: 03 5177 3981
Fax: 03 5177 3000
Email: daniel.rake@asic.gov.au
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Tender Title: Provision of Video Conferencing and Collaboration Equipment and Services
Number: 8547
Category: Printing and Photographic and Audio and Visual Equipment and Supplies
Closing Date: 19 Dec 2005
Closing Time: 5:00 PM (ACT Local Time)
Publication Date: 23 Nov 2005
Location: All States
Description: Provision of Video Conferencing and Collaboration Equipment and Services to National Office and the State Offices as part of the DEST Video Conferencing Project
Conditions for Participation:
Please see the Conditions of Participation set out in the RFT document located on the DEST Tender website
Timeframe for Delivery: N/A
Address for Lodgement:
The Tenderbox 8547 Ground Floor The Department of Education, Science and Training 16 Mort Street Canberra ACT 2601
Tender Type: Request for Tender
RFT Enquiries: Meredyth MACKAY
Phone: (02) 6211 6125
Fax: (02) 6123 5782
Email: Meredyth.MACKAY@Dest.gov.au
RFT Document(s): As above
Web Link: http://www.dest.gov.au/tenders/tenders.asp
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Tender Title: Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Equipment
Number: 15/2005-06-45
Category: Printing and Photographic and Audio and Visual Equipment and Supplies
Closing Date: 18 Jan 2006
Closing Time: 2:00 PM (ACT Local Time)
Publication Date: 09 Dec 2005
Location: All States
Description: The Australian Government represented by Emergency Management Australia (EMA) is conducting a USAR Capability Development Project. EMA is a Division of the Attorney-General’s Department. The Project consists of three components being equipment acquisition, training, and development of a national plan. This request for Expression of Interest will focus on the acquisition of USAR equipment to States and Territories within Australia. This equipment will assist the Australian State and Territory fire and rescue agencies respond to major structural collapse emergencies. USAR equipment ranges from highly technical devices to general rescue and manual labour equipment.
Other Instructions: Refer attached EOI
Conditions for Participation: Refer attached EOI
Timeframe for Delivery: Refer attached EOI
Address for Lodgement: Refer attached EOI
Tender Type: Expression of Interest
Contact: Ms Taru Farrelley
Phone: 02 6256 4688
Fax: 02 6256 4653
Email: taru.farrelley@ema.gov.au
