Food and Beverage Panel

Summary and scope

OVERVIEW OF GOODS/SERVICES Queensland Rail Ltd (Queensland Rail) is one of Australia’s largest rail transport providers. As an integrated rail business with more than 150 years of operational experience, serving the freight, tourism and passenger markets, it provides safe passenger services within the Brisbane metropolitan area and key regional centres throughout the State of Queensland. In line with Queensland Rail’s safety vision statement “Safety Comes First. Always.”, Queensland Rail is committed to the highest level of safety for its customers, staff and properties across its network. Queensland Rail’s Catering Unit has a requirement for suitably experienced food, beverage and hospitality suppliers (a panel of suppliers) to undertake the supply and delivery of products and/or services to various locations. With the current panel expiring on 6 June 2025, there is a requirement to establish a replacement panel to meet Queensland Rail’s ongoing requirements. CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES Category Subcategory Bulk Suppliers (main suppliers who supply across multiple subcategories and locations) • Pantry Items • Dry Goods • Frozen Products • Condiments • Consumables • Dairy • Meat • Poultry • Seafood • Alcohol Specific Suppliers (local suppliers who supply one or multiple subcategories) • Meat • Poultry • Seafood • Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Prepared Vegetables, Premade Salads • Dairy (e.g. Milk, Cream, Bulk Cheese, Yoghurt, Ice-Creams) • Bread and Pastries • Beverages and Alcohol • Ice • Cured Meats and Small Goods • Specialty Cheese and Dairy Products • Confectionary, Dessert and Cakes • Native Ingredients • Coffee Catering/Hospitality Equipment and Consumables • Meal Trays • Catering Equipment • Consumable • Chemicals • Flowers Associated Services • Biological testing • Food Safety Auditing QUEENSLAND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES AND FIRST NATIONS OWNED SUPPLIERS Queensland small and medium enterprises and First Nations owned suppliers are encouraged to tender. There is a mandatory criterion that only Queensland small and medium enterprises and/or First Nations owned suppliers will be awarded the panel contracts relevant to ‘Specific Suppliers’ and ‘Associated Services’ categories if successful. METHOD OF SUBMISSION Tenderers are required to submit their responses via VendorPanel. Hardcopy or emailed responses will not be accepted. Late tender responses will not be accepted. Tenderers must ensure that they allow sufficient time to upload their tender response before the tender closing time. TENDER PROCESS TIMEFRAME Key Milestone Indicative Date Registration for Industry Briefing 11 October 2024 (5pm AEST) Industry Briefing (online via Microsoft Teams) 15 October 2024 (10am AEST) Cut-off for acceptance of tender clarification questions 28 October 2024 (2pm AEST) Tender close 4 November 2024 (2pm AEST) Tender award 9 May 2025 Queensland Rail reserves the right to alter the above dates throughout the Tender Process should the need arise.