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Bushfire Hazard Tree Removal

Issued by Mount Alexander Shire Council · via VendorPanel Public Tenders — Australian councils, agencies & utilities

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Published
10 Sept 2026
Closes
1 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC
Reference
VP525178
Location
Victoria, Australia
Sector
Forestry & Wildlife

Details

Mount Alexander Shire Council (MASC) incurred significant damage to trees during the January 2026 Harcourt and District bushfires with a high number of hazard trees assessed and removed within the initial MASC Disaster Response. A secondary assessment of roadside hazard trees undertaken by MASC in August 2026 identified many of the retained trees impacted by the fire event are dead/unviable/hazardous with appropriate works programmed.

Online Tenderer Information Session (Non-mandatory)

Time and Date: 1pm, Wednesday 16 September 2026

Teams Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/436203422219079?p=76ZDjfLlxu3AoFbxAL

Updates made to this request:

The closing date for this tender has been extended by 1 week to 2pm, Thursday 1 October 2026.

Additional information is being compiled and will be issued as a separate addendum following last week's information briefing session. Tenderers are required to submit their tender based on this updated information.

Please note: The following addenda have been recently added.

1. Added: (Addendum) Meeting Notes - Tender M2026-50 Bushfire Hazard Tree Removal.docx

2. Added: (Addendum) Response Schedules M2026-50 Addendum Issue.docx

3. Added: (Addendum) RFT M2026-50 - Bushfire Hazard Tree Removal - September 2026 - Addendum Issue.pdf

Please consider these addenda when responding.

Buyer: Mount Alexander Shire Council

Buyer location: 27 Lyttleton St, Castlemaine, Victoria 3450, Australia

VendorPanel reference: VP525178

Buyer's reference: M2026-50

Opens: Thursday 10 September 2026 (AUS Eastern Standard Time)

Closes: Thursday 01 October 2026 02:00 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time)

Supplier query cut-off: Wednesday 30 September 2026 02:00 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time)

Expected decision: Thursday 08 October 2026 (AUS Eastern Standard Time)

Categories: Forestry; 1: Forestry Management Services; 2: Harvesting & Haulage; Horticulture & Arboriculture; 1: Arborists & Tree Services

Regions of service: Victoria; 1: Loddon; All Regions of Service locations are within Australia.

Tender documents: 5

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Context for bidders

We hold 5 notices from Mount Alexander Shire Council, going back to September 2026 — 4 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure, Forestry & Wildlife and Financial & Professional Services. There are 10 open Forestry & Wildlife tenders in Australia. This one closes in 2 days.

Before you bid on this tender

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  • Confirm the exact closing date and time (and time zone) on the official portal — deadlines are strict and can be revised by a corrigendum.
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  • Prepare any earnest-money deposit (EMD) or bid security and the required formats early; missing or wrongly-formatted documents are a common cause of rejection.
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