Provision of Security Guarding Services

Closed ATM View - NGA26-043 Canberra The National Gallery of Australia is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver comprehensive security guarding services across its main Gallery site and an offsite storage facility in the ACT. Services include on-site guarding, site supervision, mobile patrols, on-demand security control room support, emergency response, event and VIP security, contractor escorts, and security support for capital works. The services must protect visitors, staff, contractors, the national collection, buildings and infrastructure while supporting a safe, welcoming and professional public environment. The successful supplier must provide appropriately licensed, trained and vetted personnel and deliver the services in accordance with defined service levels, performance standards and reporting requirements. An industry briefing will be held at the National Gallery of Australia. Attendance and registration requirements are set out in the RFT. All requests for clarification must be submitted in writing to the Contact Officer by the deadline specified in the RFT. Tender responses must be lodged electronically through AusTender. a) Compliance with the Commonwealth Supplier Code of Conduct (Code); b) the Tenderer must not have any judicial decisions against it (excluding decisions which are under appeal) relating to employee entitlements, in respect of which the Tenderer has not satisfied any resulting order; c) the Tenderer, its personnel and any subcontractor proposed in its Tender must not be listed as terrorists under section 15 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (Cth); d) the Tenderer, its personnel and any subcontractor proposed in its Tender must not be named in the consolidated list referred to in Regulation 40 of the Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Regulations 2008 (Cth);

e) the Tenderer must hold:

f) all Valid and Satisfactory Statements of Tax Record required for its entity type by the Closing Time, and g) all Valid and Satisfactory Statements of Tax Record required for the entity type of any first-tier subcontractor that it proposes, as part of its response, to engage to deliver goods and/or services with an estimated value of over $4 million (GST inclusive); and h) the Tenderer must be a single legal entity that exists at the Closing Time. The Tenderer must be the same entity that enters into any resulting contract. Transition-in is expected to commence on 1 November 2026. Security services are expected to commence on 3 January 2027. The initial contract term will be four years, with extension options of up to three additional years at the Gallery’s discretion.

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