Request for Tender (RFT) Design and Construction of 18 houses, Googong, NSW

Defence Housing Australia (DHA) invites Tenders from suitably qualified, licensed, experienced and financially capable residential building contractors to undertake the design, approval, and construction of eighteen (18) residential dwellings at Googong, New South Wales.

Please Note:

Defence Housing Australia (DHA) is not required to comply with the Commonwealth Procurement Framework, including the Commonwealth Procurement Rules CPRs. DHA is not a prescribed corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of the CPRs under Section 30 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014. Given this, other aspects of the RFT and tender process, may not and are not required to be consistent with the CPRs. This RFT is issued through AusTender to leverage a convenient and efficient tendering platform and provide notification of the opportunity to suppliers.

Conditions for Participation

Tenderers must complete and submit all proposal documentation. Suitably qualified, licensed and insured Contractors. Tenderer complies with the Request for Tender documentation. The following Conditions of Participation must be met The Tenderer and any sub-contractors proposed in the Tender must not be named as uncompliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) Tenderer must meet Satisfactory Tax Record requirements The tenderer holds all Valid and Satisfactory Statements of Tax Record required for its entity type, and The tenderer holds 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 or services as part of a contract resulting from a procurement with an estimated value of $4 million or more GST inclusive. Responses may be deemed non-compliant if any of the above criteria are not met or are considered unsatisfactory. Tenderers must complete and submit All proposal documentation.

Timeframe for Delivery:

Practical Completion will be negotiated with the successful company. DHA anticipates Contract Commencement - February 2027.

Other Instructions:

Site Briefing and Inspection:

DHA will not conduct a formal Tenderer briefing or organised site inspection. Tenderers may independently inspect the sites forming part of the Works without DHA attendance. Tenderers are expected to undertake a site inspection of each of the 18 sites forming part of the Works prior to submitting their Tender.

Other Important Details:

Questions Closing Date and Time:

RFQ Closing Date and Time:

Responses to this RFQ must be submitted via AusTender by 3:00 pm (AEDT), Thursday10 December 2026.

Agency: Defence Housing Australia

ATM ID: DHAPROC27_1357

ATM type: Request for Tender

Category (UNSPSC): 72100000 - Building construction and support and maintenance and repair services

Panel arrangement: No

Multi-stage: No

Multi-agency access: No

Closes: 10 Dec 2026 15:00 (Canberra time)

Published on AusTender, the Australian Government procurement portal. Responses are lodged through tenders.gov.au (free supplier registration).