Whole of Australian Government arrangement for Electricity Services – Tasmania

The Australian Government announced the Net Zero in Government Operations Strategy in 2023, supporting its commitment to achieve net zero emissions across Australian Public Service operations by 2030. Under the Strategy, Finance is establishing Whole of Australian Government coordinated procurement arrangements for electricity services on a state and territory jurisdictional basis to support the APS renewable electricity targets and improve energy efficiency. This Request for Tender aims to consolidate separate Commonwealth entities' large market electricity services contracts into a comprehensive Arrangement in Tasmania, for entities to procure electricity.

Conditions for Participation

At the Closing Time, the Tenderer must: (a) be a legal entity recognised under Australian law; (b) not be bankrupt or insolvent; (c) hold all Valid and Satisfactory Statements of Tax Record for the Tenderer’s entity type; (d) hold all Valid and Satisfactory Statements of Tax Record required for the entity type of any first tier subcontractor that it proposes to engage (as part of its Tender) 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); (e) not be subject to any judicial decision against them (not including decisions under appeal) relating to employee entitlements (or if subject to such judicial decision, the Tenderer must have satisfied any resulting order); (f) not be listed as a non-compliant employer under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth); (g) hold and maintain an Electricity Retailer’s Authorisation or licence issued by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), or the Utilities Commission of the Northern Territory (as applicable in the Jurisdiction).

Timeframe for Delivery:

Services anticipated to commence 01 March 2027.

Other Instructions:

For reasons of confidentiality and subject to Section 6 (Availability of Due Diligence Information) of this RFT, the Due Diligence Information will not be made available to Tenderers until ALL documents of Attachment E – Tender Registration Documents comprising: (a) Deed Poll; and (b) Tender Registration Form

Agency: Department of Finance - PD

ATM ID: FIN3-ELECTRICITY-TAS

ATM type: Request for Tender

Category (UNSPSC): 83101800 - Electric utilities

Panel arrangement: No

Multi-stage: No

Multi-agency access: Yes

Closes: 12 Nov 2026 14:00 (Canberra time)

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