Tendering for TAG Contracts.
TAG conducts tenders for national and regional contracts of goods and services in the second half of each year.
Register your interest to tender for these contracts at www.tendersearch.com.au/tertiary-access-group/ to ensure that you receive notification when tenders are open,
The following is the general timeline (subject to variation):
First week of July:
To ensure maximum exposure and transparency, an advertisement is placed in the Tenders section of the Public Notices of the Weekend Australian. Incumbent contract holders, registered interested parties, parties recommended by Members and parties who have previously expressed interest in tendering are invited to tender by email. Tender documents are downloadable at the time from links on this page.
First week of August:
Tenders close.
August:
Submissions are collated into spreadsheets which are then subsequently distributed to Members for consideration and due diligence prior to the voting process.
Last week of September:
CampusLink, our national industry Trade Fair and Conference:
- Day 1: Presentations by tenderers to Members in a closed room environment. These presentations are limited and in great demand.
- Day 2: Further presentations, followed by the Trade Fair, which represents the last opportunity to promote the tender to Members in an open trade fair environment.
- Day 3: Voting Day: Members vote on tenders, on a one vote per Member organisation basis.
Second week of October:
Tender outcomes formally announced
01 December:
New contracts take effect
Successful tenders for contracts for 2012/2013 were:
National supply of the following General Specification categories:
- Bread - George Weston Foods
- Carbonated Soft Drinks - Coca-Cola Amatil
- Cleaning Chemicals - True Blue Chemicals
- Energy Drinks - Coca-Cola Amatil
- Function Wines - De Bortoli Wines
- Ice Cream - Streets Ice Cream
- Juice, Fresh - Lion Dairy & Drinks
- Juice, Long Life - Lion Dairy & Drinks
- Smallgoods - George Weston Foods
- Sports Drinks - Coca-Cola Amatil
- Water - Enhanced (Functional) - Coca-Cola Amatil
- Binders and Presentation Plastics - Bantex
State by state supply of the following categories :
- Dairy - Lion Dairy & Drinks
- Foodeservice Packaging - A&W Hollier
Successful submissions will be announced here shortly.