Tender Advertisement #1167623

Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to replace the obsolete Austroads compliant gyratory compactors used in design and quality control testing of asphalt mixes with compaction apparatus complying with AASHTO T 312 and update the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4B: Asphalt (AGPT04B).
This project will seek to harmonise the asphalt sample compaction device to replace the Austroads compliant compaction devices no longer being manufactured. A relationship needs to be established between the obsolete Austroads compactors and the Superpave™ Gyratory Compactors adopting the Superpave standard gyratory settings. This will enable the smooth transition across Australia and New Zealand for both design of asphalt mixes in the laboratory and quality control testing of current asphalt mixes.

Deliverables:
This project will produce the following deliverables:
• Technical Report
o quantifying the offsets between the Superpave™ and Austroads equipment with a view to adopting the Superpave™ equipment and settings for quality control testing of current asphalt mixes.
• Updated edition of the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4B: Asphalt (AGPT04B). Updates to the Guide to be provided as track changes in a word document, depending on the extent of the changes in consultation with the Austroads Project Manager.
• Recommendations for any changes to Australian Standards.
• A webinar.

Also included as part of this tender are the following documents:
• Instructions for Authors of Austroads Publications which sets out the writing and formatting standards for research, technical and internal reports.
• Master Services Agreement outlining our Terms and Conditions. Please note that our Terms and Conditions are not negotiable.
All submissions are to be submitted as a PDF at a maximum size of 10MB.
All submissions are to include a completed Tender Proposal Coversheet.
The naming convention for submissions is: [your Company name] – [Project No.] – [any internal reference numbers].
All submissions are to include a statement as to how the respondent proposes to undertake the work, and keep to the agreed deadlines, given the current and proposed requirements and restrictions due to COVID-19.