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Ophir bridge tender rejected, but Central Industries can still negotiate a deal
Unconfirmed Cabonne Council minutes record rejection of every tender for the Ophir Road, Ophir traffic bridge and authority for the general manager to enter a contract with preferred tenderer Central Industries after negotiations conclude.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Unconfirmed minutes of Cabonne Council's 27 October meeting record that council rejected all tenders for the proposed Ophir Road, Ophir traffic bridge, while allowing negotiations with preferred tenderer Central Industries to continue.
The resolution for Contract 2025998 allows the general manager to enter into a contract with Central Industries after negotiations conclude. It says the negotiations are expected to produce a construction price that reflects the available project budget.
No final bridge contract or price is recorded in the 27 October minutes. The record also does not give a construction start or completion date, so any contract under the delegation remains subject to negotiations concluding.
The bridge matter was considered in the closed Committee of the Whole section of the meeting. The recommendation was recorded as carried, and the ordinary meeting later adopted the committee's report and recommendations.
The same minutes record the award of a separate contract to Orange-based Tracserv Pty Ltd for five factory tippers, at a combined GST-inclusive price of $524,859. That procurement decision was not an award of the bridge contract.
What deserves a closer look
The source records a tender rejection and delegated authority to enter a bridge contract after negotiations conclude, not a final bridge contract or price.
The source gives no amount for the available project budget and no construction timetable.
The tipper total is four units at $104,270 plus one at $107,779, equalling $524,859 including GST.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What price and contract terms will result from negotiations with Central Industries?
When will the negotiations conclude?
If a contract is entered into, what construction timetable will apply?
What happens next
If the general manager enters into a bridge contract under the recorded authority, negotiations with Central Industries must first have concluded.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The record is headed as minutes of Cabonne Council's ordinary meeting held on 27 October 2026.
MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS MOLONG ON TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER, 2026 COMMENCING AT 2:00 PM Page 1 THIS IS PAGE NO 1 OF THE MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF CABONNE COUNCIL HELD ON 27 OCTOBER, 2026 TABLE OF CONTENTS ITEMS FOR DETERMINATION ......................................................................
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Open original minutes ↗The recommendation for Contract 2025998 called for rejection of all tenders for the design and construction of the Ophir Road, Ophir traffic bridge and was recorded as carried.
GST each for one (1) unit. 2. The General Manager is provided with delegation to execute Contract 2018129 – Supply and delivery of five (5) 3-5T factory tippers. 4. Carried ITEM - 5 CONTRACT 2025998 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF OPHIR ROAD, OPHIR - TRAFFIC BRIDGE RECOMMENDATION (Pull/Weaver) THAT council: 1. Reject all tenders for the Contract 2025998 Design and Construction of Ophir Road, Ophir – Traffic Bridge in accordance with Section 178 (b) of the Local Government Regulation (2021), and 2. Delegate authority to the General Manager to enter into a Contract with the preferred tenderer, Central Industries after Contract negotiations have concluded for the Design and Construction of Ophir Road, Ophir – Traffic Bridge in accordance with section 178 (3e), as it is believed that ongoing negotiations will yield a construction price that will reflect the available project budget. 5. Carried It was noted the time being 3.25pm the Chair resumed the Ordinary meeting. REPORT & RESOLUTIONS OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MOTION (Rawson/Pearson) THAT the Report and Recommendations of the Committee of the Whole Meeting held on Tuesday 27 October, 2026 be adopted.
Confidential Item 5, recommendation and carried notation
Open original minutes ↗The bridge recommendation provided for delegated authority for the general manager to enter into a contract with preferred tenderer Central Industries after contract negotiations conclude, on the stated expectation that ongoing negotiations would yield a construction price reflecting the available project budget.
Delegate authority to the General Manager to enter into a Contract with the preferred tenderer, Central Industries after Contract negotiations have concluded for the Design and Construction of Ophir Road, Ophir – Traffic Bridge in accordance with section 178 (3e), as it is believed that ongoing negotiations will yield a construction price that will reflect the available project budget.
Confidential Item 5, recommendation 2
Open original minutes ↗After the ordinary meeting resumed, a motion to adopt the Committee of the Whole report and recommendations from 27 October 2026 was recorded as carried.
5. Carried It was noted the time being 3.25pm the Chair resumed the Ordinary meeting. REPORT & RESOLUTIONS OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MOTION (Rawson/Pearson) THAT the Report and Recommendations of the Committee of the Whole Meeting held on Tuesday 27 October, 2026 be adopted. 26/10/23 Carried There being no further business, the meeting closed at 3.26pm. CHAIRMAN. Chairman of the Ordinary Meeting of Cabonne Council held on the 17 November, 2026 at which meeting the listed minutes were confirmed and the signature hereon was subscribed.
Report and resolutions of Committee of the Whole, resolution 26/10/23
Open original minutes ↗The carried recommendation for Contract 2018129 specified four factory tippers from Tracserv Pty Ltd — Orange at $104,270 each and one at $107,779, all including GST, totalling $524,859.
3. Carried ITEM - 4 CONTRACT 2018129 - SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF FIVE (5) 3-5T FACTORY TIPPERS RECOMMENDATION (Batten/Pull) THAT: 1. Tender 2018129 – Supply and delivery of five (5) 3-5T factory tippers be awarded to a. Tracserv Pty Ltd - Orange, with an Isuzu NMR 45/65 150 DT28 (4x2) Factory Tipper, for the purchase price of $104,270.00 inc. GST each for four (4) units; and b. Tracserv Pty Ltd - Orange, with an Isuzu NMS 45/65 150 DT28 ALL WHEEL DRIVE Factory Tipper, for the purchase price of $107,779.00 inc. GST each for one (1) unit. 2. The General Manager is provided with delegation to execute Contract 2018129 – Supply and delivery of five (5) 3-5T factory tippers. 4. Carried ITEM - 5 CONTRACT 2025998 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF OPHIR ROAD, OPHIR - TRAFFIC BRIDGE RECOMMENDATION (Pull/Weaver) THAT council: 1.
Confidential Item 4, factory-tipper recommendation and carried notation
Open original minutes ↗The closing certificate refers to confirmation of the minutes at a meeting on 17 November 2026.
26/10/23 Carried There being no further business, the meeting closed at 3.26pm. CHAIRMAN. Chairman of the Ordinary Meeting of Cabonne Council held on the 17 November, 2026 at which meeting the listed minutes were confirmed and the signature hereon was subscribed.
Closing confirmation certificate
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the supplied, unconfirmed minutes of Cabonne Council's ordinary meeting held on 27 October 2026. The closing certificate refers to confirmation on 17 November 2026, after the source-check date of 30 October 2026, so it does not establish confirmation at the time of review. No independent verification or interviews were undertaken.
Key facts from the minutes
- The minutes record that council rejected all tenders for Contract 2025998 covering the design and construction of the Ophir Road, Ophir traffic bridge.
- The general manager was given authority to enter into a contract with preferred tenderer Central Industries after negotiations conclude.
- The recorded reason for continuing negotiations was the expectation of a construction price reflecting the available project budget.
- The minutes do not record a final bridge contract, price or construction date.
- The bridge recommendation was recorded as carried in the confidential Committee of the Whole proceedings, and the committee report and recommendations were later adopted by the ordinary meeting.
- The supplied minutes are treated as unconfirmed.
Why it matters
- The minutes record no final bridge contract or price. Any contract under the delegation would follow negotiations intended to produce a construction price reflecting the available project budget.