The Green Shed posted this on their Facebook page today:

To all our lovely, customers and the Canberra Community, today we received this letter below informing us that we were unsuccessful in our latest tender Application. I have just had to inform 84 staff that they will be unemployed come the 30th of May so as you can imagine we are all just a little devastated!

We will be continuing to support schools and other community groups on our donations list until we close but unfortunately we will be stopping our charity day fundraising as of today. Today we are presenting the ACT scouts with a check for 10k, this will bring the total to just over 2 million donated to charity by The Green Shed.

We are still trying to digest what has happened but feel both us and the hundreds of staff who have worked with TGS over the years can all hold their heads high as we believe we have all showed the world how it can be done.

Procurement ACT MR CHARLES BIGG-WITHER OWNER THE GREEN SHED 40 MASSON ST, TURNER ACT 2612 CHARLIEGREENSHED GS3538978 – THE PROVISION OF REUSABLE FACILITY SERVICES IN THE TERRITORY

Dear Charles, Thank you for submitting a response for the subject Tender. The ACT Government (Territory) regrets to advise that on this occasion your organisation has not been selected as the preferred Respondent.

The preferred Tenderer, The St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra/Goulburn Ltd, was assessed by the Evaluation Team as providing the Territory with a response that met all the specified criteria to the greatest degree as well as best overall value for money.

A public text version of the agreement will be published on the Territory’s Contracts Register.

If your organisation requires a debrief, please reply via email within 5 business days of receipt of this letter in order to arrange a suitable time.

Yours sincerely, DIRECTOR PROCUREMENT ACT 13/03/2024 Approach to Market GS3538978​​PROCUREMENT ACT