Telstra has
been selected as the Preferred Tenderer for the provision of Terrestrial
Communications Services to Defence, following a value for money evaluation.
Defence will
now enter into further negotiations with Telstra to finalise the contract for
provision of Terrestrial Communications Services
Initial
operating capability is planned for 2013, with the final operating capability
planned to be achieved in 2015.
Joint
Project 2047 Phase 3 will enable Defence users to connect to Defence networks
at any time, including through wireless technologies using both Defence and
personal devices. It will also allow Defence users to have desktop to desktop
video conferencing for collaboration on the Defence Restricted Network and the
Defence Secret Network. This will provide Defence users with greater
flexibility and reduce travel costs.
Deployed
users will have better communications capability from the deployed environment
to the fixed Defence network.
As Defence
is still in an ongoing procurement process, no cost or value of the Contract
can be disclosed, however, some cost and value information on Joint Project
2047 Phase 3, Terrestrial Communications is available from the publicly
available Defence Capability Plan 2012.
In February
2011, the Government gave First Pass approval to Joint Project 2047 Phase 3,
Terrestrial Communications, a major project to enhance the Department of
Defence’s fixed telecommunications networks.
Joint
Project 2047 Phase 3, is a central component of the Defence Information and
Communications Technology Strategy 2009, and will be delivered as part of the
Defence Strategic Reform Program. The Defence Terrestrial Communications
Network includes networks at over 330 sites in Australia, the wide area network
and interfaces to tactical networks and partners. It also supports some 100,000
users.
Since then,
Defence has explored options with industry on how best to meet its future
terrestrial communications needs. A Request for Tender for the provision of
Terrestrial Communications Services (CIOG 106/10) was released in July 2011 to
three short listed respondents (Telstra, Optus and Fujitsu).
The initial
evaluation phase of the Terrestrial Communications Services Request for Tender
was completed in January 2012. From March – May 2012, Defence engaged in
parallel negotiations with two shortlisted tenderers —Telstra and Optus.
The
Terrestrial Communications Services procurement activity is not complete and
Defence will now enter into further negotiations with Telstra to finalise the
contract for provision of Terrestrial Communications Services. Finalisation of
this process is also subject to Government Second Pass approval (anticipated
for December 2012). No contract has been awarded at this stage in the process.
(Aus DoD)
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