Fleet Marine Services Contract Tender

The RAN’s current commercial support contract providing port services, general fleet services and support craft operations and maintenance expires in June 2010. The RAN intends to enter into a new contract for a 10 year period from that date to continue these services and meet the RAN’s future requirements. A Request for Tender (RFT) is to be available for release to the open market from Friday 20^th June, 2008. The Tender response period will conclude on 2^ndDecember, 2008 with tender submissions needing to be lodged on or before 1200 noon that day.

Companies intending to bid to provide these services will need to have extensive experience in providing maritime services and in operating and maintaining a range of vessels from small utility boats to large ocean going ships. The services are to be provided at all of Navy’s Australian operating sites and offshore exercise areas.

The draft Statement of Work (SOW), that forms part of the RFT, contains a number of different annexes. In its aggregated form the SOW has a RESTRICTED security rating, as well as a number of individual Annexes being classified RESTRICTED, and as such can only be released to organisations that have the appropriate security clearances in place.

There is an application form to receive the RFT that can be requested via the [email hidden] email address. It needs to completed and returned to the nominated Contact Officer to obtain the RFT Pack. Details regarding the requesting organisation’s security clearances will need to be provided.

Organisations that do not have current RESTRICTED security clearances for their personnel requiring access to the RFT need to email the Contact Officer to request details on obtaining the appropriate security clearances required.

There will be an Industry Briefing, referred to in the RFT as an Orientation Briefing, held during the second half of July to present the RFT to industry. This briefing will provide an outline of the proposed contract and a detailed brief on the draft SOW. This will be followed by a tour of all relevant RAN Establishments around Australia, where the majority of services will be delivered, to allow prospective tenderers to familiarise themselves with the Establishment locations, layouts, work areas and facilities that have been mandated for this contract’s delivery. Further advice on this will be released in the coming weeks. A limit of attendees may need to be applied depending on the subscription for this event.

The Contact Officer for the RFT is:

FMSC Commercial Project Manager

Navy Industry Engagement and Contracting Bureau

Level 13, Defence Plaza

270 Pitt Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Fax: [phone hidden]

In addition requests can be forwarded via email to [email hidden].

Tenderers must direct any questions regarding this RFT to the Contact Officer in writing (email to the above email address is regarded as in writing). Tenderers must not contact any Commonwealth employees or personnel (other than the Contact Officer) regarding the RFT or the Tender Process. All questions or contact must be directed through the Contact Officer

Enquiries with respect to the RFT release can be directed to Mr Kerby Nixon, FMSC Commercial Project Manager, by email to [email hidden].