Voice Carrier Services

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is seeking offers for a Telecommunications Service Provider to provide voice carrier services, including 1800 and 1300 services. This tender will exclude mobiles and some direct line services.
The ABS currently has fixed line services into each of its offices that connect our internal telephone system to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). ABS also has direct lines in the homes of our Population Survey Operations (PSO) interviewers.
ABS also wants to explore the option to move to Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) voice services in our offices which may have some advantages in the future shape of the ABS network.

The objectives of the RFT are to provide the ABS with the best possible value and cost savings for:
a. carriage services for local calls and miscellaneous communications;
b. carriage services for long distance calls, calls to mobiles and international calls
c. related management and billing issues.
d. SIP connectivity options

This RFT does not include any facilities management of internal phone services or mobile carrier services

Other Commonwealth agencies may access any contract resulting from the RFT for the same or related services by issuing an instrument of acceptance, available from the ABS Contact Officer (please see Section 1, Clause 2.2).

The Successful tenderer will need to be a signatory to AGTA before a contract is entered into.