Australian Parliament House (APH) Cabling Project

Expressions of interest are invited for the following tender. Government Network Services Branch (GNSB) within the Department of Finance (Finance) is seeking tenders from organisations with the capacity and capability to replace Finance’s ageing Ministerial Communications Network (MCN) fibre optic cabling infrastructure within the Australian Parliament House (APH) and to deliver within time and on budget.

• Tenders are invited to provide services to replace the existing MCN fibre optic backbone and associated infrastructure with new infrastructure and to create new intermediate distribution frames (IDFs) at APH.
• The proposed IDFs will connect to parliamentarian suites via new Multi-Fibre Push On (MPO) cabling. All new cables will be single mode optic fibre.
• All the old cabling and associated infrastructure will be decommissioned and disposed of at completion of the transition of services to the new fibre infrastructure.
• Tenderers are required to provide a firm fixed price, with a Time and Material charge component for any additional request works and services that fall outside the original agreed project scope.
• Pricing details for this RFT must be provided as an Attachment to the Tender.
• The proposed installation must be compliant with the requirements of the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) for the installation of cabling and infrastructure for classified communications systems in secure buildings.
• The proposed installation must comply with all relevant Australian building and cabling standards.
• The work will be undertaken with minimal disruptions to operations within APH including Parliamentary sittings. There may be a requirement to work outside of normal business hours.