Project ESTS9100Ph1 Navy Logistics Support Helicopter, ESTS129Ph5 Navy Unmanned Aerial Systems RFT (DSC-1 2021)

Design Services Consultant (DSC) (DSC-1 2021) – Request for Tender for design and related services for Projects ESTS129Ph5 and ESTS9100Ph1.

The Services are briefly described in the following paragraphs.

For Project ESTS9100Ph1 the Services include all design and related services to support the acquisition by Navy of an additional 12 MH60R (Romeo) helicopters. The facilities shall comprise primary operating and sustainment (home port) facilities at HMAS Albatross, and, user defined, limited upgrading of the helicopter support facility (HSF) at HMAS Stirling.

The design services scope items for ESTS9100Ph1 are likely to include:

· HMAS Albatross – new and/or upgrade and/or refurbishment of facilities and additional living-in accommodation; and

· HMAS Stirling – upgrade and/or refurbishment of facilities.

For Project ESTS129Ph5, subject to the Special Conditions, the Services include all design and related services to provide facilities in support of the introduction of Navy’s MUAS. The facilities shall comprise: primary operating and sustainment facilities atHMAS Albatross and Jervis Bay Airfieldand dedicated storage for deployment facilities at HMAS Stirling, HMAS Cairns, and HMAS Coonawarra.

The design services scope items for ESTS129Ph5 are likely to include:

• HMAS Albatross - upgrade and/or refurbishment of facilities and additional living-in accommodation;

· Jervis Bay Airfield- new facilities to support training;

· HMAS Stirling – construction of new facilities to increase storage options;

· Larrakeyah Defence Precinct – construction of covered hardstands; and

· HMAS Cairns – construction of covered hardstands.

Tenderers are to note that Services for Project ESTS129Ph5 are not likely to be required until later in the Delivery Phase for Project ESTS9100Ph1 and are the subject of indicative pricing as part of this Tender process. This is described throughout the Tender Documents and, in particular, in the Special Conditions of Contract.