Tenders

Current NAFC Procurement

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Invitation to Tender


Invitation to Tender for Large Area Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Services 2024 and onwards (ITT LA-ISR 2024+)

This Invitation to Tender (ITT) invites tenders from suitable organisations for the provision of Large Area Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance services. Successful tenderers will be experienced, highly motivated, highly capable providers who will enter into contracts to provide specialised remote sensing services commencing in 2024, for the 2024-2025 fire season and onwards.

TENDER RESPONSE PROCESS

Tenders must be submitted using NAFC’s ARENA system, located at https://arena.nafc.org.au/
The provision of all information relating to tenderer’s business, aircraft and capabilities, all tender declarations, and all responses to a set range of tender questions must be made by completing the process contained within the ARENA system.
All information and instructions for how to submit a tender are contained within ARENA and within the Tender Documents.
Queries may be directed by email to the addresses contained within these documents.

TENDER DOCUMENTS

This tender comprises of several documents describing or providing instruction about this tender:
• ITT LA-ISR 2024+.pdf
• ITT LA-ISR 2024+ TOS.pdf (Table of Services)
• ITT LA-ISR 2024+ Departures Table.docx
• ITT LA-ISR 2024+ Price Variation Table.docx
• ITT LA-ISR 2024+ Part C Compliance Table.docx
• The Template Contract documents, being the template Participation Deed plus the Master Services Agreement (MSA) including its schedules
• All relevant NAFC Standards and Guidance Notes documents are available in ARENA










Tender closes 8 May 2024, 1pm AEST.

Future NAFC Procurement Activities

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There are no future tenders at the moment.

Detailed notifications of NAFC procurement activity will normally be via the following:

  • An Invitation to Tender or a Request for Proposals will be published on the NAFC website
  • Email notification to subscribers of the NAFC Tender Notification mailing list – subscribe here

Please note that for reasons of probity and fairness, NAFC is not in a position to provide detailed information regarding upcoming procurement processes prior to release. General enquires may be directed to tenders@nafc.org.au.


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ELECTONIC SUBMISSIONS OF TENDERS AND PROPOSALS
Please note that NAFC uses it’s software solution, ARENA, to facilitate tendering activities. In order to provide a submission to a tender you will need to create a company profile.

ARENA can be accessed here: arena.nafc.org.au 

Instructions on how to use ARENA can be found online at the above address, as well as in the tender documentation.

Submitting a tender or proposal normally involves downloading documents, completing the document and then uploading them to ARENA. Respondents will usually need access to recent versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel to complete the response.

If you are considering submitting a tender of proposal, make sure you leave yourself enough time to register and submit your tender of proposal before the relevant closing time.