Chief Information Officer Group
Centralised Processing
Centralised Processing Project
The Defence Strategic Reform Program (SRP), which commenced in 2009, aims to deliver gross savings of $20b over 10 years. Of this, $1.9b is to be delivered through Defence Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Reform.
The Centralised Processing (CP) Project is part of this suite of ICT reforms. The primary objective of the CP Project is to establish a single, integrated capability for the management and provision of data centre facilities, infrastructure and services at the UNCLASSIFIED, RESTRICTED and SECRET information security domain levels.
What is Centralised Processing?
- Centralised Processing refers to the consolidation of data processing facilities, infrastructure and operations, generally with the aim of improving service efficiency.
- The Centralised Processing Project will consolidate the Department of Defence’s current 280 data centre's to less than ten domestically, and three internationally.
- The Project will create a single, integrated management approach and supporting infrastructure for the delivery of ICT processing services to the Australian Defence Organisation.
Why Centralised Processing?
- The centralisation of processing within the Defence Information Environment aims to improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of ICT services, disaster recovery, and the certainty of service continuity to the Australian Defence Organisation and its people.
- By consolidating the existing data centre infrastructure and services, Defence can deliver more resilient, scalable ICT facilities, reducing duplication and delivering significant savings.
- The new Centralised Processing capability will also reduce implementation time and cost of service, and will improve system availability, agility, responsiveness, reliability and security.
Project Governance
- The CP Project is following the Australian Government’s Gateway Review Process and the ICT Two Pass Review Process for major ICT enabled projects.
- Project activity is further guided by the Department of Finance and Deregulation’s Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) policies and standards, which apply to Whole of Government ICT Procurement.
- The CP Project is also one of the first projects within Defence to be using the evolving Australian Defence Architecture Framework, Version 2 (AusDAFv2) to develop and generate Defence architecture products for common, operational, system, technical and data views. These products will be incorporated into an Operational Concept Document (OCD) for the CP Project.
Involvement In Industry and Acquisition Approach
On 28 September 2012, Defence released a Request for Tender for the provision of Centralised Processing Services to three shortlisted respondents: IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Lockheed Martin. The CP Services RFT closes December 2012, with RFT evaluation to commence in the New Year.
Industry queries may be directed to the representatives of the shortlisted respondents, as seen below:
IBM - Peter R Hewat
Business Development Executive/Client Solution Executive
Strategic Outsourcing
Mobile: (+61) 0407 099 750
Email: phewat@au1.ibm.com
Hewlett-Packard - Tom Wodzinski
CP Services Project Bid Manager
Mobile: 0402 892 287
Email: tom.wodzinski@hp.com
Lockheed Martin - Carl Blanchard
Business Development
Phone: (02) 6269 0403
Fax: (02) 6269 0494
AU Mobile: 0439 400 075
US Mobile: 610 761
Schedule
- Government Second-Pass Approval and contract signatures are expected to take place in 2013
- The RFT scheduled to close on 17 December 2012
- The Request for Tender (RFT) was released to the shortlisted respondents: Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Lockeheed Martin, on 28 September 2012
- An Industry Briefing was held on 1 September 2011, to provide information on the CP Project to industry and the public.
- The response period for an Invitation to Register (ITR) closed on 26 September 2011. The ITR, which was released through AusTender, invited expressions of interest from industry outlining their capacity and capability to deliver centralised processing services.
Contacting the Centralised Processing Project:
All enquiries with regards to the CP Project should be made in writing via the group email address: cpb.reform@defence.gov.au