Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements (DMMA) Project

The Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements (DMMA) Project is responsible for managing and progressing successor arrangements to the Strategic Agreement for Munitions Supply (SAMS) and the Mulwala Agreement which are due to expire in June 2015.

The DMMA Project is managed by staff residing in Explosive Ordnance Division (EODiv) within the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO).

This webpage has been made available as a portal to provide an opportunity for organisations to be up to date with DMMA Project activity and the information that is being released to industry in relation to the DMMA Project.

The DMO does not intend to advise industry when updates to the webpage are made. Accordingly, DMO recommends that organisation representatives access the website from time to time to keep themselves informed of any updates or changes.

Organisations are responsible for ensuring that they have received each of the information packs listed on this page.

Progress of the DMMA Project

The DMO held a DMMA Industry Brief in Brisbane on the 18th of November during the Land Warfare Conference 2010.

The DMO released a Draft Invitation To Register as a pre-solicitation notice on AusTender on the 15th of April 2011.

The DMO published the final Invitation to Register on the 13th May 2011 via AusTender (the Australian Government tendering website) and in major Australian newspapers and International Trade Journals. The ITR closed to schedule on 8th August 2011.

The ITR responses were evaluated and the following respondents and teaming arrangements were successful:

1. BAE Systems Australia Limited
2. Expal Systems SA
3. Alliant Techsystems Inc (ATK) (USA) who has teamed with an Australian SME NIOA Nominees Pty Ltd
4. Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd (who are teaming with Chemring Australia Pty Ltd and Poongsan Corp)
5. Rheinmettal Waffe Munitions GmbH (who are teaming with Nitrochemie and RUAG Ammotec); and
6. Thales Australia Pty Ltd (who are teaming with GD-OTS and NAMMO)

The ITR also sought industry feed back with a non-mandatory component to encourage industry to share innovative ideas for the existing facilities and the ADF munitions requirements.

Unsuccessful companies have been offered a debrief of their unsuccessful responses, as is the usual transparent Commonwealth procurement practice.

The successful companies were provided a further opportunity for discussions with the Commonwealth in conjunction with the Pacific 2012 Maritime Exhibition in Sydney from 1 to 2 February 2012

The DMMA project will further be seeking approval from Government for the RFT option models through Government committees and for Government approval in mid 2012.

The DMMA Project is planning to issue a second procurement phase as a restricted Request for Tender.  Initially this will be a draft RFT and then a final RFT in the last quarter of 2013, subject to Government approval.

List of information provided so far

The following table sets out information packs that the DMO has issued so far.

Release Number	Date	Title	Content
001	05/11/2010	Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements (DMMA) Industry Briefing (AusTender Release DMO/EOD/00085/2010)	This information pack contained information released for the purposes of the Industry Briefing: Industry Brief Information Industry Brief Protocols.
002	18/11/2010	Explosive Ordnance Division Information – General Brochure	Colour brochure made available at the Industry Brief containing general information about Explosive Ordnance Division.
003	06/12/2010	Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements Information Pack 1 - Industry Brief Presentation and Transcript	This information pack contained: Covering Letter from Anthony Klenthis (HEOD/OUT/2010/159) Industry Brief PowerPoint slides Industry Brief transcript
004	15/02/2011	Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements - Information Pack 2 - Industry Brief One-On-One Question And Answers and List of Interested Organisations	This information pack contained: Covering Letter from Anthony Klenthis (HEOD/OUT/2011/001) Industry Brief One-On-One Question and Answers List of Interested Organisations
005	15/04/2011	Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements - Draft Invitation to Register	This information pack contained: Covering Letter from Anthony Klenthis (DMMA 00140/2011) Draft Conditions of Registration Draft Information Pack Draft Mandatory & Non Mandatory Components.
006	13/05/2011	Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements Final Invitation to Register	This information pack contained: Covering Letter from Anthony Klenthis (DMMA 00149/2011) Conditions of Registration Annexes to the Conditions of Registration, including the Information Pack Mandatory & Non Mandatory Components.
007	06/10/2011	Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements Letters to down Selected Respondents.	Letters to down Selected Respondents Letters from Anthony Klenthis to: Thales (HEOD/OUT/2011/696) Rheinmetall (HEOD/OUT/2011/697) Raytheon (HEOD/OUT/2011/698) NIOA (HEOD/OUT/2011/699) BAE (HEOD/OUT/2011/700) Expal (HEOD/OUT/2011/701)
008	06/10/2011	Domestic Munitions Manufacturing Arrangements Letters to unsuccessful Respondents.	Letters to Unsuccessful Respondents

Links:

Title	Link	Relevance to DMMA
Defence and Industry e-portal	http://www.dplusi.defence.gov.au/	A Defence website established as a Defence and Industry e-portal for Defence Capability Plan projects. This website may be of interest to organisations interested in Defence Projects.
Pacific 2012 Maritime Exhibition	www.seapowerconference.com	Royal Australian Navy Sea Power 2011 conference

Contact Email

If you have any other enquiries relating to the DMMA Project, or the information provided, please use the email address below.

eodiv.dmma@defence.gov.au

Disclaimer

The Commonwealth makes no representations or warranties that the information on this website page or any information, materials or documentation referred to is accurate, current or complete.

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