Contracting

ASDEFCON (Services) V2.2

Effective October 2010

ASDEFCON (Services) is designed to be used to engage consultants, professional service providers and other contractors to provide services to Defence (where this is required to be done outside of the DMOSS Panel arrangements). The template is to be used where the services to be procured are:

• low to medium risk services which may be categorised as Complex Procurements; and
• of short to medium duration.

For low risk and low value services, ASDEFCON (Shortform Services) should be used.

The most recent version of ASDEFCON (Services) is Version 2.2 (October 2010).

Version 2.2 includes an updated Public Announcement clause and minor administrative amendments. A list of changes to ASDEFCON (Services) Version 2.1 to Version 2.2 is available here (PDF).

Prior to the release of Version 2.2, Version 2.1 was released in July 2010 to include updates in Commonwealth policy affecting the ASDEFCON (Services) template. Changes updated in July 2010 include:

• new Public Announcement clause;
• updated Australian Industry Capability requirements;
• updated Defence Security requirements to align with the new electronic Defence Security Manual;
• updated Policy Requirements clauses to reflect policy changes;
• updated OHS clauses to align with changes to Commonwealth OHS legislation;
• new clauses to capture the obligations imposed by the Fair Work Principles;
• new AusTender Level 2 clauses;
• new Environmental Obligations and Compliance with Laws clauses to align with higher-level ASDEFCON templates;
• updated Statement of Work provisions; and
• new Limitation of Liability and Intellectual Property Indemnity clauses.

In addition, minor typographical and grammatical changes have been made, along with updated weblinks and references. The template has also been formatted with the new DMO Style Set developed specifically to assist with document stability of the ASDEFCON templates.

A list of changes to ASDEFCON (Services) Version 2.0 to Version 2.1 is available here (PDF).

Download Files

The following files represent the complete ASDEFCON (Services) template.

Preliminary Pages (PDF)
Covering Letter (PDF)
Part 1 - Conditions of Tender (PDF)
Part 1 - Annexes to the Conditions of Tender (PDF)
Part 2 - Draft Conditions of Contract (PDF)
Part 2 - Attachments to the Draft Conditions of Contract (PDF)

Combined (PDF)

ASDEFCON (Services) Version 2.2 in Microsoft Word format (ZIP)
When extracting from Winzip please ensure you select 'all files' and 'use folder names'.

The Department of Defence accepts no responsibility or liability for the use of this document. For specific procurements, the Department reserves the right to make changes to the document (or select particular clause 'options') and is not bound to use the document for any particular procurement.

Last updated: October 2010