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Government Furnished Facilities Licence V1.0

Effective 1 October 2009

The Government Furnished Facilities (GFF) Licence is the DMO and DSG approved template for use in conjunction with the ASDEFCON templates. It is for use when GFF will be provided under a Defence contract to a contractor for the purpose of assisting that contractor perform work under the contract.

The GFF Licence is version numbered independently of other ASDEFCON templates because it is called out individually by the ASDEFCON (Strategic Materiel), ASDEFCON (Complex Materiel) Volume 2 and ASDEFCON (Support) templates.

Required approvals under the Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (Cth)

The Lands Acquisition Act 1989 (LAA) requires agencies to seek and obtain approval from the Department of Finance and Deregulation (DoFD) before disposing of any interest in land. The grant of a licence or any other document granting GFF to a contractor (such as under a contract), is considered to be a disposal of an interest in land and therefore requires the prior approval of the Finance Minister. While Defence has sought retrospective approvals in the past DoFD has now advised Defence that it will no longer consider retrospective proposals.

Property Leasing and Acquisitions, Property Services Branch - Infrastructure Division, DSG is required to report on and maintain a register of all licences on the Defence Estate. It also liaises with DoFD to ensure the necessary approvals are in place before licence and contract signature. For these reasons, only a manager from this area is authorised to sign the GFF Licence on behalf of Defence.

Procurement Officers should consult with the above area of DSG when a requirement to provide GFF is identified and where modifications to the template are proposed.

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GFF Licence V1.0 (PDF)

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 2009