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2.2 In liaison with the project officer the Consultant will be required to:

1. Review the scope of work required. Review and/or define the user requirements brief to establish the level of facilities solution required and define a range of alternatives necessary to meet Defence needs and objectives. These are dependent upon a number of factors such as complexity of requirement, term of requirement, urgency, need, capability, desired objectives etc.
2. Develop an Estate Capability Requirement. Documentation required for the identification, justification and Green Book programming of estate requirements. The documentation for identification and justification of a requirement should be as succinct as possible, but provide adequate information to support Group level review by the Sponsor Group and the ID against capability requirements, long term planning, and priorities. An Estate Capability Requirement document is required to enable initial review, endorsement of the requirement, and programming prior to any allocation of significant resources for detailed development of the Estate Capability Proposal.
3. Undertake feasibility studies to develop options to meet Defence requirements. The range of studies vary and are dependent on requirement but may include facility and site options analysis, functional and spatial requirement options, project facility options, user requirement options, cost options.
4. Conduct a Value Management Study to confirm user requirements and identify cash and resource risk areas. The Consultant should undertake all activities associated with the VMS. The VMS may be undertaken at project initiation and/or near completion to establish or confirm important user requirements and options within resource constraints.
5. Undertake an investment evaluation analysis, which may include life-cycle costing, net personnel and operating costs, net present value calculations, maintenance costs, cost/benefit analysis or a business case analysis.
6. Undertake an analysis of facilities maintenance costs. The maintenance requirements of facilities both new and established over the life of the structure/s. Recommend appropriate maintenance plans for the facilities including equipment, infrastructure and building fabric.
7. Undertake an analysis of engineering, architectural, OH & S and energy issues. When an assessment is required to determine the condition of a facility all aspects of the facilities are to be evaluated incorporating either specific or general factors as required. Compliance with Defence Standards and Instructions, Commonwealth and State Legislation and Standards will often be the focus of such studies.
8. Based on appropriate analysis determine preferred facilities option from the range of options presented or previously identified. The basis of this analysis may vary but could be based upon a cost/benefit analysis or business cases analysis to recommend the appropriate solution. The preferred solution will be determined on the basis of best value to the Commonwealth.
9. Provide conceptual design layouts of facilities options. Conceptual layouts may be architectural or engineering in discipline, and provide detail as required to explain the range of options identified.
10. Provide detailed planning cost estimates of facilities options. Planning cost estimates are required to provide an indication of likely total construction costs and may include land, infrastructure, energy, equipment, building fabric, furniture and fittings and may include personnel costs. The level of accuracy of estimates will vary depending upon scope and complexity of project requirements.
11. Develop an Estate Capability Proposal. Documentation required for the detailed development of estate proposals to the extent necessary to achieve Departmental endorsement. These are Capital estate proposals with an estimated cost of $6m or greater.