Version 4.1 effective 23 August 2024
ASDEFCON (Services) is designed to be used to engage consultants, professional service providers and other contractors to provide services to Defence (where there are no suitable Panel arrangements in place). Further guidance on when to use ASDEFCON (Services) has been included in the Contract Template Selection and Tailoring Guide.
Contract template selection and tailoring guide (PDF, 1.34 MB)
ASDEFCON (Services) version 4.1 incorporates the following changes:
- new provisions to align with 1 July 2024 updates to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules, including the introduction of the Commonwealth Supplier Code of Conduct
- new ASDEFCON Clausebank optional clauses for procurements subject to the Australian Skills Guarantee Procurement Connected Policy
- a reduced threshold for mandatory consideration by officials of the economic benefit of a procurement for the Australian economy
- implementation of the revised Defence Cost Principles
- various other updates in Defence policies and commercial standards.
In addition, minor typographical and grammatical changes have been made, along with updated weblinks and references.
Updated documents are available with track changes enabled.
Template documents with tracked changes (ZIP, 472.95 KB)
Download files
The following files represent the complete ASDEFCON (Services) version 4.1 template.
This version is current as of 23 August 2024.
Preliminary pages (PDF, 267.89 KB)
Part 1 - conditions of tender and tender annexes (PDF, 487.87 KB)
Part 2 - draft conditions of contract and contract attachments (PDF, 859 KB)
Alternatively, a zipped copy of ASDEFCON (Services) version 4.1 in Microsoft Word format is also available for downloading. When extracting from Winzip please ensure 'all files' and 'use folder names' is selected.
Services template documents (ZIP, 667.8 KB)
The ASDEFCON Toolbar and Style Set should be used to edit the template in Microsoft Word.
Defence accepts no responsibility or liability for the use of this document. For specific procurements, Defence 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.
Guidance
The ASDEFCON (Services) Version 1.1 handbook is no longer applicable to all sections of the ASDEFCON (Services) version 4.1 template.