Version 3.1 effective 23 August 2024
ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Goods) is used when establishing a standing offer arrangement with a supplier or panel of suppliers for procurement of off-the-shelf goods. Further guidance on when to use ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Goods) has been included in the Contract Template Selection and Tailoring Guide.
Contract template selection and tailoring guide (PDF, 1.34 MB)
ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Goods) version 3.1 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.
A table of changes from version 3.0 to version 3.1 of is available.
Table of changes - version 3.0 to 3.1 (ZIP, 525.12 KB)
Download files
The following files represent the complete ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Goods) version 3.1 template.
This version is current as of 23 August 2024.
Preliminary pages (PDF, 267.81 KB)
Part 1 - conditions of tender and annexes (PDF, 479.18 KB)
Part 2 - draft conditions of deed and attachments (PDF, 968.56 KB)
Alternatively, a zipped copy of ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Goods) version 3.1 in Microsoft Word format is also available for downloading. When extracting from Winzip ensure "all files" and "use folder names" is selected.
Standing Offer for Goods template documents (ZIP, 610.92 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The ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Goods) Version 1.0 handbook is no longer applicable to the ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Goods) V3.1 template.