Version 3.1 effective 23 August 2024
ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Services) is for use when establishing a standing offer arrangement with a supplier or a panel of suppliers for the engagement of consultants, professional service providers and other contractors to provide services to Defence that are of short to medium duration. Further guidance on when to use ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Services) 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 Services) 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 ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Services) is available.
Table of changes - version 3.0 to 3.1 (ZIP, 478.92 KB)
Download files
The following files represent the complete ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Services) version 3.1 template:
This version is current as of 23 August 2024.
Preliminary pages (PDF, 294.59 KB)
Part 1 - conditions of tender (PDF, 305.91 KB)
Part 1 - annexes to the conditions of tender (PDF, 366.37 KB)
Part 2 - draft conditions of deed (PDF, 605.27 KB)
Part 2 - attachments to the draft conditions of deed (PDF, 322.16 KB)
Alternatively, a zipped copy of ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Services) version 3.1 in Microsoft Word format is also available for downloading. When extracting from Winzip please ensure "all files" and "use folder names" is selected.
Standing Offer for Services template documents (ZIP, 588.57 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 Services) version 1.0 handbook is no longer applicable to the ASDEFCON (Standing Offer for Services) version 3.1 template.
Standing Offer for Services version 1 handbook (PDF, 1.44 MB)