Secure Managed File Transfer and External File Exchange Capability

This Tender is invited by the Issuer. Overview The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is seeking information from the market on products, services, and delivery models that provide a secure managed file transfer and external file exchange capability. This Request for Information (RFI) is for market discovery only. It does not represent a commitment to procure a product or service, and the Department has not selected a preferred product, architecture, hosting model, or supplier. Purpose The purpose of this RFI is to: Improve the Department's understanding of available market offerings Identify viable delivery and operating models Understand differences in capability, security posture, integration, implementation effort, and commercial structure Identify dependencies, constraints, risks, and responsibilities that should be considered in a future procurement Inform the development of any subsequent approach to market Scope The Department is seeking information on solutions that can facilitate secure, controlled, and auditable exchange of large files: Between departmental personnel From departmental personnel to external organisations or individuals From external parties to departmental personnel Where appropriate, between authorised systems or business processes The primary focus of this RFI is person-to-person and business-to-business secure file exchange. Long-term document collaboration, scientific-device transfers, off-network device ingestion, and USB replacement are outside the scope of this RFI. Information Requested Respondents may propose SaaS, PaaS, managed service, vendor-hosted, Department-hosted, cloud-hosted, self-hosted, hybrid, or other viable delivery approaches. Respondents should clearly explain the benefits, limitations, dependencies, shared responsibilities, and commercial implications of their proposed approach.