Hazardous Area Electrical Support Services Contract

Overview The Department of Defence is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced electrical and mechanical engineering contractor to provide explosives hazardous area safety, engineering and maintenance services. The services are required to ensure the safety, serviceability and compliance of explosives research facilities and related specialist plant and equipment. Purpose This Statement of Work is for services to support the explosives research and development capability at the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG). Specifically, it is for a suitably qualified and experienced electrical and mechanical engineering contractor to provide explosives hazardous area safety, engineering and maintenance services to ensure the safety, serviceability and compliance of explosives processing and characterisation plant and equipment. Scope The contractor shall supply a qualified and experienced electrical and mechanical engineering contractor to provide hazardous area electrical support, including: Programmed electrical and mechanical maintenance on specified DSTG owned assets (plant and equipment) in DSTG Explosive Ordnance Hazardous Areas Unscheduled corrective maintenance and fault assessment and remediation on specified DSTG owned plant and equipment Management of records and data for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on the appropriate Defence systems Coordination and delivery of selected calibration of plant and equipment within DSTG Explosive Hazardous Areas (Annex A) Identification, reporting and tag-out of non-compliant plant, equipment and electrical installations Subject matter expertise and advice to DSTG Deliverables Maintenance and calibration of the Annex A equipment (DSTG AP&WE holdings, reviewed annually by Contract Change Proposal) Engagement of specialist service providers where required Hazardous area compliance advice Life-of-type reviews with GWEO T&E E SPO and DSTG AP&WE Monthly reports Tag-out and isolation of non-compliant equipment Accurate status records in MEX and/or ERP Contractor Requirements Key Persons expertise An "A" Class Electrical Fitter licence A Fitter and Turner qualification Current hazardous area competencies for explosive ordnance areas Experience with bespoke plant, CMMS, PLCs and SCADA Knowledge of the relevant legislation Contract Terms and Conditions Timeframe for delivery: June 2030 Instructions to Tenderers Conditions for participation: As per the Conditions of Tender (COT) Tender responses are to be submitted electronically via the AusTender website (www.tenders.gov.au) using the 'Lodgement Page' link on the tender notification