• Finance Officer, Captain Wayne Beresford looks up from his computer in a makeshift office at the Australian Headquarters of Joint Task Force 629 in Padang. [Photo: Defence]
    Finance Officer, Captain Wayne Beresford looks up from his computer in a makeshift office at the Australian Headquarters of Joint Task Force 629 in Padang. [Photo: Defence]
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Telstra announced as the preferred tenderer for Joint Project 2047

5 November 2012
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Telstra has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the provision of Terrestrial Communications Services to Defence, following a value for money evaluation.

Initial operating capability is planned for 2013, with the final operating capability planned to be achieved in 2015.

Joint Project 2047 Phase 3 will enable Defence users to connect to Defence networks at any time, including through wireless technologies using both Defence and personal devices.

It will also allow Defence users to have desktop to desktop video conferencing for collaboration on the Defence Restricted Network and the Defence Secret Network.

This will provide Defence users with greater flexibility and reduce travel costs.

Deployed users will have better communications capability from the deployed environment to the fixed Defence network.

The Terrestrial Communications Services procurement activity is not complete and Defence will now enter into further negotiations with Telstra to finalise the contract for provision of Terrestrial Communications Services.

Finalisation of this process is also subject to Government Second Pass approval (anticipated for December 2012).

No contract has been awarded at this stage in the process.

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