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Request for Tender for provision for services relating to the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
RFT No. 570-04
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/d...Search.pdf

Includes Statement of Requirements, KPIs, Pricing Models

A ‘Harry Houdini’ of a document which I believe the Senate Standing committee have briefly examined at Estimates.  There is considerable interest in the way Australian aviation safety organisations, like the ASA, ATSB and CASA set about arranging contracts and hiring consultants. This blasted eight week run up an election has robbed the public of useful working time for politicians and there will be another hiatus of similar duration once the dust settles.  Then depending on who wins, it will take more time again before anything productive comes out of the government.  Even then, we must consider if the Estimates committee will continue their investigation of ‘matters contractual’; or, even consider the results of audits completed.  

Such is the pace of response to anything; let alone the spending of tax payer billions.   I would not be holding my breath waiting for an analysis of anything Australia had to do with 370. I would expect that any questions surrounding the search contract have little chance of being asked and even less chance of being answered.  Lucky country, ain’t we?

Welcome mh370doc, was hoping you might expand on your first post??

I am not sure if you are aware but their was a redacted version of the end result of that MH370 tender encompassed within the answer to a 'question on notice' from the Supplementary Estimates 19 October 2015: AQON 08ATSB

While on that RFT document some of the obligations under Schedule 1 are interesting, for example:

..3.2

The Contractor will be able to complete a search of the entire Search Area within 300 days of commencement of the search.

Most Important

Tenderer should provide information about the method to be used to search the Search Area within the timeframe, including expected coverage, on average, per day. The tenderer will have to allow for such things as weather, vessel port calls and equipment downtime for maintenance. The tenderer will provide information as to how scheduling for these will be planned and managed. The tenderer should provide an explanation of how the process will ensure that all areas in the Search Area will be searched.

Tenderer should provide information as to how their assets will be organised and managed to complete the search of the Search Area within the timeframe...

 However considering the "K" post and from past experience of the bureaucratic RFT or regulatory reform process here in Oz, there will be so many weasel-worded clauses embedded in that RFT and the contract itself, that there will be no possible legal ramifications if by definition the Commonwealth or Fugro breach certain terms of the original RFT/contract.    
Please also remember that this was overseen by a bureaucratic Muppet fully versed in obfuscation through legislative interpretation and other devious means e.g. Sale of Sydney international airport.


MTF..P2