Complex Materiel Volume 2 template

Version 5.2 effective 23 August 2024

Complex Materiel Volume 2 template is designed to be used for procurements with medium technical risk involving design, development and integration that do not justify the use of Strategic Materiel template. 

Further guidance on when to use Complex Materiel Volume 2 template has been included in the Contract template selection and tailoring guide.

Complex Materiel Volume 2 template version 5.2 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 Australian Standard for Defence Contracting (ASDEFCON) Clausebank optional clauses for procurements subject to the Australian Skills Guarantee Procurement Connected Policy and the Environmentally Sustainable Procurement 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
• updated provisions for a System Security Program encompassing information and communications technology (ICT) security authorisations and cyber security
• some minor updates, including for Defence web-links (following migration of Defence web pages), and changes in Defence policies and commercial standards.

A table of changes from version 5.1 to version 5.2 is available.

Table of changes - version 5.1 to version 5.2 (PDF, 449.62 KB)

Download files

Preliminary pages (PDF, 492.55 KB)

Part 1 - conditions of tender (PDF, 358.24 KB)

Part 1 - annexes to the conditions of tender (PDF, 625.19 KB)

Part 2 - draft conditions of contract (PDF, 1.06 MB)

Part 2 - attachments to the draft conditions of contract (PDF, 1.55 MB)

Part 3 - draft statement of work (PDF, 841.6 KB)

Part 3 - annexes to the draft statement of work (PDF, 548.43 KB)

Part 3 - data item descriptions (PDF, 755.73 KB)

Part 3 - supplementary data item descriptions (PDF, 2.19 MB)

Alternatively, a zipped copy of Complex Materiel Volume 2 template in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel (for the acquisition pricing workbook) format is also available for downloading. When extracting from WinZip please ensure 'all files' and 'use folder names' is selected.

Complex Materiel Volume 2 template documents (ZIP, 6.84 MB)

The PDF version of the template is available to assist with relevant training courses.

Complex Materiel Volume 2 template documents (PDF, 6.93 MB)

The 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 following guidance has also been produced to assist procurement staff in using the Complex Materiel Volume 2 template:

• Australian Industry Capability (AIC) guide
• Australian Contract Expenditure (ACE) guide
• Acquisition pricing workbook guide
• Australian Contract Expenditure (ACE) Measurement Rules
• Complex Materiel Volume 2 statement of work tailoring guide
• Approved Contractor Insurance Program
• Complex Materiel Volume 2 work health and safety and the System Safety Program guide
• Defence Estate Quality Management System

Additional guidance is available on the Industry governance page. Requests for superseded guidance documents can be sent to the contacts included on this page.