Support Short template

Version 3.1 effective 23 August 2024

Support Short template is designed for the procurement of support services for Defence materiel subsystems and equipment, with reduced depth and without the more demanding governance requirements of the Support template.

Further guidance on when to use Support Short template has been included in the Contract template selection and tailoring guide.

Support Short template version 3.1 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
  • the flow down of reductions to the tender data requirements (TDRs)
  • implementation of the revised Defence Cost Principles
  • various other updates in Defence policies and commercial standards.

In addition, minor typographical and grammatical changes have been made, along with updated web links and references.

A table of changes from version 3.0 to version 3.1 is available.

Table of changes - version 3.0 to version 3.1 (PDF, 238.49 KB)

Download files

Preliminary pages (PDF, 233.75 KB)

Part 1 - conditions of tender (PDF, 305.9 KB)

Part 1 - annexes to the conditions of tender (PDF, 473.66 KB)

Part 2 - draft conditions of contract (PDF, 855.68 KB)

Part 2 - attachments to the draft conditions of contract (PDF, 841.62 KB)

Part 3 - draft statement of work (PDF, 552.36 KB)

Part 3 - annexes to the draft statement of work (PDF, 272.97 KB)

Part 3 - data item descriptions (PDF, 453.46 KB)

Part 3 - supplementary data item descriptions (PDF, 323.86 KB)

Alternatively, a zipped copy of Support Short template in Microsoft Word format is also available. When extracting from WinZip please ensure 'all files' and 'use folder names' is selected.

Support Short template documents (ZIP, 2.9 MB)

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

Support Short template documents (PDF, 3.03 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 been produced to assist procurement staff in using Support Short template:

Additional guidance is available on the Industry governance page.