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<div class="instructions"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">Defence Innovation Hub – Special Notice Call for Submissions</span></span></span></strong><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;"><strong><em><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Army Innovation – Novel Weapons and Novel Effects (including demonstration at Army Innovation Day 17)</span></span></span></em></strong></p><div align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center;"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" /></div><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;">Subsequent to the publishing of this Special Notice,&nbsp;formatting error was identified in the <em>Special Notice Call For Submissions - CFS Assessment Criteria and Assessment Process</em>. This Addendum 1 corrects the formatting issue with that document – please refer to the attachment below for full details. This Addendum 1 does not change the substance of this SN CFS.&nbsp; Given this, please note that the Closing Date for this Special Notice has not changed.</p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Date: 21 August 2017&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">CFS Special Notice reference: HUB-17-AID-001</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">The Department of Defence (<strong>Defence</strong>) via the Defence Innovation Hub is seeking proposed innovations that will help shape Army’s approach to the challenges of novel weapons and novel effects in a combined arms team in a joint environment (<strong>Innovation Theme</strong>).&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Defence will conduct an initial assessment of submissions in accordance with the Call for Submissions Special Notice (<strong>CFS</strong>) Terms (the <strong>Terms</strong>) and will select up to 30 respondents to display, exhibit and demonstrate their proposed innovation at Army Innovation Day 2017 (<strong>AID17</strong>). See below and the Terms for more information about AID17. Following AID17, Defence will conduct a final assessment of the submission in accordance with the Terms, taking into account information gathered at AID17, and may invite one or more respondents to participate in a Request for Proposal (<strong>RFP</strong>) process.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">If a proposal is successful in the RFP process, Defence will invite the successful respondent(s) to negotiate or execute an Innovation Contract. This Innovation Contract will be for the conduct of user trials and evaluations in relation to the proposed innovation, in Australian Army units within 12 months of AID17. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Closing Time</span></span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">You must submit a response to this CFS via the </span></span><a href="https://innovationhub.defence.gov.au/SignIn?ReturnUrl=%2Fhub-dashboard%2Fsubmit-proposal%2F%3Fsolid%3Daa4305b6-e259-e611-80e4-c4346bc532a0"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Innovation Portal</span></span></a><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"> by <strong><u>3pm local time</u></strong> in the Australian Capital Territory on <strong><u>Wednesday, 13 September 2017</u></strong> (the <strong>Closing Time</strong>). </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">A submission lodged after the Closing Time may be excluded from consideration. </span></span></p><div align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center;"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" /></div><h2 style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;page-break-after:auto;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Overview</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#F57C00;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"></span></span></span></strong></h2><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Army is seeking innovation proposals that meet the Innovation Theme (as defined above) or any of the following Innovation Sub Themes: </span></span><ol><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Novel weapons:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"> Novel weapons that include less than lethal effects that can be applied to an individual person, group of people, vehicle (ground, aerial or watercraft), facility or system. This might also include domestic and wild animals.&nbsp; </span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Novel countermeasures against weapons:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"> Novel approaches to counter weapons and effects (less than lethal) that can be applied to protect or enhance people, vehicles, facilities, systems or animals.</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Novel effects in signature management of systems including weapons, vehicles, facilities or IT systems:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">&nbsp; Examples might include an ability to change, manage, hide or deceive the signature of an individual, group of people, vehicle, facility or system, including decoys.</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Novel effects in signature management of IT and/or cyber systems: </span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Examples might include IT or web presence when in the field - <em>i.e. iPhone finder of soldiers mobiles in the field</em>, replication or decoy and/or decoy IT presence - <em>i.e. make more soldiers appear to be using iPhones</em>, or management of IT or cyber presence (monitor and/or reduce).<strong></strong></span></span></li></ol></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">This CFS is comprised of two assessment phases - the CFS Initial Assessment and a CFS Final Assessment of submissions. These assessment phases are set out in more detail below.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Respondents may lodge submissions for innovations that have previously been submitted to Defence in a separate procurement process and was found unsuitable. However, Defence may not progress submissions where the proposed innovation is covered by an existing procurement or research activities that Defence is undertaking (refer to the Terms for more information).</span></span></li></ul><h2 style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;page-break-after:auto;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Army Innovation Day 2017</span></span></span></strong></h2><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">The purpose of AID17 is for selected proposed innovations to be displayed, exhibited and demonstrated to a panel of capability specialists and decision-makers in Defence. At AID17, respondents should be prepared to answer questions and supply supporting material to Defence to support their proposed innovation. &nbsp;</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">AID17 is part of the CFS assessment process and any information obtained on the day may be used by Defence in its assessment of submissions. </span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Respondents invited to participate in AID17 may be provided an AID17 process document that provides further details of the AID17 process and the specific terms that govern AID17 and its related activities. </span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">AID17 will be held on <strong>Monday, 6 November 2017</strong> at Adams Auditorium at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra ACT, Australia.&nbsp; </span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Your submission may be excluded in accordance with the Terms, including if: </span></span><ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;"><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">you are invited to attend AID17 but are unable to attend and participate in AID17;</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">you do not agree to the terms of any Information Pack issued to you;</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">you do not have all necessary approvals and authorisations in place for you to attend AID17 and demonstrate your proposed innovation on the day. </span></span></li></ol></li></ul><h2 style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;page-break-after:auto;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Making a submission in response to this Call for Submissions &nbsp;</span></span></span></strong></h2><h2 style="margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;page-break-after:auto;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">How to propose an innovation to this Call for Submissions</span></span></strong></h2><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">You can make a submission to this CFS using the “Special Notice</span></span><a href="https://www.innovationhub.defence.gov.au/call-for-submissions/"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"> Call for Submissions Smart Form</span></span></a>”<span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">. This form can be accessed from the Innovation Hub Dashboard on the Innovation Portal. A submission can be made any time before the Closing Time identified above.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Please note that the guidance in the SmartForm makes a number of references to Army Innovation Day 2017 and AID17. However, the proposal you submit using this Form is subject to the Terms and the process described in the Terms. If you are invited to participate in AID17, this is only one stage of the process.</span></span></p><h2 style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;page-break-after:auto;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Who can you talk to once you make your submission?</span></span></strong></h2><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">If you wish to ask a question once you have lodged your submission, you can do so by submitting an online enquiry form via the Innovation Hub Dashboard. The Innovation Hub Dashboard will also allow you to track the progress of your submission. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Be aware that your questions, and the answers provided by Defence, may be published without disclosing your identity or any details in your submission, where this would be of benefit to other entities considering making a submission.</span></span></p><h2 style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;page-break-after:auto;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">What happens after you make a submission?</span></span></span></strong></h2><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Shortly after you lodge your smart form, you will receive an automated email confirming that your submission has been successfully loaded and giving you a reference number. You should use that reference number in further communications with Defence. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">If you have not received a confirmation email shortly after submitting, you can confirm the status of your proposal via the Innovation Hub Dashboard. If the proposal status remains as <em>Draft</em>, you should re-submit the proposal. If the proposal status displays <em>Initial Proposal Assessment</em>, your proposal has been received and will be assessed.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Defence will assess your submission in accordance with the attached Terms, which includes the CFS Assessment Criteria and Assessment Process (see separate document). </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">The CFS Assessment Process for this CFS Special Notice comprises two phases:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Phase 1: CFS Initial Assessment </span></span></em></strong></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">In the CFS Initial Assessment Defence will assess the submissions in accordance with the Terms which includes the CFS Assessment Criteria and Assessment Process. Following the CFS Initial Assessment of submissions, Defence will determine whether your submission:</span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">will be progressed</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">, in which case you will be invited to participate in AID17. Defence intends that up to 30 respondents will be invited to attend and participate in AID17. You will be provided with an Information Pack which contains the terms under which you will participate in AID17; or</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">will not be progressed</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">.</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">It is anticipated that you will be notified of the outcome of the CFS Initial Assessment on or around 25 September 2017 or otherwise with reasonable notice prior to AID17 (as notified to you by Defence).&nbsp; </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Phase 2: CFS Final Assessment</span></span></em></strong></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Following AID17, Defence will undertake a CFS Final Assessment of the submissions that have been progressed in accordance with the Terms, including the CFS Assessment Criteria and Assessment Process. The CFS Final Assessment may take into account information obtained during AID17. In the CFS Final Assessment, Defence will determine whether a submission is:</span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">successful </span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">– i.e. will be progressed, in which case, Defence will invite the respondent to participate in a RFP process, which will be subject to its own terms. Information about the RFP process is included in the Terms; or</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">unsuccessful</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"> – i.e. will not be invited to participate in a RFP process.</span></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Defence will endeavour to tell respondents about the outcome of the assessment of their proposal as soon as practicable. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">You can withdraw a submission at any time by submitting an online enquiry form via the Innovation Hub Dashboard.</span></span></p><h2 style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:justify;page-break-after:auto;"><a name="_ligf3r59pomu"></a><a name="_inbcq8lsdkf6"></a><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Additional Information</span></span></span></strong></h2><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Defence Innovation Hub</span></span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">This process is administered by the Defence Innovation Hub (Hub).&nbsp; The Hub, an initiative of Defence has been established as a 10 year program to help Australian and New Zealand companies, businesses, and academic and research organisations, to assess whether innovative technologies that those companies, businesses and organisations are developing have a Defence application. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Where a technology is identified as having an appropriate Defence application, Defence is able to work with the company, business or organisation through the Hub, and provide a level of funding, so that the technology can be matured in a collaborative way. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">The Hub facilitates innovation activities from initial concept, through to prototyping and integrated testing. The activities that will be procured through the Hub will fall into four distinct phases depending upon the current maturity level of your innovation.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">For more information on the Hub, visit the </span></span><a href="https://www.business.gov.au/Centre-for-Defence-Industry-Capability/Defence-Innovation-Portal"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Defence Innovation Portal.</span></span></a><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;"></span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">What is a CFS Special Notice?</span></span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">A CFS Special Notice allows a Defence Business Unit that has a specific problem or technical challenge to utilise the Defence Innovation Portal as a platform for engaging industry to solve that problem.<br />A &nbsp;CFS Special Notice aims to:</span></span></p><ul><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">provide a vehicle to allow Defence business units to define a problem to the market to be addressed under a tailored approach to market</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">allow industry to provide innovative solutions to capability challenges that would otherwise go unnoticed.</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">leverage the innovative capacity of a wide spectrum of Australian business to solve the problem rather than only established Defence centric businesses.</span></span><br />&nbsp;</li></ul><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Intellectual Property and Innovation Contract</span></span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">The Defence Innovation Hub seeks to engage and collaborate with the Australian Defence Industry to solve problems for Defence. The Hub has a clear IP Strategy that recognises the critical role that IP plays in fostering and encouraging innovation and delivering vital capability to Defence, and sets out IP Principles that seek to achieve an appropriate balance between the interests of Defence and industry.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">The Hub also provides a simplified and streamlined contracting process to make it less costly for Australian industry organisations to support Defence, including small-to-medium organisations.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">You can download the Innovation Contract Template and IP Strategy at the </span></span><a href="https://www.business.gov.au/centre-for-defence-industry-capability/defence-innovation-portal"><span style="color:#1155CC;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Defence Innovation Portal</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;">&nbsp;</p></div>

<div class="instructions"><h2>Special Notice Call for Submission Terms</h2><ol><li><span class="tablegroup">Call for submissions</span><ol><li>This is a call for submissions. Submissions received in response to this call for submissions will be assessed in accordance with these Terms, and if a submission is selected to progress, the respondent will be invited to respond to a Request for Proposal for an Innovation Contract. The Request for Proposal will be governed by its own terms.</li><li>Defence may amend, suspend, defer or terminate this call for submissions, and any aspect or the whole of the process (including the submission form), at any time by issuing a notice in writing via AusTender and the Innovation Hub Dashboard.</li><li>To the extent permitted by law, no binding contract (including a process contract) or other understanding (including any form of contractual, quasi-contractual or restitutionary rights, or rights based upon similar legal or equitable grounds) will exist between Defence and a respondent unless and until an Innovation Contract is signed by Defence and a successful respondent.</li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Preparing a submission</span><ol><li>Your submission must be lodged before the Closing Time. Submissions lodged after the Closing Time may be excluded from consideration in accordance with the Defence Procurement Policy Manual.</li><li>Your submission, including attachments, must be in English, and measurements must be in Australian legal units of measurement.</li><li>Your submission must not contain viruses, malicious code, or other disabling features which may affect Defence’s or any other Commonwealth of Australia ICT environment.</li><li>Do not rely on any representation, letter, document or statement, either oral or in writing, or other conduct as adding to or amending these Terms other than amendments issued by Defence in accordance with clause 1.2 of these Terms.</li><li>Do not include security classified material (Australian or foreign) in your submission.</li><li>Do not engage in any collusive bidding, anti-competitive conduct or other similar conduct in connection with your submission or any engagement with Defence in relation to your submission.</li><li>You must make sure that your officers, employees, agents and advisors involved in the submission or the process also observe this restriction.</li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Assessment of submissions</span><ol><li>Your submission will be assessed in accordance with these Terms, against the assessment criteria, and in accordance with the Call for Submissions - Assessment Criteria and Assessment Process.</li><li>Defence may consider any additional information obtained during the Army Innovation Day 2017 (<b>AID17</b>) &nbsp;in&nbsp;assessing your submission.</li><li>Defence reserves the right to determine the order in which it assesses the submissions it receives in response to this call for submissions.</li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Army Innovation Day 2017 </span><ol><li>Defence may, after the Closing Time, invite you or other respondents to attend AID17 and to participate in the AID17 Activities.</li><li>AID17 will be held on 6 November 2017 and AID17 Activities will take place at Adams Auditorium, Australia Defence Force Academy, Canberra, ACT, for a period of one day. Defence will notify you of any changes to the timing and duration of AID17 Activities.</li><li>AID17 Activities may include one or more of the following activities:<ul><li>a display and demonstration of your innovation;</li><li>a pitch for your innovation to selected Defence personnel;</li><li>submission of additional information; and</li><li>clarification of your submission.</li></ul></li><li>Defence may issue an AID17 process document that provides further details of the AID17 process and specific terms and conditions governing AID17 and AID17 Activities <b>(AID17 Information Pack)</b>.</li><li>The AID17 Information Pack may include:<ul><li>agendas;</li><li>event information;</li><li>terms and conditions for attendance at AID17 and participation in AID17 Activities; and</li><li>additional information about Defence’s requirements.</li></ul></li><li>You must comply with any additional restrictions or requirements notified to you in connection with AID17 and any AID17 Activities. This includes safety and security requirements.</li><li>Your attendance at AID17 or participation in AID17 Activities does not guarantee that your submission will be shortlisted to participate in any subsequent Request for Proposal or other procurement process.</li><li>You are responsible for arranging for the delivery and removal, of all materials and products relevant to your participation in AID17 Activities, to and from the location that the AID17 Activities will take place.</li><li>You are responsible for arranging and obtaining all necessary licences, accreditations, permits, regulatory approval, export approvals or other authorisation(s) required to attend AID17 and participate in AID17 Activities.</li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Clarification</span><ol><li>Defence may, at any time, seek clarification of your submission and enter into discussions with you in relation to your submission or with other respondents in relation to their submissions.</li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Shortlisting</span><ol><li>?Defence may shortlist one or more respondents at any time during the call for submissions process,&nbsp;on the basis of an assessment of the submissions against the Assessment Criteria.</li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Costs</span><ol><li>Defence will not meet your costs in preparing or making a submission, or in any engagements with Defence in relation to your submission (such as clarifying your submission, attending AID17, participating in AID17 Activities or&nbsp; obtaining all necessary licences, accreditations, permits, regulatory approval, export approvals or other authorisation(s) required to attend AID17 and participate in AID17 Activities).</li><li>Defence is not liable to you for any costs or expenses incurred by you in taking part in this call for submissions, including without limitation, instances where:<ul><li>your submission is excluded or you are not invited to respond to a Request for Proposal;</li><li>Defence varies or terminates this call for submissions or the process;</li><li>Defence’s requirements change;</li><li>Defence exercises any of its other rights in these Terms;</li><li>you rely on advice from Defence or any other Commonwealth of Australia entities, including the Centre for Defence Industry Capability, in relation to your submission; or</li><li>there are failures or problems involving your infrastructure, browser or internet connectivity.</li></ul></li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Who owns your submission?</span><ol><li>?Defence will own any submission you make - but see clause 9 below. This does not affect the ownership of any intellectual property.</li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Confidentiality</span><ol><li>You agree that Defence can use the information in your submission and any further information you give Defence about your submission (where requested by Defence) to:<ul><li>determine whether to invite you to make a formal proposal (through a Request for Proposal) to enter into an Innovation Contract for funding and development of the proposed innovation in your submission;</li><li>inform the assessment of your response to a Request for Proposal; and</li><li>evaluate and review its processes, in order to make improvements in relation to future calls for submissions.</li></ul></li><li>You agree that Defence may disclose or provide access to information included in your submission to:<ul><li>authorised personnel within the Department Industry, Innovation and Science, to allow the Centre for Defence Industry Capability to provide you with updates on the progress of your submission;</li><li>other government agencies, including state and territory government agencies, to consult with them about the claims you have made in your submission;</li><li>take appropriate action if any statement made in your submission is incorrect, incomplete, false or misleading, including using the information contained in the proposal for a fraud investigation that would be consistent with the Australian Government’s Investigations Standard and Fraud Control Guidelines.</li></ul></li><li>Defence will not use or disclose information in your submission other than as set out in clauses 9.1 or 9.2 unless:<ul><li>you agree;</li><li>the information is in the public domain otherwise than due to a breach of confidence;</li><li>to comply with legal obligations or statutory or portfolio duties, or for public accountability reasons; or</li><li>to defend any claim made in relation to the process or a procurement by Defence (whether or not of the innovation proposed in your submission).</li></ul></li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Your acknowledgments and agreements</span><ol><li>By making a submission you:<ul><li>acknowledge that you do so, and participate in the process (including any attendance at AID17 and participation in AID17 Activities), at your own risk and cost;</li><li>acknowledge that Defence is not obliged to proceed further with any submission you make, or enter into arrangements with you about the innovation proposed in your submission;</li><li>acknowledge that, subject to these Terms, Defence may deal with other organisations (whether or not they have made a submission) in relation to proposed innovations that may have Defence applications;</li><li>acknowledge that in assessing submissions, Defence may consider additional information related to any assessment criteria or consideration (including information obtained from sources other than you);</li><li>declare that the information provided in the submission is accurate, complete and current and acknowledge that giving false or misleading information is a serious offence under the <i>Criminal Code Act 1995</i>;</li><li>declare that you have not – and your related bodies corporate (as defined in the <i>Corporations Act 2001</i>), as well as officers, employees, agents and advisors of you or your related bodies corporate, have not – broken any applicable law (including foreign laws) about offering of inducements in connection with the preparation of your submission; and</li><li>declare that there is no actual, potential or perceived conflict between Defence’s interests and your interests in relation to the process, other than those you have identified in your submission, and that you will immediately notify Defence if you become aware of one.<br /><i>"your interests"</i> includes the interests of your related bodies corporate, and the interests of the officers or employees of you or your related bodies corporate.</li></ul></li><li>By making a submission which names you as the lead respondent and other entities as project partners, in addition to your acknowledgements and declarations in clause 10.1, you acknowledge and declare that:<ul><li>each of the project partners make the acknowledgements and declarations referred to in clause 10.1; and</li><li>you have the authority to provide the acknowledgements and declarations on behalf of each of the project partners.</li></ul></li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Exclusion</span><ol><li>Defence may, at any time, exclude a submission from further consideration if:<ul><li>clause 2 or clause 10 of these Terms is breached;</li><li>you are unable to,&nbsp;or fail to comply with, the requirements of the AID17 Information Pack issued under clause 4.4 or any additional restrictions or requirements notified to you under clause 4.6;</li><li>you do not agree to the terms in the Information Pack issued to you;</li><li>you have been invited to attend AID17 but are unable or fail to attend AID17 or participate in AID17 Activities for any reason;</li><li>you do not have the necessary licences, accreditations, permits, regulatory approval, export approvals or other authorisation(s) required to attend AID17 or participate in AID17 Activities;</li><li>the assessment of the submission against any one or more assessment criteria suggests that there is no reasonable prospect of the proposed innovation being progressed by Defence;</li><li>the proposed innovation is covered by existing procurement or research activities Defence is undertaking;</li><li>the proposed innovation has been developed by or with the assistance of an individual during the course of their employment with Defence;</li><li>the proposed innovation has been developed under a contract with Defence (unless the contract specifically allows this);</li><li>the submission is made by, or with the assistance of, an entity or individual that is working or has worked with Defence on the call for submissions or the process; or;</li><li>the submission includes information that cannot be read or decrypted, or Defence believes the submission may contain a virus, malicious code or anything else which may compromise the integrity or security of its ICT environment.</li></ul></li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Withdrawing a submission</span><ol><li>You agree that your submission is valid unless or until it is withdrawn.</li><li>You may withdraw a submission at any time by submitting an <a href="http://www.innovationhub.defence.gov.au/enquiry/">online enquiry</a> form via the Innovation Hub Dashboard.</li><li>If you withdraw a submission before Defence has assessed it, or during its assessment, Defence will not assess it, or continuing assessing it.</li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Debriefing</span><ol><li>?You will be notified whether your submission has been successful or unsuccessful. You may request an oral or written debriefing from Defence in relation to a successful or unsuccessful submission.</li></ol></li><li><span class="tablegroup">Interpretation of these Terms</span><ol><li>In these Terms, unless the contrary appears:<ul><li>the singular includes the plural and vice-versa;</li><li>a reference to one gender includes the others;</li><li>AID17 Activities includes the activities described in clause 4.3 of these Terms;</li><li>“Closing Time” means the time and date specified in the Closing Time section of the relevant Special Notice;</li><li>“Defence” refers to the Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Department of Defence, including its advisers or contractors;</li><li>“Innovation Contract” means a contract between Defence and a respondent, formed after the respondent has provided a successful response to a Request for Proposal;</li><li>“Special Notice” means a call for submissions issued by Defence to address a specific problem or technical challenge;</li><li>“Terms” means these terms for the call for submissions, and includes the Call for Submissions - Assessment Criteria and Assessment Process; and</li><li>“the process” refers to the process commenced by this call for submissions.</li></ul></li><li>To the extent of any inconsistency, these Terms take precedence over:<ul><li>information set out in the call for submissions cover page, or on relevant Commonwealth websites including <a href="http://business.gov.au">business.gov.au</a>,or on the Defence Industry &amp; Innovation social media platforms;</li><li>instructions or guidance within the “Special Notice Proposal Submission Form”;</li><li>any other guidance documents on completing the “Innovation Proposal Submission Form”; and</li><li>the AID17 Information Pack.</li></ul></li></ol></li></ol></div>

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<div class="instructions"><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">Defence Innovation Hub</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> – </span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;">Special Notice Call for Submissions</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;"><strong><em><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Army Innovation – Novel Weapons and Novel Effects (including demonstration at Army Innovation Day 17)</span></span></span></em></strong></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Assessment Criteria and Assessment Process</span></span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><em><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Call for Submissions Assessment Criteria and Process</span></span></span></em></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Call for Submissions (<strong>CFS</strong>) is seeking proposed innovations that will help shape Army’s approach to the challenges of novel weapons and novel effects in a combined </span></span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">arms team in a joint environment (<strong>Innovation Theme</strong>). </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Australian Army is seeking proposed innovations that meet the Innovation Theme (as defined above) or any of the following Innovation Sub Themes: </span></span></p><ol><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Novel weapons:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Novel weapons that include less than lethal effects that can be applied to an individual person, group of people, vehicle (ground, aerial or watercraft), facility or system. This might also include domestic and wild animals.&nbsp; </span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Novel countermeasures against weapons:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Novel approaches to counter weapons and effects (less than lethal) that can be applied to protect or enhance people, vehicles, facilities, systems or animals.</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Novel effects in signature management of systems including weapons, vehicles, facilities or IT systems:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp; Examples might include an ability to change, manage, hide or deceive the signature of an individual, group of people, vehicle, facility or system, including decoys.</span></span></li><li style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:20.0pt;text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Novel effects in signature management of IT and/or cyber systems: </span></span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Examples might include IT or web presence when in the field - <em>i.e. iPhone finder of soldiers mobiles in the field</em>, replication or decoy and/or decoy IT presence - <em>i.e. make more soldiers appear to be using iPhones</em>, or management of IT or cyber presence (monitor and/or reduce).<strong></strong></span></span></li></ol><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">This CFS will consist of two assessment phases:</span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:20.0pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">CFS Initial Assessment; and </span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:20.0pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">CFS Final Assessment.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Defence will conduct an CFS Initial Assessment of the submissions received in response to this CFS Special Notice to select up to 30 respondents to display, exhibit and demonstrate their proposed innovations on Army Innovation Day 2017 (<strong>AID17</strong>), as part of the CFS assessment. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Following AID17, Defence will conduct a CFS Final Assessment of those submissions that were progressed to AID17 to invite one or more respondents to participate in a Request for Proposal (<strong>RFP</strong>) process. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">For both phases of the CFS assessment, Defence will assess submissions against the following assessment criteria and in accordance with the following process. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">CFS Assessment Criteria</span></span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Each submission in response to the CFS will be assessed against the following criteria, not in any order of importance:</span></p><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:20.0pt"><p><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Suitability - </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The extent to which the proposed innovation could further the effectiveness of a Defence capability, enterprise or technology challenge.</span></em><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"> </span></em><br />Defence will consider the following elements in making an assessment against this criterion:</p><ul><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:40.0pt;list-style-type:circle"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">the extent to which the respondent’s submission clearly articulates and explains the proposed innovation; </span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"></span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:40.0pt;list-style-type:circle"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">the extent to which the proposed innovation is unique, and would provide a new or enhanced capability, or improves Defence’s effectiveness and efficiency through innovation; and</span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:40.0pt;list-style-type:circle"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">the extent to which the respondent’s submission addresses the Innovation Theme or an Innovation Sub Theme. </span></li></ul></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:20.0pt" value="2"><p><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Feasibility - </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The extent to which the proposed innovation will be able to be developed and adopted with relevant defence systems, from a technology perspective</span></em><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />Defence will consider, in making an assessment against this criterion, the current technology readiness level of the proposed innovation, the relevance and credibility of any claims made by the respondent relating to the feasibility of the proposed innovation.</p></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:20.0pt" value="3"><p><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Timeliness - </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The anticipated timeframe that the proposed innovation would require to realise a positive impact on Defence capability. </span></em><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"></span></strong><br />Defence will consider, in making an assessment against this criterion, the extent to which the proposed timeline and duration of the proposed innovation aligns with timelines for any Defence capability requirements or related activities undertaken by Defence, including whether the proposed innovation will be ready to be subject to user trials and evaluations in Australian Army units within 12 months of AID17 and any timelines indicated in the CFS Terms and associated documents such as the AID17 Information Pack.</p></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:20.0pt" value="4"><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Contribution to Australia’s Defence industry capability - </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The extent to which the proposed innovation has the potential to improve or contribute to Australia’s Defence Industry capability and capacity.</span></em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Clarification and exclusion from further consideration</span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;page-break-after:avoid;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">At any stage during the assessment process, Defence may: </span></p><ul><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">seek clarification of your submission in accordance with clause 5 of the Terms; or </span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">exclude your submission from further consideration in accordance with clause 11 of the Terms.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Advice on outcomes of CFS processes</span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Phase 1: CFS Initial assessment </span></em></strong></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Respondents will be advised of the outcome of the </span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">CFS Initial Assessment</span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"> on or around 25 September 2017 or in any event, within a reasonable time prior to AID17.&nbsp; </span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Phase 2: CFS Final assessment</span></em></strong></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">After AID17, Defence will undertake a CFS Final Assessment of the CFS submissions from the respondents who were invited to attend AID17 and participated in AID17 Activities taking into account information received at AID17. &nbsp;Respondents will then be advised of the outcome of their submission, i.e. their submission is successful and they will be invited to participate in the RFP process or their submission is unsuccessful, and will not be invited to participate in the RFP process. </span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"><em><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Request for Proposal Assessment Criteria and Assessment Process</span></span></span></em></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">As part of the RFP process, more detailed information will be sought about the proposed innovation and a more detailed assessment of the proposal will be undertaken. </span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The RFP process will be subject to its own terms and conditions. Assessment of the proposal will include assessment against the RFP assessment criteria. An overview of RFP process is provided below:</span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">RFP Assessment Criteria</span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Each proposal submitted in response to an RFP will be evaluated on the basis of likelihood to result in best value for money consistent with Commonwealth procurement policies, utilising the proposal evaluation criteria outlined below. The value for money assessment will include the consideration of any risks to the Commonwealth. </span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The cost of a proposal is not the only consideration. A proposal will not necessarily be selected to proceed to an Innovation Contract. </span><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"></span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">All proposals submitted in response to a RFP will be assessed against the following criteria, not in any order of importance:</span></p><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;"><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Suitability - </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The extent to which the proposed innovation could further the effectiveness of a Defence capability, enterprise or&nbsp; technology challenge</span></em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:25.65pt;text-indent:10.35pt;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Defence will consider the following elements in making an assessment against this criterion:</span></p><ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;"><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;" value="4"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">the extent to which the proposal clearly articulates and explains the proposed innovation; </span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;" value="5"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">the extent to which the proposed innovation is unique, and would provide a new or enhanced capability, or improves Defence’s effectiveness and efficiency through innovation; and</span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;" value="6"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">the extent to which the proposal addresses the Innovation Theme or an Innovation Sub Theme. </span></li></ol><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;" value="2"><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Feasibility - </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The extent to which the proposed innovation will be able to be developed and adopted with relevant defence systems, from a technology perspective</span></em></li></ul><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:25.65pt;text-indent:10.35pt;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Defence will consider the following elements in making an assessment against this criterion:</span></p><ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;"><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">the current technology readiness level of the proposed innovation, and the relevance and credibility of any claims made in the proposal relating to the feasibility of the proposed innovation; and</span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">where applicable, the level of effort that is required to implement the proposed innovation into the relevant Defence system or platform.</span></li></ol><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;" value="3"><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Timeliness - </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The anticipated timeframe that the proposed innovation would require to realise a positive impact on Defence capability.</span></em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"></span></li></ul><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Defence will consider, in making an assessment against this criterion, the extent to which the proposed timeline and duration of the proposed innovation aligns with timelines for any Defence capability requirements or related activities undertaken by Defence, including whether the proposed innovation will be ready to be subject to user trial and evaluations in Australian Army units within 12 months of AID17 and any timelines indicated in the RFP and associated documents. .</span></p><ul style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;"><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;" value="4"><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Contribution to Australia’s Defence industry capability - </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The extent to which the proposed innovation will improve or contribute to Australia’s Defence Industry capability and capacity.</span></em><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"></span></strong></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;" value="5"><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Cost</span></strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"> – <em>The cost of the proposed innovation, including contract price, Defence items and any other costs to Defence.</em> </span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;" value="6"><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Organisational Capability and Capacity – </span></strong><em><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">The extent to which the respondent is capable of, and has the capacity to, successfully progress the proposed innovation now and into the future. </span></em><strong><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;"></span></strong></li></ul><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:25.65pt;text-indent:10.35pt;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Defence will consider the following elements in making an assessment against this criterion:</span></p><ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman;"><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">the extent of the project management capability of the respondent, and appropriateness of any proposed or existing governance arrangements; </span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">financial and corporate viability of the respondent; and</span></li><li style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">previous performance of the respondent in delivering similar projects or services.</span></li></ol><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><strong><span style="color:#65B32E;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">Advice on outcome of RFP</span></span></strong></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">If, as a result of the assessment process, the delegate considers that a proposal does not meet Defence’s needs, Defence will advise the respondent as soon as practicable. </span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%;"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;">If a proposal is successful, the respondent will be invited to negotiate or execute an Innovation Contract. </span></p><p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;">&nbsp;</p></div>

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