From what I have been told of some of the members of the Panel are:
1. Strategic (Current operator using A330 for operation and has used a Hifly A330 & A340 for the Middle East Operation and has also used a Air NZ 777, Malaysian 747 and Omni or something like that DC10-30 in prior years)
2. Adagold (Possibly new operator of Middle East operation with Hifly A340 and has sourced AN124 and other aircraft for the ADF and other government departments)
3. Toll (Often uses Our Airline 737 for its winning tenders)
4. Qantas (Prefers not to bid for this tender I am guessing for political reasons)
3 or 4 other tenderers that are brokers and not airlines/operating carriers.
I believe Cobham, Air NZ, Alliance and Virgin are not a Panel Members either.
So therefore even going back to the Standing Panel will only bring back Strategic or another broker which is either aligned to Adagold, Strategic or David Charlton as in previous tenders, DC has provided help to try and wrestle the tender from Strategic.