Oh dear...
Both from AsA site.
OneSKY Australia
A key strategic priority for Airservices, and one critical for success, is to deliver the future.
OneSKY Australia’s primary role is to plan, develop and implement a new air traffic management platform to meet our future needs, and to enhance our business continuity capability and environmental sustainability.
OneSKY Australia also manages the delivery of component systems and infrastructure, and the coordination of the necessary organisational and operational changes, including liaison across the organisation and with internal and external stakeholders. It also presents an opportunity to realise a level of harmonisation with Defence in the development of a joint operational concept and national solutions to replace or enhance current systems.
With air traffic in the region expected to grow by more than 50 per cent in the anticipated life of the new platform, and with the introduction of new concepts to improve airspace organisation and airport operations, the upgrade will be a significant milestone in Australian aviation.
And the press release
Tender for future ATM system released to market
28-06-2013 -
Airservices Australia and the Department of Defence have released a Request For Tender (RFT) for an air traffic management (ATM) platform which will deliver the next generation of air traffic control to Australian skies.
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity which will align the needs of Airservices and Defence through the implementation of a unified national solution and comes as both organisations’ systems are approaching their end of life.
Airservices Chief Executive Officer, Margaret Staib and Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown, have consistently said that both organisations were committed to the successful harmonisation of civil and military air traffic management, which will bring a wide range of benefits, including greater operational efficiencies, seamless systems compatibility, and better investment in personnel and infrastructure.
“This future ATM system will ensure that Australian aviation remains at the forefront of technologically advanced air traffic management and safety,” Ms Staib said.
“It will reduce overlaps, increase cooperation, improve communication, and deliver better training and expertise across the workforce,” said Air Marshal Brown.
The streamlining of equipment and processes will bring with it shared expertise and facilities, creating economies of scale whilst delivering greater flexibility meeting the needs of airspace users.“
A truly national harmonised ATM platform will remove the inherent limitations from separately managed volumes of airspace and the constraints of operating different systems,” Ms Staib said.
“Through more flexible use of airspace, it will enable better management and prioritisation of an increasingly complex traffic mix. In an environment of projected growth, it will also allow us to connect the Australian aviation industry to deliver world-best industry performance."
Airservices is the ‘lead agency’ for the project, meaning that Airservices will lead the procurement of the future system for both Airservices and the Department of Defence. The RFT is a product of the joint team, in which both organisations have demonstrated their commitment to a harmonised air traffic management system – truly representing one team, one system, and one sky.
The Request For Tender opened on 28 June 2013 and closes on 30 October 2013. It follows an industry Request For Information in April 2010, and industry briefings in December 2011 and December 2012.
Seems pretty clear and transparent to me, replacing ageing Eurocat and ADATS systems with a single platform for the TCUs and En-route Centre(s).
“a signed Deed Poll of Confidentiality” before receiving the tender documents
I would have thought that this is standard business practice in such circumstances. An enormous amount would have gone into the tender document and why should they be handed over to other ANSPs.