The Department of Defence is inviting interested parties to attend an Industry Briefing providing information regarding the Centralised Processing Project, such as planned industry engagement and market approaches along with a precis of business details and objectives. The CP project is a component of the Defence Strategic Reform Program (SRP) . The SRP commenced in 2009 and provides a set of reforms to improve Defence planning and enhance productivity resulting in savings which will be reinvested into Defence Capability.The SRP provided the guidance for the Chief Information Officer Group (CIOG) to develop the Defence Information and Communication Technology (ICT) strategy which has included a number of reform initiatives. The key deliverables of the ICT stream are to:
- build an improved Defence Information Environment (DIE) into a single standardised network that encompasses all security levels and can connect fixed and deployed locations, and
- consolidate infrastructure through Single Desktop and Data Centre Consolidation initiatives. The SRP is a key strategy in support of the Defence White Paper. The SRP aims to deliver gross savings of $20b over ten years. These savings will be re-invested to deliver stronger military capabilities and to modernise Defence infrastructure. The SRP comprises fifteen separate reform streams, one of which is the Defence Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Reform Program.
Amongst the various ICT reforms within CIOG, there is the Centralised Processing (CP) Project. The CP Project aims to establish a single, integrated capability for the management and provision of CP facilities (including core, regional, international and deployed data centre environments), infrastructure and services at the UNCLASSIFIED to SECRET levels. The CP Project also aims to deliver a cost effective and scalable solution for data centres, server and storage hardware, middleware and mainframe operation, across the Defence Information Environment (DIE).
More information on the SRP can be found at:
More information on the ICT Sourcing Strategy can be found at:
Closing Date: 26/07/11
