Documents associated with past tenders are available via the links below.
For more information about how NAFC tenders for services please read the main tenders page
National Large Air Tanker, Large Airtanker and Supervision Aircraft Services
ITT NLAT 2022+ is NOW CLOSED
Tender closes 13:00 Australian Eastern Daylight Time (1:00pm) on Wednesday 16 March 2022
This Invitation to Tender (ITT) invites proposals from suitable organisations for the provision of the services of large Fixed Wing airtanker(s) and Supervision Aircraft to assist with control of bushfires and management of other emergencies across Australia.
For more information or to respond to the request visit the ITT NLAT 2022+ web page.
Fixed Wing Large Airtanker Services
Market Survey – Request for Information
In response to the National Aerial Firefighting Strategy 2021-2026, NAFC has recently welcomed funding by the Australian Government to procure an additional Australian Fixed Wing Large Airtanker (LAT) Service, ready for the 2022-23 Australian fire season.
This additional funding is aimed at increasing the availability of LAT Services to provide Australian emergency response. It is also an opportunity to further develop in-country capability and expertise in relation to LAT crews, support and maintenance.
To better understand the opportunities that the market may provide for this new arrangement, NAFC has engaged Landell Consulting to conduct a survey of the LAT market.
This is not a tendering process nor a pre-qualification exercise.
For more information or to respond to the request visit the Market Survey web page.
Request for Quotation, Call When Needed Aerial Firefighting Services 2020
RFQ CWN AFS 2020 IS NOW CLOSED
Tenders can be submitted any time up to 30 June 2021 unless closed earlier.
This Request for Quotation seeks tenders from suitable organisations for the provision of aviation services to support the control of bushfires and management of other emergencies across Australia. Successful tenderers will be experienced, highly motivated, highly capable providers who will enter into contracts to provide specialised aircraft services on a call when needed basis commencing in 2020 (for the 2020/2021 fire season). Tenders are invited for specific classes of Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft Services.
For more information or to respond to the request visit the RFQ CWN AFS 2020 web page
INVITATION TO TENDER AERIAL FIREFIGHTING – ROTARY WING SERVICES 2021+
ITT AFRWS 2021+ IS NOW CLOSED
Tenders close 13:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (1:00pm AEST) on Thursday 24 June 2021.
This Invitation to Tender (ITT) invites tenders from suitable organisations for the provision of the services of Type-1, Type-2 and/or Type-3 Rotary Wing Aircraft to assist with control of bushfires and management of other emergencies across Australia. Successful tenderers will be experienced, highly motivated, highly capable providers who will enter into a contract to provide specialised aircraft services commencing in 2021, for the 2021-2022 fire season and onwards.
For more information or to respond to the request visit the ITT AFRWS 2021+ web page
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, Airborne Remote Sensing Services for Strategic Intelligence and Reconnaissance
RFP ASIR 2021+ IS NOW CLOSED.
Deadline for Submissions close 13:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (1:00pm) on Wednesday 14 April 2021, unless closed earlier.
The National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) invites proposals for the provision of Airborne Strategic Intelligence and Reconnaissance (ASIR) services. Successful proposers will be experienced, highly motivated, highly capable providers who will enter into contracts to provide specialised remote sensing services commencing in 2021 (for the 2021-2022 fire season and onwards).
The services sought are generally airborne remote-sensing services, or the acquisition and provision of geo-located, geo-rectified imagery using electro-optical (EO) sensors mounted aboard fixed wing aircraft.
The services are required principally to support the management of bushfires in Australia and are also likely be used in the management of other emergencies and for other remote sensing tasks such as environmental monitoring.
For more information or to respond to the request visit the RFP ASIR 2021+ web page.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LARGE AIRTANKER and SUPERVISION AIRCRAFT SERVICES
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LARGE AIRTANKER SERVICES 2021-2022+
Tenders closed on 13:00 AEDT (1:00pm) on Thursday 18 March 2021.
The National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) invites proposals from suitable organisations for the provision of the services of large Fixed Wing airtanker(s) to assist with control of bushfires and management of other emergencies across Australia. Successful proposers will be experienced, highly motivated, highly capable providers who will enter into a contract to provide specialised aircraft services commencing in 2021, for the 2021/2022 fire season and onwards.
For more information or to respond to the request visit the RFP LAT 2021+ web page.
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR AERIAL FIREFIGHTING SERVICES 2021 ONWARDS (ITT AFS 2021+)
ITT AFS 2021+ IS NOW CLOSED
Tenders close at 16:00 AEDT (4:00 pm) on Tuesday 10 November 2020.
This Invitation to Tender invites highly capable and experienced organisations to tender for the provision of aviation services to support control of bushfires and management of other emergencies across Australia. NAFC intends to enter into contracts with successful tenderers for the provision of these specialised aircraft services commencing in 2021 (for the 2021/2022 fire season).
Tenders are invited for specific classes of rotary wing aircraft Services, primarily Type 2 and Type 3 helicopters in Victoria.
For more detailed information, visit the ITT AFS 2021+ web page, by clicking here.
The National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) seeks tenders from suitable organisations for the provision of aviation services to support the control of bushfires and management of other emergencies across Australia. Successful tenderers will be experienced, highly motivated, highly capable providers who will enter into contracts to provide specialised aircraft services on a call when needed basis commencing in 2019 (for the 2019/2020 fire season).
Tenders are invited for specific classes of Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft Services.
Invitation To Tender Aerial Firefighting Services 2019+
ITT AFS 2019+ STAGE ONE IS NOW CLOSED
This Invitation to Tender seeks tenders from suitably organisations for the provision of aviation services to support the control of bushfires and management of other emergencies across Australia. Successful tenderers will be experienced, highly motivated, highly capable providers who will enter into contracts to provide specialised aircraft services commencing in 2019 (for the 2019/2020 fire season). Tenders are invited for specific classes of Fixed Wing (in Victoria) and Rotary Wing (in the Northern Territory) Aircraft Services.
For more information or to respond to the request visit the ITT AFS 2019+ web page
Request For Proposals for Large Airtanker Services 2018 onwards
RFP LAS 2018+ IS NOW CLOSED
Tenders closed 24 January 2018.
The National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) invites highly capable and experienced organisations to propose the provision of a range of Large Airtankers to support the control of bushfires and management of other emergencies across Australia. The RFP also invites respondents to propose suitable associated supervision aircraft. NAFC intends to enter into contracts with successful tenderers for the provision of services commencing in mid to late 2018 (for the 2018/2019 fire season).
For more information or to respond to the request visit the RFP LAS 2018+ web page
Invitation to Tender for Aerial Firefighting Services for 2018 onwards
Tenders closed on 13 September 2017.
The National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) invites highly capable and experienced organisations to tender for the provision of a range of aviation services to support the control of bushfires and management of other emergencies across Australia. Tenders are invited for specific classes of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft Services. NAFC intends to enter into contracts with successful tenderers for the provision of these specialised aircraft services commencing in mid to late 2018 (for the 2018/2019 fire season)
Tender documents will remain available, for reference, at the ITT AFS 2018+ web page
Request For Proposals for Airborne Strategic Intelligence and Reconnaissance services
(Airborne remote sensing services)
RFP ASIR 2015+ IS NOW CLOSED
Proposals closed on 26 May 2015.
This process invited proposals from high quality organisations for the provision of specialised airborne remote sensing services, primarily for geo-location and mapping of fire and other emergency events. These services are required to provide quality, geo-rectified imagery (actual or derived) of fires and other emergencies in near-real-time over relatively broad geographic areas. The services require delivery of suitable imagery, data and metadata into fire and emergency agency information systems in near-real-time. To provide the required productivity, and the required spatial and temporal flexibility, it is envisaged that the primary remote sensing platform for each service will be an IFR capable, crewed, fixed-wing aircraft, although alternative approaches to delivery of the services may be considered, in particular to provide supplementary or reserve capacity.
Proposal invitation documents remain available, for reference, at the RFP ASIR 2015+ web page
AERIAL FIREFIGHTING SERVICES (ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT)
Tenders closed on 14 April 2015.
In this tender NAFC invited experienced, capable, high quality organisations to tender for the provision of rotary wing aircraft services.
The aircraft services are required to support agencies involved in managing bushfires and other emergencies. Many of the aircraft services required will also support planned burning and other land and resource management activities. Most of the services will require the delivery of specialist, precision tasks such as, for example, firebombing, rappelling and incendiary dropping. Some services require the gathering of intelligence for incident management using specialist equipment.
Request For Proposals for Data Handling Services
RFP AFAMS 2014 IS NOW CLOSED
Proposals closed on 25 September 2014.
RFP AFAMS 2014 invited proposals for the provision of Data Handling Services to support AFAMS – the Australian Fire Aircraft Monitoring System for aircraft tracking, event logging and messaging. In short, the Data Handling Services required covered the receiving, processing, storage and distribution of aircraft tracking and other data. AFAMS provides overall functionality similar to systems often referred to as "AFF" or Automated Flight Following.
Proposal invitation documents remain available, for reference, at the RFP AFAMS 2014 web page
Tenders closed on 03 June 2014.
ITT AFS 2014+ invited tenders to supply a number of Type 4 fixed-wing firebombing services and a number of conventional fixed-wing air attack supervision / reconnaissance services. These services are intended to be based in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania, Australia.
Request for Proposals for the supply of Large Airtanker Services
RFP LAS 2013 IS NOW CLOSED
RFP LAS 2013 invited proposals for the supply of Large fixed wing Airtanker Services to support bushfire control in Australia from 2013-14 and onwards ("RFP LAS 2013").
For this RFP, a "Large Airtanker" is a fixed wing aircraft that can deliver at least 5000 litres of fire retardant to a bushfire. Self-filling or scooping aircraft were included.
The RFP also required respondents to propose suitable supervision aircraft.
Proposal invitation documents remain available, for reference, at the RFP LAS 2013 web page
ITT AFS 2013+ invited tenders for over 70 individual services encompassing:
Type 1 (High Volume) rotary wing firebombing services
Type 1, 2, and 3 rotary wing services
Type 4 fixed wing firebombing services, and
a number of other specialist aircraft services, including intelligence gathering.
Tender documents remain available, for reference, at the ITT AFS 2013+ web page