Bundaberg is not listed in Part C of Annex A to the Statement of Requirements.–Does this indicate Bundaberg catchment is purely LGA 2011 Bundaberg? Part C of Annex A lists the Remote and Very Remote suburbs in the relevant Service Areas/LGAs. Bundaberg is not listed in Part C of Annex A as it is not a Remote or Very Remote area. Does the NDIA consider it acceptable for an Applicant who is engaging subcontractors for some of the service provision, to the relevant subcontractor's premises which are utilised in the course of the service provision, as the premises’ for the ‘permanent purposes of clause 2.10.1 of the Statement of Requirements? The NDIA is prepared to consider whether or not this be acceptable on a case by case basis. What software will be installed by the NDIA to the hardware provided to Partner Personnel and which software will not be allowed? For example, can Skype for Business, Internet Explorer 11, Chrome browser, Citrix be downloaded onto the NDIA's hardware? Clause 5.3.3(a) of the Statement of Requirements sets out a list of the software that will be pre-loaded onto the mobile device supplied by the Commonwealth. Applicants should proceed on the basis that no other software will be able to be loaded onto the mobile device. The device will be pre-loaded with an internet browser and Partner Personnel will be able to access various programs via the internet. How do Partner Personnel access the NDIA IT systems? Is it via secure tunnel or Citrix session through the public internet? How much data traffic (bandwidth use) is expected to traverse the internet back to the NDIA? Partner Personnel will be able to use the mobile device to connect to the NDIA IT Systems via a standard internet connection. Partner Personnel will also be able to use the mobile device in offline mode. The NDIA is not in a position to estimate the amount of data traffic required. The NDIA will be installing MS Outlook 2013 on the Surface Pro’s. Will we be using the NDIA Exchange Server for the purposes of providing email mailboxes or will we be
Bundaberg is not listed in Part C of Annex A to the Statement of Requirements.–Does this indicate Bundaberg catchment is purely LGA 2011 Bundaberg? Part C of Annex A lists the Remote and Very Remote suburbs in the relevant Service Areas/LGAs. Bundaberg is not listed in Part C of Annex A as it is not a Remote or Very Remote area. Does the NDIA consider it acceptable for an Applicant who is engaging subcontractors for some of the service provision, to the relevant subcontractor's premises which are utilised in the course of the service provision, as the ‘permanent premises’ for the purposes of clause 2.10.1 of the Statement of Requirements? The NDIA is prepared to consider whether or not this be acceptable on a case by case basis. What software will be installed by the NDIA to the hardware provided to Partner Personnel and which software will not be allowed? For example, can Skype for Business, Internet Explorer 11, Chrome browser, Citrix be downloaded onto the NDIA's hardware? Clause 5.3.3(a) of the Statement of Requirements sets out a list of the software that will be pre-loaded onto the mobile device supplied by the Commonwealth. Applicants should proceed on the basis that no other software will be able to be loaded onto the mobile device. The device will be pre-loaded with an internet browser and Partner Personnel will be able to access various programs via the internet. How do Partner Personnel access the NDIA IT systems? Is it via secure tunnel or Citrix session through the public internet? How much data traffic (bandwidth use) is expected to traverse the internet back to the NDIA? Partner Personnel will be able to use the mobile device to connect to the NDIA IT Systems via a standard internet connection. Partner Personnel will also be able to use the mobile device in offline mode. The NDIA is not in a position to estimate the amount of data traffic required. The NDIA will be installing MS Outlook 2013 on the Surface Pro’s. Will we be using the NDIA Exchange Server for the purposes of providing email mailboxes or will we be
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