Notice of Enhanced Maritime Awareness Capability project additional industry engagement

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Suppliers that the EMAC project has engaged with recently are not required to respond to this Notice.

The Enhanced Maritime Awareness Capability (EMAC) project is seeking a Capability which contributes to the Community (environmental wellbeing and resilience) and Nation (safe and resilient, including on its borders and approaches – secure air, sea and electronic lines of communication and secure access to space based systems). The direction from Government is that the EMAC will be shaped to share the P-8A burden for civilian tasks.

The EMAC is not a typical Defence procurement project as the user requirements are driven solely by government agencies other than Defence. This community has a broad spectrum of diverse requirements which are being distilled to a common set to allow the project to investigate solutions to a manageable scope. The project team will also be considering the operating and sustainment aspects of various capability systems, as the investment logic will encompass the whole of life implications. As the environment in which we are developing the EMAC is characterised by its large area, and a diverse range of risks and threats about which the agencies need to maintain awareness across the domain, the final capability is likely to involve a mix of capability elements (platforms) creating a layered solution.

The project team has already engaged with a number of suppliers to gain an understanding of the market’s technical capabilities and ability to supply solutions that meet the agencies requirements including (in no particular order) – data distribution / data fusion, commercial satellite coverage, piloted aircraft, Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) of varying sizes.

Support, operating and ownership models of the capability elements are not finalised at the moment, with the project team open to a range of acquisition options including Government Owned/Contractor Operated, Surveillance As a Service or Government Owned/Government Operated.

The project team is now offering the opportunity for suppliers that have a proven track record in delivering one or more of the capability elements.

Suppliers that the project has engaged with recently do not need to request further engagement.

The engagements will take place virtually during November 2020.

Please contact Andy Evans at emac@defence.govt.nz for further details