Closed ATM View - 268-2015-16
Ship Charter for Maintenance of Automatic Weather Stations, Indian Ocean, NW West Australia
Perth
The Bureau requires the use of a suitable and crewed ocean-going charter vessel to access three offshore monitoring stations located on islands in the NW of Western Australia. As part of the Australian Observations Network, the Bureau operates unmanned automatic weather stations (AWS) that monitor numerous meteorological parameters which are fed back to the mainland by means of satellite communications. The information forms part of the early warning network to alert meteorological staff of the formation of weather conditions that result in cyclones. Equipment must be maintained by the Bureau once per year. The Bureau requires the use of a crewed ocean-going charter vessel prior to the commencement of the tropical cyclone season.
The optimum charter period is between Late October - Mid December 2016.
The Bureau will exclude a Tender from further consideration if at any time before a contract is executed the Bureau considers that the Tenderer does not meet any one or more of the following conditions for participation:
the Tenderer exists as a legal entity at the Closing Time.
Approx 7-8 days. The optimum charter period is between Late October - Mid December 2016.