Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board (MFB) employs approximately 2,400 employees, working in more than 50 locations across Victoria and provide services to Melbourne residents, workers and visitors, and safeguard assets and infrastructure worth billions of dollars. Our services cover the metropolitan district, an area of over 1,000 square kilometres.

The MFB:
* delivers fire and emergency management services
* drives systemic change to the built environment through reforms to building design, regulations and legislation
* invests in research
* develops prevention programs that improve community safety and build resilience.

MFB also provides specialist operational support across Australia and the Asia Pacific region as required. There are 47 stations spread through five districts which are split into two main regions.

Our structural arrangements are aligned to state government regional boundaries. This enables us to work cohesively with local, municipal, regional and state partners on planning, command, control and coordination of incidents under the State Emergency Management arrangements. It is also the platform for integrated emergency management planning at the local, municipal, regional and state level.

Our regional model supports MFB’s role in the State Control Centre, with regional controllers from all agencies working together on emergencies in their areas of responsibility.

MFB is seeking responses to this tender for the Provision of Cisco Network Routers and Switches.

Note: All questions pertaining to this Tender are contained within the response area, they are required to be completed ON LINE. You must complete the Pre Qualifying stage first in order to be permitted to Tender.