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Strengthening Telecommunications Against Natural Disasters - Temporary telecommunications infrastructure deployment

Tender ID: 429914

Tender Details

Organisation:

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications

Tender #:

GO4190

Status:

Closed

Publish Date:

25 August 2020

Closing Date:

14 September 2020

Tender Description

⁠⁠⁠The grant opportunity was announced as part of the Strengthening Telecommunications Against Natural Disasters program. Up to $7.7 million is available for this grant opportunity.

The objectives of the program are to:

increase and improve telecommunications resilience in communities recently affected by severe bushfires or at risk of natural disasters in the future
enhance the capability to restore services to areas affected by bushfires or natural disasters by quickly deploying temporary facilities to address gaps caused by outages.

The maximum grant amount is $7.7 million.

You must complete your project by 30 April 2022.

Your project must be aimed at purchasing portable telecommunications facilities, which support connectivity and address outages caused by bushfires or natural disasters including:

cells on wheels
satellite supported cells on wheels
mobile exchanges on wheels
NBN Road Muster trucks
portable satellite kits

We may also approve other activities.

Location

Western Australia : Gascoyne : Goldfields/Esperance : Great Southern : Kimberley : Mid West : Peel : Perth Metropolitan : Pilbara : South West : Wheatbelt
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania

Category

Information & Communication Technology : Telecoms Carrier Services : Telecoms Hardware Supply
Community & Social Services : Grant & Funding Programs

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