Design Services Consultant for EST0129Ph3 Facilities to Support LAND129 Phase 3 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Upgrade

⁠⁠⁠The Services include design and related services in respect to construction or refurbishment works for the facilities that support the Army’s Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) capability. The capability is operated by the 20th Regiment of the Royal Australian Artillery located at Gallipoli Barracks, QLD. Training for the capability is delivered by Surveillance & Target Acquisition Wing (STA Wing) located at the School of Artillery (SoArty) Puckapunyal Military Area, VIC.

The facilities to be built or refurbished are broadly as follows:

- 20th Regimental Headquarters:

- Office accommodation, command facilities, conference room and supporting administrative elements.

- The signals troop office facilities.

- Operations and analyst office facilities.

- Duty room. With sufficient space to house two to three bedrooms, common areas and duty offices.

- Ablutions, showers and lockers and brew/breakout areas.

- Three TUAS Operational Batteries:

- A battery headquarters office and associated administrative areas.

- Two troop office and administrative areas.

- Ablutions.

- Soldier Combat Ensemble (SCE) storage.

- Mission preparation hardstand.

- Storage areas.

- An armoury. (potentially provided through centralised unit armoury).

- CSS Bty:

- CSS Bty Headquarters which provide office and administrative areas.

- Q-Store. The Q-store comprises both office and storage space and includes the CSS Bty armoury (potentially provided through centralised unit armoury). 
- Aviation Workshop.

- Repair Parts Store.

- Ground Workshop.

- Transport Section.

- Hardstand military vehicle parking areas.

- 20th Regimental training facilities. Six (6) fixed simulators, two (2) portable simulators, an operational command post training area, associated classrooms, ablutions and office areas.

- Contractor / Capability and Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) facilities. Office accommodation including basic amenities for contractors and CASG are required to support the TUAS capability.

- STA Wing Training facilities. Between four (4) and eight (8) fixed simulators and two (2) classrooms with office accommodation. Secured vehicle hardstand, airframe hangar, generator storage, Q store, Equipment (CES) Storage.

- Living in Accommodation (LIA).

- Transit accommodation.

- Car parking.