The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified Suppliers with an established presence in Australia to invite to a closed ITO process for the provision of services to support the North Queensland (NQ) Airborne Law Enforcement (ALE) capability (known as “POLAIR NQ”), commencing in the Townsville region, including but not limited to: aerial patrols, patrol support, traffic enforcement, search, surveillance and reconnaissance, community engagement and public order operations.

The initial requirements for these goods / services specifically include:

• A fleet at least two (2) helicopters to meet the agency’s capability and service requirement, which necessitates one (1) helicopter available 24/7/365 to deliver airborne law enforcement, operational transport, search and rescue and disaster management services.
• The primary coverage area of POLAIR is 120 nautical mile land radius around Townsville but with capacity for periodic deployment to other NQ regional localities as required.
• The expected fleet output is 1,560 hours annually.
• The provision of an operating base in the Townsville Local Government Area (LGA).

Note: This Foward Procuremetn Notice (FPN) includes an online TEAMS meeting Industry Breifing Session scheduled for Monday 13 May 2024.

For detailed information on the how to register for the Industry Briefing Session and/or lodge an Expression of Interest for this procurement activity, please refer to the FPN document .

Briefing

A briefing session will be held at TEAMS Meeting , Brisbane City at 13 May, 2024 2:00 PM . Information on how to register to attend the TEAMs meeting Industry Briefing can be found in the Forward Procurement Notice documentation.