The Tasmanian Government is seeking to establish a Panel of Industry Advisors
who may be engaged to provide advice in relation to the Telecommunications
Infrastructure Project, particularly with regard to the evaluation of proposals
received from respondents to the Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) in
a Strategic Alliance for the Provision of Broadband Telecommunications Services
and Facilities document, released on 12 December 2003, and to provide advice on
the telecommunications industry more generally.
The Government's overriding objectives from the REOI are to ensure Tasmania
realises the economic and community benefits from new broadband infrastructure
by:
facilitating a more competitive telecommunications industry structure within
Tasmania; and
encouraging new investment in broadband telecommunications facilities within
Tasmania.
A copy of the REOI document can be found at
www.treasury.tas.gov.au/telco_infrastructure_reoi
The Government requires Industry Advisors capable of providing the services
outlined in the Request for Tender document, including the capacity to evaluate
telecommunications rollout and service offerings and provide high level
strategic advice on other aspects of the REOI Respondents' submissions and the
telecommunications industry more generally.
The Industry Advisors will work closely with the Government's REOI Evaluation
Panel and the Telecommunications Infrastructure Project Director.
