Meeting papers

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                       13 NOVEMBER 2023


6.8       FIRETECH SERVICE PROVIDER PANEL (ROPS) REFRESH


Author               Director Digital Hub and Innovation, Chris Boden
                     Strategy and Environment Department
Index                ECM/Subject/ Firetech
Attachments          None


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report provides an outline of the process and recommended outcomes of the recent refresh of
the Firetech register of pre-qualified providers (ROPS) process for Council's consideration and
endorsement.
Firetech Connect is a Noosa Council initiative to help speed up the adoption of innovative technology
solutions for building bushfire resilience in regional communities.
Disaster management is a high risk sector where the protection of lives and property are at stake.
New technology solutions therefore face a significant burden of proof to establish that they are safe
and effective, before they can be widely adopted.
In accordance with Part 3 of the Local Government Regulations and Council Procurement Policy,
Council invited written tenders as part of the refresh for the provision of firetech services across a
range of categories.
      •   The categories/services included in this ROPS are:
      o   Category 01 – Bushfire Prediction
      o   Category 02 – Bushfire Detection
      o   Category 03 – Aerial Operations
      o   Category 04 – Uncrewed Firefighting Solutions
      •   The existing register of pre-qualified suppliers (ROPS) was accepted and resolved by Council
          at Ordinary Meeting on 21 July 2022 and included the following twelve suppliers:
      o   3FB Aerworx Pty Ltd
      o   Meshed Pty Ltd
      o   Fireball International Pty Ltd t/as EXCI.AI
      o   Bredon Kynnie McAtee t/as Image Knowledge (Mayday.ai GmbH)
      o   Mirragin RAS Consulting Pty Ltd t/as Mirragin Consulting
      o   N5 Sensors, Inc.
      o   Ninox Robotics Pty Ltd t/as Ninox Robotics
      o   OroraTech GmbH
      o   Arvind Satyam (Pano AI)
      o   Redeye Apps Pty Ltd t/as RedEye
      o   Ripper Corporation Pty Ltd
      o   Skybase Limited t/as Skybase
      •   On 5 July 2023 Council invited tenders for suppliers wishing to become pre-qualified
          suppliers of Firetech Services. Suppliers were advised that this invitation for tender was a
          refresh of the previous arrangement T000078, and that arrangement T00078 will continue,



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