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platforms from new builds to supporting retiring fleets. There is no Defence Project that it can’t offer services on:
AASPO, ACESPO, ACSSPO, Air Affairs Australia Pty Ltd, Air New Zealand Engineering Services, Airbus Australia Pacific Ltd, AWD Alliance, ASC PTY LTD, Babcock Pty Ltd, BAE Australia, BCSPO, Boeing Defence Australia, Bristow Defence, Bureau
of Meteorology, CAE Australia, CHUSPO, DDGSPO, FFGSPO, HALSPO, L3 Australia, LHDSPO, MCPSPO, MEOSPO, NASPO, Naval Ship Management, Northrop Grumman Australia, Raytheon Australia, RNZAF, RUAG Australia, S&C SPO, Sikorsky Australia, SMSPO, SRSPO, TAE Aerospace, TASPO, TFSPO, Thales Australia, WAMA Platform.
ANZ SME18 PROVIDENCE CONSULTING GROUP
Turnover: 23.65 million
Employees: 118 Defence; 27 non-Defence Percentage of Females in Workforce: 48 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP): In Progress Ownership: Australian Privately Owned Details: 40 Macquarie Street
Barton ACT 2600
Tel: (02) 6162 3023
Website: www.providenceconsulting.com.au Contacts: Adash Janiszewski - CEO
Craig Furini - GM
CURRENT DEFENCE CONTRACTS
Examples of Providence’s engagement in Defence include:
CASG, as a member company of the Team Downer MSP consortia; DSTG (Maritime and Aerospace Divisions, and the Next Generation Technology Future Fund [NGTF] and High-Speed Weapons [HSW]
programs); Defence Intelligence Group (DIG) with transformation of their Full Spectrum Targeting (FST) capability and other consulting services; Joint Military Police Unit (JMPU) within the Joint Support Services Division (JSSD); Security & Estate Group (SEG) in the PFAS Investigation and Management Program and support to the development of a counter-uncrewed autonomous system (C-UAS) capability for domestic military bases.
Further detail on selected Providence Defence engagements is included below.
With respect to CASG, Providence is the only Australian-owned SME among the four Major Service Provider (MSP) consortia. Providence is committed to the Team Downer MSP consortium, providing services to an array of major acquisition and sustainment projects across Joint, Integration, Land and Maritime Systems Divisions, Navy Army Aviation Systems Program Office (NASPO) and Non-Materiel Procurement Branch (NMPB). Defence’s aim
for Major Service Provider (MSP) is to actively encourage ‘healthy competition in the market, including fostering viable and vibrant SME’ enabling higher levels of collaboration between CASG and MSPs. Providence has wholeheartedly embraced the underpinning aims of the MSP construct by transforming from having a contractor- led workforce to one of permanent, career-supported staff. This change of approach is assisting cement the MSP construct within Defence and defence industry and is delivering benefits to Defence including: Lower cost rates for contracted staff; Growing Defence industry capacity and capability, and Growing Defence and Defence industry partnerships and mutual understanding.
DSTG is the Australian government’s lead agency responsible for applying science and technology to safeguard Australia and its national interests. In 2015, the Group initially engaged Providence to support their Future Submarine Program (Sea 1000) research