Capacity
Urgency
Productivity
National security
Defence industry policy and decision to conduct limited tender

Conduct of inquiry
Submissions
Background to inquiry
Decision to inquire into the limited tender for two replenishment vessels  
Acknowledgements

HMAS Sirius
HMAS Success
Strategic needs and analysis stage
Project—SEA 1654, Phase 3

First Pass Consideration
Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs)
Central agencies and DMO's role in decision for restricted tender
Government approval—first pass
Conclusion

Australian prime contractors and shipyards
Capacity of Australian shipyards
Investment in infrastructure
Designs
Conclusion

Timing and schedule
Lease vessel
Conclusion

AWDs
Announcement of tender for new supply ships
Productivity—compensated growth tonnage
AWD experience and acquiring new supply ships
Economies of scale
Contribution to Australian economy
Through-life-support
Conclusion

Strategic imperative
Conclusion

Australia's Defence industry policy
Industry's interpretation of the decision to tender for the supply ships
Valley of death
Avoiding the valley of death and the future frigates
Australian participation in the construction of the supply ships
Conclusion

Reasons for limited tender—cost and resources
Conclusion