Response Structure

What we need to submit, in the form the ATO has specified.

Five required documents

The RFI explicitly says: “suppliers should respond to the questions, and supply the information and materials, in the same order and under the same headings as shown in these Response Forms.” So we mirror the section structure exactly.

Part 3 — General — what goes in each section

• Section 1 — Conditions for Participation
  • Judicial decisions / employee entitlements declaration
  • Workplace Gender Equality Act status (Anuna Research Cooperative is under the 100-employee threshold — not a “relevant employer”)
  • Statement of Tax Record commitment (forward-looking — for any second stage)
  • Indigenous Procurement Policy commitment (forward-looking)
  • Commonwealth Supplier Code of Conduct acknowledgement
• Section 2 — Respondent’s details — company info, ABN, registration, etc.
• Section 3 — Respondent information — general capability overview, narrative on the offer
• Section 4 — Respondent’s Declaration — signed declaration

Part 3a — Technical — compliance matrix

One row per requirement (LV-1..6, TV-1..3, S-1..2, P-1..2, A-1, H-1..2, IN-1..5, SC-1..8, OP-1..10, VISM-1..7, M-1, RM-1..4, UX-1..4) with:

• Column D: Response Compliance (Compliant / Partially Compliant / Non-Compliant)
• Column E: Vendor Comments — how SABLE meets (or partially meets) the requirement

See sable-fit for the per-requirement narrative we’ll fill in.

Part 4 — Financial — what goes in each section

• Section 1 — Respondent (legal name, ABN/ACN/ARBN)
• Section 2 — Financial capacity (last 3 years’ financials at high level; Anuna Research Cooperative is early-stage so this is summary-only)
• Section 3 — Pricing & payment basis (currency, GST exclusivity, indexation)
• Section 4 — Response price (signpost to Part 4a spreadsheet)

Part 4a — Pricing — spreadsheet tables

• T1 — Software Licensing — both perpetual (SP1.1) and subscription (SP1.2) models required for evaluation
• T2 — Tiered Discounts
• T3 — One-off costs (integration, training, environment setup)
• T4 — Ongoing Support & Maintenance
• T5 — Labour Rates

GST-exclusive; AUD assumed unless foreign currency nominated. 12-month + 36-month term options requested.

FOCI form — what goes in

Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence questions:

1. DISP / HCF status
2. Ultimate Beneficial Owners + corporate structure
3. State ownership / control by foreign government
4. Politically Exposed Persons
5. Access to ATO systems / networks / data
6. Cloud / hosting providers and data flows
7. Subcontractors and supply-chain risk

Anuna Research Cooperative: privately-held Australian company, founder-owned, no state ownership, no PEPs, Australian-incorporated, hosting plan = AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2).

Linked notes

• evaluation-criteria — what’s being asked
• sable-fit — how we answer
• gaps-and-risks — what we acknowledge openly