Executive summary 2

Recommendations 2

Introduction 3

  Methodology 4

  State of play, 2018 4

  What stakeholders told us 5

A wider protective-security task 5

  AUKUS changes the scale and distribution of demand 6

  Brisbane 2032 Olympics will test mobilisation 6

  Regulatory and policy context 7

From licensed workforce to deployable capability 7

  Skills must follow the task 8

  Training and accreditation 8

  Mobility and the limits of a national headcount 9

  Wages, costs and workforce sustainability 9

Procurement policies, practices and models 9

  Value for money and price weighting 9

  Compliance and capability delivery 9

  Where contract delivery can weaken 9

  Price, value and evidence 10

  International and adjacent-sector comparisons 11

From buying posts to assuring a service 11

  Evidence for the next decision 12

Conclusion 12

Appendix 1: Survey results 13

Appendix 2: State and territory legislative arrangements 15

Appendix 3: Licensing structures 16

Appendix 4: State and territory procurement frameworks 17

Appendix 5: Evaluation weightings, by jurisdiction 19

Appendix 6: SSIA cost schedule 21

Notes 22

Acronyms and abbreviations 24