People — Director
David Martin
David works across major procurement, contracting and post-award matters, with a focus on commercial structures and records that remain usable through delivery.
Professional overview
David is a lawyer and commercial consultant working across major procurement, contracting and post-award matters for Defence and other government clients. His work covers acquisition strategy, tendering, negotiation, contract change, performance frameworks, intellectual property and technical data, with a focus on producing records and commercial settings that remain usable through delivery.
David Martin also practises through Auxlaw, Auxiom Pty Ltd’s separately engaged legal practice.
Areas of focus
- 01 Procurement and acquisition strategy
- 02 ASDEFCON and bespoke contracting
- 03 Evaluation and negotiation
- 04 Contract change and performance
- 05 Intellectual property and technical data
Selected experience
His experience includes work on AIR 8000 Phase 2, LAND 8140, SEA 1179 Phase 1, JP9101 and Defence’s Public Private Partnership policy suite.
- AIR 8000 Phase 2
Led the procurement team advising on the C-27J battlefield airlifter acquisition — request-for-tender, offer definition, negotiation and implementation, including negotiations with the aircraft OEM on simulators, avionics upgrades and certification.
- LAND 17 Phase 2
Lead commercial and procurement advisor for the Digital Terminal Control System acquisition. Designed the technology-refresh contract suite and led negotiations with the successful tenderer.
- LAND 8140
Lead advisor across deployable force infrastructure tranches, including a complex contract-change structure enabling staged acquisition work orders.
- Land Systems commodity reform
Drafted the fourth-party logistics contractual framework and led negotiation of intellectual property, liability and warranty positions. Authored Defence’s Public Private Partnership policy suite.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Arts
- Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
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