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Request for Tender for Employment Services
2015-2020
Information Session
www.employment.gov.au
Overview of Presentation
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The new approach to employment services
Changes from the Exposure Draft
Services to be tendered
Purchasing arrangements
Disclaimer
Tenderers must:
• make independent assessments
• seek independent business advice if necessary
This session provides information only:
• no statement varies the RFT unless confirmed on
AusTender
• variations will be posted on the AusTender website
Employment Services 2015
• Promote stronger workforce participation by
people of working age and help more job
seekers move from welfare to work
What is being purchased?
• Services in non remote parts of Australia:
– Employment Provider services
– Work for the Dole Coordinators
– New Enterprise Incentive Scheme
• Harvest Labour Services
• National Harvest Labour Information Service
What has changed since the
Exposure Draft?
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Job search requirements
Job seeker compliance
Provider partnerships and group tendering
Services to job seeker cohorts
Regional Loading
Employment Provider Services
Employment Provider service objectives
• Meet needs of employers
• Increase job seeker activation and stronger
Mutual Obligation
• Increase job outcomes
• Cut red tape
Section 2.2
51 Employment Regions
• Access to larger pools of job seekers and
employers
• Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics areas
and labour market features
• Eligibility for regional loading
• Coverage
Section 7.8.1
Employment Providers
• Employment Providers will:
– conduct an initial interview and negotiate a Job Plan
– assist job seekers to be work ready
– manage job seekers so they fulfil their Mutual Obligation
– report non-compliance to the Department of Human
Services
– refer job seekers to jobs and engage with employers
– provide post placement support
Chapter 2
How job seekers access services
• Most job seekers will be referred by the Department of
Human Services
• Eligibility is generally based on receipt of Income Support
• Job seekers will be classified into three Streams
• Stream A are the most job competitive
• Stream B require assistance to be work ready
• Stream C have a combination of serious job and non-job issues
• Some job seekers can volunteer
• Change providers after 2 or 3 years
Sections 2.6 and 2.7
Stronger Participation Incentives for
Job Seekers Under 30
• Stream A and some Stream B job seekers
• Monthly contacts with an Employment Provider to:
– refer to jobs
– monitor job search and Work for the Dole
participation
• Wage subsidies and relocation assistance
• Related income support changes subject to legislation
Section 2.5.1
Initial Interview
• Comprehensive and face to face
• Focus on available jobs for Stream A
• Identify job seeker strengths and work ready
strategies for Streams B and C
Section 2.9.4
Job Plan
• Individual plan
• Includes activities to satisfy Mutual Obligation
requirements
• Flexible, living document
Section 2.9.5
Employment Fund
• Pool of funds so job seekers meet the needs of
employers and get and keep a job
Stream
Employment Fund Credit (Credited
once only for each new job seeker)
Stream A
$300
Stream B
$850
Stream C
$1200
• $990 credit for Long Term Unemployed Wage Subsidy
Section 2.9.7
Additional tools
• Wage Subsidies:
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Restart (mature age 50 years plus)
Youth
Long term unemployed people
Indigenous
Tasmanian Jobs Programme
• Relocation Assistance
• Job Commitment Bonus
Sections 2.5, 2.9.9, 2.9.10 and 2.9.11
Mutual Obligation
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Requirements under Social Security law
Attend appointments
Comply with Job Plan
Undertake job search
Annual Activity requirement
Section 2.10
Annual Activity requirement
Stream
Requirement
Stream A
After six months of Employment Provider assistance
Streams B and C
After 12 months of Employment Provider assistance
Age
Number of hours
Under 30 years
Usually 650 hours over 26 weeks (25 hours per week)
30 to under 60*
Usually 390 hours over 26 weeks (15 hours per week)
*Requirements for people aged 55-59 are subject to legislation
Section 2.10
Managing job seeker compliance
• Report non-compliance to the Department of
Human Services
• The Department of Human Services will be the
decision maker on all compliance matters
Section 2.15
Payments to Providers
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Administration fees
Work for the Dole places
Outcome Payments
Mid Deed adjustment
Regional Loading
Section 2.16
Administration Fees
Fee
Six Monthly Administration Fee
Youth under 30
$350
Streams A and B
All other job seekers $250
Streams A, B and C
Fee with Regional
Loading
$438
$313
Section 2.16.2
Work for the Dole places
Work for the Dole places
Fee
Individual Hosted Place
$1000
Place in a Group based
activity
Up to $3500
Section 2.11 and Table 2.6
Outcome payments
• Full: Payable for cessation of income support at 4,
12 and 26 weeks of employment
• Partial: Payable for 60 per cent reduction of
income support at 4 and 12 weeks of employment
• Verified through earnings declarations to the
Department of Human Services where possible
• Education outcome for 15-17 year olds
Section 2.16
Employers
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Job seekers with the right skills
Job seekers with the right attributes
Wage subsidies
Post placement support
Collaboration between Employment
Providers
Section 2.13
Performance framework
• Indigenous Outcome Targets
• Key Performance Indicators:
– Efficiency
– Effectiveness
– Quality and Assurance
• Quality Assurance Framework
• Compliance Indicator
• Service Guarantee and Service Delivery Plan
• Business reallocation
Section 2.18
Transition
• Principles:
– Continuity of employment services
– Job seekers:
• stay with their current provider where possible
• referred to Employment Provider services taking into account their
individual circumstances
– Continue to support connections between employers and job
seekers where possible
– Support future arrangements
• IT development
Section 2.19
Work for the Dole Coordinators
Work for the Dole Coordinator Objectives
• Finding places that provide job seekers with
– work-like experiences
– skills that are in demand
– relevant training
Section 3.2
Work for the Dole Coordinators
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One per Employment Region
Secure places
Collaborate
Risk Assessment
– Undertaken by a Competent Person
• Media and Promotion
Section 3.3
Payments
• Establishment Fee
• Six monthly Service Fee
• Place Fee
Section 3.5
Performance Framework
• Key Performance Indicators:
– Efficiency
– Effectiveness
– Quality and Assurance
• Contract reallocation
Section 3.8
New Enterprise Incentive Scheme
NEIS objectives
• Help job seekers start-up their own small
business
• Increase financial viability
• Increase off-benefit rates
• Cut red tape
Section 4.2
NEIS Service Requirements
•Selecting eligible job seekers to undertake NEIS
Training
•Assessing and approving business plans
•Monitoring the performance of the business
•Providing advice and mentor support
Chapter 4.4
NEIS Payments and contracting
• Up to $5580 for each participant
• Up to three Providers per Employment Region
• Key Performance Indicators:
– Efficiency
– Effectiveness
– Quality and Assurance
• Business Reallocation
Sections 4.8 , 4.10 and 4.11
Harvest Labour
Objective of Harvest Labour Services
• Supply labour to meet the needs of growers
• Mobilise workers from outside a Harvest Area
• Connect people on income support
Section 5.2.1
Harvest Labour Services
• Identify, promote and refer job seekers
• Payments:
– Service Fee of $53 900 per quarter
– Placement fee of $49.50
• Harvest Areas decided through the tender
process.
• Annual performance assessment
Chapter 5
Objectives of National Harvest Labour
Information Service
• Develop and disseminate information about
harvest related work
Section 5.4.1
National Harvest Labour Information
Service
• The Service will:
– produce an electronic Harvest Guide
– maintain information on the Harvest Trail
website
– deliver a free-call national telephone service
• Single provider
• Service Fees by competitive Tender
Section 5
Employment Services 2015-2020
Purchasing Arrangements
Request for Tender Overview
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Probity
Purchasing Process
Tender Lodgement
Selection Criteria
Feedback
Chapter 6 and 7
Probity Principles
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Fairness and impartiality
Consistency and transparency
Encouraging competition and participation
Identifying and managing conflicts of interest
Security and confidentiality
Compliance with relevant legislative obligations and
the Commonwealth Procurement Rules
• Establishing and maintaining a clear audit trail.
Section 6.1
Purchasing Process
• This is a Procurement
• Commonwealth Procurement Rules apply
• Value for money principles
• Consideration of risk to Commonwealth
Section 6.2
Communication Protocol
• Minimise risk
• Meetings with Ministers and the
Department
• Questions about the RFT
Appendix E
Eligibility to Tender
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Australian Government Departments
Group tendering
Competing entities
Collusion and improper influence
Conflict of interest
Section 6.4.9
Selection Criteria
Referees
• Current employment services providers
• Tenderers that do not provide employment
services
Section 7.12.3
Electronic Tender Lodgement
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Electronic tender lodgement conditions
Only with AusTender (www.tenders.gov.au)
Application forms
Corrections and additions
Incomplete tenders or non competitive
tenders
Section 6.5.2
Late and non-conforming tenders
• Tenders will be excluded if:
Lodged incorrectly or late
Not written in English
Section 6.5
Contracting with the Department of
Employment
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Draft Deed
Offer of business
ABN required
Training available
Indigenous Opportunities Policy
Section 6.9
Evaluation Process
• Registration and Conformance checks
• Evaluation of selection criteria
Section 7.12.2
Evaluation Process
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Preliminary Allocation of Business
Capacity to Deliver
Capacity to Contract
Decision by Delegate
Section 7.12.4 to 7.12.8
Deed Offers
• Execution of Deeds of Standing Offer
• Gap filling
Section 7.12.10
Feedback and contact details
• Feedback on implementation and purchasing
• Employment Services Purchasing Hotline
– 1300 733 514
– [email protected]
• www.employment.gov.au/employment-servicesprocurement-information
• www.tenders.gov.au
Key dates
KEY DATES
Release of the Employment Services 2015 Request for 7 October 2014
Tender
Information Sessions
Closing time and date for the Request for Tender
10 to 14 October 2014
5.30 pm 17 November 2014
Announcement of tender results
Work for the Dole Coordinator Deed commences
New model commences
Late March 2015
May 2015
1 July 2015
Questions