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Request for Tender for Employment Services 2015-2020 Information Session. Overview of Presentation. The new approach to employment services Changes from the Exposure Draft Services to be tendered Purchasing arrangements. Disclaimer. Tenderers must: make independent assessments - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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www.employment.gov.au
Request for Tender for Employment Services 2015-2020
Information Session
Overview of Presentation• The new approach to employment services• Changes from the Exposure Draft• Services to be tendered• Purchasing arrangements
DisclaimerTenderers 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?
• 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
• $990 credit for Long Term Unemployed Wage Subsidy
Stream Employment Fund Credit (Credited once only for each new job seeker)
Stream A $300
Stream B $850
Stream C $1200
Section 2.9.7
Additional tools
• Wage Subsidies:– 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 • 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)
Section 2.10
*Requirements for people aged 55-59 are subject to legislation
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• Administration fees• Work for the Dole places• Outcome Payments• Mid Deed adjustment• Regional Loading
Section 2.16
Administration Fees Fee Fee with Regional
LoadingSix Monthly Administration FeeYouth under 30 Streams A and B
$350 $438
All other job seekers Streams A, B and C
$250 $313
Section 2.16.2
Work for the Dole placesWork 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 oldsSection 2.16
Employers• Job seekers with the right skills• Job seekers with the right attributes• Wage subsidies • Post placement support• Collaboration between Employment
ProvidersSection 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 reallocationSection 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• 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 ReallocationSections 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 assessmentChapter 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 2015-2020Purchasing Arrangements
Request for Tender Overview• Probity• Purchasing Process• Tender Lodgement• Selection Criteria• Feedback
Chapter 6 and 7
Probity Principles• 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• 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• Electronic tender lodgement conditions• Only with AusTender (www.tenders.gov.au)• Application forms• Corrections and additions• Incomplete tenders or non competitive
tendersSection 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
• 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• 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-services-procurement-information
• www.tenders.gov.au
Key datesKEY DATES
Release of the Employment Services 2015 Request for Tender
7 October 2014
Information Sessions 10 to 14 October 2014Closing time and date for the Request for Tender 5.30 pm 17 November 2014
Announcement of tender results Late March 2015Work for the Dole Coordinator Deed commences May 2015New model commences 1 July 2015
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