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Disability Employment Services – Disability Management Service 2015-18 Tender

Disability Employment Services – Disability Management Service 2015-18 Tender. Overview of Presentation. Rationale for the Tender and business available An overview of DES-DMS Tendering information including : Selection Criteria, Tendering requirements and Probity

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Disability Employment Services – Disability Management Service 2015-18 Tender

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  1. Disability Employment Services – Disability Management Service 2015-18 Tender

  2. Overview of Presentation • Rationale for the Tender and business available • An overview of DES-DMS • Tendering information including: • Selection Criteria, Tendering requirements and Probity • RFT Information sessions • Useful Resource Links • Opportunity for Questions

  3. Indicative purchasing timeline

  4. What is happening for DES-DMS? • Current Deed expires 30 June 2015 • DES-DMS business delivered by CRS available for tender • approximately 47 per cent of DES-DMS business • business available in 97 of the 110 ESAsacross Australia • New contracts 2 March 2015 – 4 March 2018 • DSS intends to offer contract extension for all other providers delivering DES-DMS until 4 March 2018 • Performance review and business reallocation process

  5. Overview of DES • Assists job seekers with disability, injury or a health condition to find work • Introduced on 1 March 2010 • Two uncapped demand-driven programmes: • DES-DMS - Assists job seekers with disability who require assistance to find sustainable employment, but who are not expected to need long-term support in the workplace, and • DES- Employment Support Service (DES-ESS) - Assists job seekers with permanent disabilities who require assistance to find a job and who require long-term ongoing support in the workplace to maintain sustainable employment

  6. Job seeker gateway and eligibility to DES-DMS • DES-DMS eligibility is generally determined by: • Employment Services Assessment (ESAt) or • Job Capacity Assessment (JCA) • Job seekers can enter DES-DMS by: • Referral from Centrelink/DHS • Directly registering with a DES provider • Job in Jeopardy that assists at-risk workers

  7. Services delivered to DES-DMS job seekers • An individually tailored pathway to employment • Development of an Employment Pathway Plan (EPP) • Build linkages with employers and local labour market • Develop connections with other service providers • Up to 24 months of employment assistance available for job seekers

  8. Service fees & outcome payments • Service Fees paid until the participant is placed into employment or full-time education • Job Placement Fees are payable when participants are placed in a job • Outcome payments are paid for a sustainable employment or education outcome • Flexible Ongoing Support payments are paid on a ‘Fee-for-Service’ basis for each instance of support

  9. DES-DMS Fees per participant

  10. Characteristics of DES-DMS participants DES–DMS Caseload of approximately 75 100 as at 31 March 2014

  11. Characteristics of DES-DMS participants

  12. Characteristics of DES-DMS participants Culturally and Linguistically Diverse 23 per cent Homeless 6 per cent Ex Offender 7 per cent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 4 per cent

  13. Certification with the National Standards for Disability Services • All DES providers must be certified against the National Standards for Disability Services within 12 months of the Deed commencement date • DES Deed commences 2 March 2015 • DES providers must maintain their certification in order to receive DES funding in accordance with the Disability Services Act 1986

  14. Proposed Selection Criteria Criterion 1 – Strategies for the delivery of DES-DMS – Management and governance arrangements (30% weighting, limit of 25 000 characters) Criterion 2 – Past performance (40% weighting, limit of 15 000 characters per ESA) Criterion 3 – Local strategies and employer engagement (30% weighting, limit of 25 000 characters per ESA) Specialist Services Criterion (pass/fail weighting, limit of 5000 characters per ESA)

  15. Tendering Requirements • The RFT will be released on AusTender • All Tenderers must lodge their tender on AusTender only • Late Tender lodgments will not be accepted • AusTender: Austender

  16. Probity • Promote open and fair competition • External Probity Adviser to be appointed • Probity Plan • Integrity in evaluation and selection processes • Objective and consistent assessment of all tenders • Defensible process and outcomes

  17. Contact with Ministers • Business as usual for portfolio Ministers during the tender • When meeting with stakeholders, Ministers can only provide publically released information about the tender

  18. Contact with DSS and the Department of Employment • Business as usual for DSS during the tender • Tenderers can contact Department of Employment’s Employment Services Purchasing Hotline in relation to the tender • Departmental staff will not engage with Tenderers in a manner that could be perceived as influencing the tender process • Communication processes

  19. Information sessions and webinars • RFT Information sessions early to mid-July 2014 • The RFT contains information about submitting your tender • More information • DES-DMS Tender

  20. Useful information • Current DES-DMS Deed DES DEED • Labour Market Information Portal Labour Market Portal • Map of the ESAs with business ESA MAP

  21. Indicative purchasing timeline

  22. Questions? • espurchasing@employment.gov.au

  23. Thank you

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