Online Public Briefing- National Panel of Assessors Request for Tender (RFT)

The Department of Social Services is hosting a National Panel of Assessors (NPA) Request for Tender (RFT) public briefing which will take place on Monday 21 October at 1pm (AEDT).

To register for the webinar, visit: National Panel of Assessors (NPA) - Public Briefing Webinar (humanitix.com)(Opens in a new tab/window).

The RFT is open from Wednesday 16 October 2024 to 12pm (AEDT) on Monday 11 November 2024.

What is the NPA?

The Australian Government is committed to ensuring that people with disability have access to a range of Assessment Services to support them in the workplace. The NPA program will bring together a panel of independent Providers under a Deed of Standing Offer arrangement to conduct:

• Supported Wage System (SWS) assessments
• Ongoing Support Assessments (OSA), and
• Workplace Modifications Services (WMS) assessments.  

Respondents to the RFT may bid to provide either or both of the following combinations of assessments:

• OSA and SWS assessments together, or
• WMS assessments, including any specialist WMS assessments nominated by the Respondent.

What the online public briefing will cover?

The briefing will outline key elements of the NPA RFT, provide an overview of key changes from the Exposure Draft and provide an overview of the procurement process. The presenters are Pene Futcher, Branch Manager, Disability Employment Programs and Sonya McCarthy, Acting Branch Manager, Disability Employment Implementations.

Questions and comments will not be open for this briefing. It will be an accessible live streamed event. If you are unable to attend the briefing, it will be recorded and made available on the DSS Engage(Opens in a new tab/window).

For questions about the briefing registration process, please contact DESCommunications@dss.gov.au.

Find out more

The RFT is available on AusTender(Opens in a new tab/window). Find out more about the NPA program.

All questions in relation to the RFT must be submitted to the Contact Officer at DE2025Purchasing@dss.gov.au. Publication of responses to questions will be managed in accordance with the process outlined in the RFT.