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Provision of Facilitator Services for the Restorative Engagement Program for the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart
The Department is seeking to engage highly skilled and experienced facilitators from various professional backgrounds for the purpose of establishing a panel of providers from individuals, businesses, companies and organisations, to conduct Restorative Engagement Conferences on behalf of the Taskforce. Drawing upon key principles from Restorative Justice and Mediation, Restorative Engagement Conferences have been specifically designed by the Taskforce in order provide an opportunity for those who have made plausible allegations of abuse to participate in a restorative process. The conferences will allow personal accounts of abuse to be heard, responded to and acknowledged by representatives from Defence.
Tenders must be lodged electronically via AusTender.
The tenderer and any subcontractors proposed in the tender must not be named as not complying with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth)
The tenderer must not have had an adverse Court or Tribunal decision for a breach of workplace relations law, work health and safety law or workers’ compensation law and the tenderer has not fully complied, or is not fully complying, with any relevant order made in respect of such breach order. For the purposes of this clause:
• An ‘adverse Court or Tribunal decision’ includes any penalty or order of a Court or Tribunal with which the tenderer has not complied or is not complying. It does not extend to infringement notices issued by workplace inspectors or a provisional improvement notice issued by an work health and safety inspector.
• A decision or order that the tenderer has not fully complied with does not include those instances where a penalty or order has been imposed but the period for payment/compliance has not expired.
• A decision or order that the tenderer has not fully complied with does not include adverse Court or Tribunal decisions which have been rectified or are under appeal. Where an appeal period has not expired and the tenderer indicates an intention to appeal (as part of its Fair Work Principles Warranty), that tenderer will be regarded as if they have lodged an appeal.
• A ‘Court or Tribunal’ includes all courts, tribunals and commissions etc, howsoever named that are empowered by law to adjudicate and issue binding decisions or orders in respect of workplace relations law, work health and safety law, or workers’ compensation law.
The Tenderer must exist as a legal entity at the Closing Time
Tenderers must be compliant with all ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS at Schedule 1C of the RFT
Facilitator sessions are expected to commence from November 2013 for delivery of restorative conferences throughout Australia. The provision of restorative conferences will be required for an initial term to 31 May 2014 (current announced completion date for the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce), however, if additional restorative services are granted prior to 31 May 2014 complainants will have an additional 12 months to utilise them. The Standing Offer Deed with the successful service provider(s) will be for expected completion date 31 May 2014 with two one year options to extend.