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Building Product Assurance Framework Project
In response to the BCR, Building Ministers established the BCR Implementation Team within the Office of the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB). This team was tasked with working with stakeholders to develop national best practice models for consideration of the jurisdictions in addressing the BCR recommendations.
In response to recommendation 21 of the BCR, the National Building Product Assurance Framework (BPAF) was developed. This Framework was prepared as a first step in addressing the building product safety issues identified in the BCR. The BPAF highlights the building product safety concerns by targeting five key areas (elements) of reform. For each of the five elements the framework has a deliverable, objective and correlating actions.
The aim of the BPAF is to improve building product compliance with the National Construction Code (NCC), which will reduce the risk associated with the use of inferior and sometimes dangerous products being used in the construction of buildings.
Senior Officials have considered the BPAF developed by the BCR Implementation Team and undertaken further analysis to determine the critical components of a potential model to deliver any BPAF.
Ministers have endorsed the required deliverable of the BPAF to be:
‘A nationally consistent and coordinated system of building product assurance and regulation to ensure that building products are manufactured, supplied and utilised in compliance and conformance with laws, codes and standards to deliver trustworthy buildings.’
On 26 November 2021 Building Ministers asked Senior Officials, led by Qld, and working with the ABCB, to further develop the BPAF. In February 2022, a Senior Officer Working Group was established to:
• To build on the work of the BCR Implementation Team regarding the BPAF.
• Further analysis of Framework actions against a range of criteria including the identification of any potential gaps.
• Work collaboratively with the ABCB Office to support and inform any Review of the CodeMark/WaterMark schemes
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is undertaking this procurement process on behalf of, and under the direction of Senior Officials. The final report will be approved by the Tender Assessment Panel, with guidance from Senior Officials.
(a) To submit a tender, the Tenderer must satisfy the Conditions for Participation (i.e. mandatory requirements). If a Tenderer does not satisfy all of the Conditions for Participation, the tender will be excluded from consideration (see clause 18).
(b) The Conditions for Participation are set out in the following table:
1. The Tenderer and any subcontractors proposed in its tender must not be insolvent, bankrupt, in liquidation, or under administration or receivership as at the Closing Time.
2. The Tenderer and any subcontractors proposed in the tender must not be named as non-compliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as at the Closing Time.
The department expects a three-month contract period commencing from the date of engagement with the option to extend the timeframe.