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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PACIFIC LABOUR FACILITY
The Pacific Labour Facility will connect Australian employers with Pacific workers and support the administration of the Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). It will also provide targeted support for the Department of Employment (DoE) led Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP).
In addition to this EOI, DFAT will invite organisations that have interest and expertise in delivering aspects of the Pacific Labour Scheme but do not have the capacity to implement the Pacific Labour Facility in its entirety (‘PLF Service Providers’). This invitation will be released on DFAT’s Business Opportunities website on the same date of this EOI.
The specialised services may include, but are not limited to: capacity building of Labour Sending Units in Pacific island countries, pastoral care and support services, skills and training for employees, re-integration services for returning employees, and research in to the social and economic impacts of Pacific labour mobility.
In order to register for the invitation, DFAT will require organisations to prepare a one page brief on the services the organisation is interested in providing and a brief overview of their expertise. DFAT will compile this information into a Register of interested Service Providers. This Register will be provided to organisations shortlisted to implement the Pacific Labour Facility. In submitting the information, PLF Service Providers agree to DFAT sharing submitted information with PLF Implementing Organisations. This does not place any obligations on DFAT or PLF Implementing Organisations to use PLF Service Provideres.
Minimum Content and Format requirements
The mandatory minimum content and format requirements are:
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Responses must be written in English and all measurements must be expressed in Australian legal units of measurement.
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Responses must contain completed and detailed responses to all RFs 1 to 5 inclusive;
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Responses must contain a completed and executed Respondent Declaration in the form provided with this EOI.
Mandatory Conditions for Participation
The mandatory conditions for participation are:
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the Respondent is submitting a Response as a single legal entity and agrees it will contract as this single legal entity (if invited to subsequently contract following an RFT process).
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the Respondent, including Respondent members (if appropriate) or any subcontractors proposed must not be named as not complying with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth).
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the Respondent, including Respondent members (if appropriate) or any subcontractors proposed comply with the relevant requirements of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).
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the Respondent, including Respondent members (if appropriate) or any proposed subcontractors, is not subject to an adverse Court or Tribunal decision (not including decisions under appeal) for a breach of workplace relations law, work health and safety law, or workers’ compensation law, or if the Respondent is subject, that the Respondent has fully complied, or is fully complying with the Court or Tribunal order.
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The Respondent, including Respondent members (if appropriate) or any proposed subcontractors, is not listed on the World Bank List or any similar List maintained by a development donor and are not the subject of an informal investigation or temporary suspension which could lead to the Respondent, any consortia members or any proposed subcontractors or consultants becoming so listed. The Respondent must immediately notify DFAT if it or any consortia members, subcontractors becomes listed, investigated or suspended by the World Bank or any development donor prior to the award of contract.
For the purposes of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) (WGE Act), the Respondent must identify whether it is a ‘relevant employer’ under WGE Act.
If the Respondent is a ‘relevant employer’ the Respondent must provide a copy of their current letter of compliance with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.
2018-2021