Page 698 - Week 02 - Thursday, 20 February 2020
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This assistance extends from providing awareness of upcoming procurement opportunities; support to register and respond to tenders; publishing project information, checklists to assist with submission compliance and details on deliverables; offers to conduct tender debriefings to unsuccessful tenders to provide suggestions on improving their submission for future tender; and a general enquiries line open during business hours to provide advice and assistance as requested. Operational instructions including video are available on the Tenders ACT website to lead suppliers through each of the steps required to receive and respond to electronic tenders.
Further, a number of initiatives have been put in place to support the implementation of the ACT Government’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Procurement Policy. These include supplier training undertaken by MPC in the construction sector and a supplier forum delivered by Yerra and supported by the ACT Government to both build awareness of capability and business opportunities. Additional sessions/activities are planned for early 2020.
Tender specific information and advice is provided from time to time through face to face industry briefings, site visits and supplier forums. These sessions generally provide additional information about the Territory’s objectives and how the procurement is planned to be structured and scheduled. However, they can also be used for information sharing and co-design to better inform the procurement process. Decisions to undertake industry briefings or supplier forums are generally informed by the level of complexity in the procurement and knowledge of the supplier market.
With regard to the Building and Construction Sector, the ACT Government supports a Construction Industry Prequalification Scheme that provides opportunities for contractors, consultants and suppliers to be eligible to tender for ACT Government projects. The Scheme is available to suitably qualified and experienced ACT and regional businesses. The ACT Government further demonstrates its support in not charging businesses a cost who wish to seek prequalification. Prequalification information and application documents are on the Major Projects Canberra website at: https://www.act.gov.au/majorprojectscanberra. MPC Executives attend regular Master Builders Association meetings where matters affecting industry and procurements are discussed and addressed.
Procurement ACT has further simplified lower value procurement (those with a total value under $200,000) by introducing a new electronic tool that applies set evaluation criteria and standardised contract terms to deliver a common and familiar experience to businesses when responding to the Territories’ simple procurement requests. This reduces both the risk and overhead to businesses when responding.
(2) See answer to question 1
(3) The Canberra Region Local Industry Participation Policy (LIPP) requires:
• for procurements with a value under $200,000, procuring Territory entities to seek at least one quote from a business based in the Canberra region and one from a small-to-medium enterprise;
• for procurements valued between $200,000 and less than $5 million, a default 10 per cent weighting in tender evaluations for an Economic Contribution Test (ECT);
• for procurements with a value of $5 million or more, a default 10 per cent weighting in tender evaluations for a Local Industry Participation Plan (LIP Plan).
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