Disability Employment Services – Disability Management Service 2015-18 Tender

Overview of Presentation

• Rationale for the Tender and business available

• An overview of DES-DMS

• Tendering information including:

Selection Criteria, Tendering requirements and Probity

• RFT Information sessions

• Useful Resource Links

• Opportunity for Questions

Indicative purchasing timeline

Indicative Date Event

Tuesday 27 May 2014 Release of Industry Information Paper

Wednesday 28 May and Friday 30 May 2014 Public webinars on Industry Information Paper

Tuesday 1 July 2014 Release of Request for Tender on AusTender

Early to mid-July 2014 Request for Tender Information Sessions and Webinars (actual dates, locations and format to be advertised at www.dss.gov.au/DEStender)

2pm, Monday 4 August, 2014 Tender Closing Time

Mid to late November 2014 Announcement of Tender Outcomes

2 March 2015 Deed Commencement Date

4 March 2018 Completion Date of Deeds

What is happening for DES-DMS?

• Current Deed expires 30 June 2015• DES-DMS business delivered by CRS available

for tender• approximately 47 per cent of DES-DMS business • business available in 97 of the 110 ESAs across

Australia • New contracts 2 March 2015 – 4 March 2018• DSS intends to offer contract extension for all other

providers delivering DES-DMS until 4 March 2018 • Performance review and business reallocation

process

Overview of DES

• Assists job seekers with disability, injury or a health condition to find work

• Introduced on 1 March 2010• Two uncapped demand-driven programmes:

• DES-DMS - Assists job seekers with disability who require assistance to find sustainable employment, but who are not expected to need long-term support in the workplace, and

• DES- Employment Support Service (DES-ESS) - Assists job seekers with permanent disabilities who require assistance to find a job and who require long-term ongoing support in the workplace to maintain sustainable employment

Job seeker gateway and eligibility to DES-DMS

• DES-DMS eligibility is generally determined by:• Employment Services Assessment (ESAt) or• Job Capacity Assessment (JCA)

• Job seekers can enter DES-DMS by:• Referral from Centrelink/DHS• Directly registering with a DES provider• Job in Jeopardy that assists at-risk workers

Services delivered to DES-DMS job seekers

• An individually tailored pathway to employment

• Development of an Employment Pathway Plan (EPP)

• Build linkages with employers and local labour market

• Develop connections with other service providers

• Up to 24 months of employment assistance available for job seekers

Service fees & outcome payments

• Service Fees paid until the participant is placed into employment or full-time education

• Job Placement Fees are payable when participants are placed in a job

• Outcome payments are paid for a sustainable employment or education outcome

• Flexible Ongoing Support payments are paid on a ‘Fee-for-Service’ basis for each instance of support

DES-DMS Fees per participant

Service Fees PaymentFirst 13 weeks service fee $1595Second 13 weeks service fee $1595Third and subsequent 13 week service fees $715

Job Placement Fees PaymentJob placement $770

Outcome Fees Payment13 week Full Outcome $286026 week Full Outcome $440013 week Pathway Outcome $94526 weeks Pathway Outcome $1450

Ongoing Support Fees Payment

Flexible Ongoing Support $440 per instance

Job In Jeopardy Payments PaymentFirst 13 weeks Service Fee $1320

Second 13 Weeks Service Fee $1320

26 week Outcome Fee $2860

Characteristics of DES-DMS participants

DES–DMS Caseload of approximately 75 100 as at 31 March 2014

Physical59%

Psychiatric33%

Specific Learning1%

Intellectual<1%

Neurological3%

Autism<1%

Hearing1%

Acquired Brain Injury1%

Vision1%

Speech<1%

Deaf and Blind<1%

Unknown<1%

DMS Caseload by Primary Disability Type

Characteristics of DES-DMS participants

85%

4%

2%

1% 8%

DMS Caseload by Allowance Type

Newstart / Youth Al-lowance

DSP

Parenting Payment

Other

Non Allowee

1%

5%

34%

38%

23%

DMS Caseload by Future Work Capacity

No Assessment

8-14 Hours

15-22 Hours

23-29 Hours

30+ Hours

Characteristics of DES-DMS participants

• Culturally and Linguistically Diverse 23 per cent

• Homeless 6 per cent

• Ex Offender 7 per cent

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 4 per cent

Certification with the National Standards for Disability Services

• All DES providers must be certified against the National Standards for Disability Services within 12 months of the Deed commencement date

• DES Deed commences 2 March 2015

• DES providers must maintain their certification in order to receive DES funding in accordance with the Disability Services Act 1986

Proposed Selection Criteria

• Criterion 1 – Strategies for the delivery of DES-DMS – Management and governance arrangements (30% weighting, limit of 25 000 characters)

• Criterion 2 – Past performance (40% weighting, limit of 15 000 characters per ESA)

• Criterion 3 – Local strategies and employer engagement (30% weighting, limit of 25 000 characters per ESA)

• Specialist Services Criterion (pass/fail weighting, limit of 5000 characters per ESA)

Tendering Requirements

• The RFT will be released on AusTender

• All Tenderers must lodge their tender on AusTender only

• Late Tender lodgments will not be accepted

• AusTender: Austender

Probity

• Promote open and fair competition

• External Probity Adviser to be appointed

• Probity Plan

• Integrity in evaluation and selection processes

• Objective and consistent assessment of all tenders

• Defensible process and outcomes

Contact with Ministers

• Business as usual for portfolio Ministers during the tender

• When meeting with stakeholders, Ministers can only provide publically released information about the tender

Contact with DSS and the Department of Employment

• Business as usual for DSS during the tender

• Tenderers can contact Department of Employment’s Employment Services Purchasing Hotline in relation to the tender

• Departmental staff will not engage with Tenderers in a manner that could be perceived as influencing the tender process

• Communication processes

Information sessions and webinars

• RFT Information sessions early to mid-July 2014

• The RFT contains information about submitting your tender

• More information DES-DMS Tender

Useful information

• Current DES-DMS DeedDES DEED

• Labour Market Information PortalLabour Market Portal

• Map of the ESAs with business ESA MAP

Indicative purchasing timeline

Indicative Date Event

Tuesday 27 May 2014 Release of Industry Information Paper

Wednesday 28 May and Friday 30 May 2014 Public webinars on Industry Information Paper

Tuesday 1 July 2014 Release of Request for Tender on AusTender

Early to mid-July 2014 Request for Tender Information Sessions and Webinars (actual dates, locations and format to be advertised at www.dss.gov.au/DEStender)

2pm, Monday 4 August, 2014 Tender Closing Time

Mid to late November 2014 Announcement of Tender Outcomes

2 March 2015 Deed Commencement Date

4 March 2018 Completion Date of Deeds

Questions?

espurchasing@employment.gov.au

Thank you