NSW Department of Communities and Justice / Capacity Building and Professional Development Support for Early Childhood Education Providers - prj_4427 - con_6906

Contract Award Notice ID con_6906

Publish Date 28-Oct-2022

Category Training services

Agency NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Particulars of the goods or services to be provided under this contract

This contract is to design and deliver sector capacity building and professional development support for Early Childhood Education (ECE) providers as part of the Department of Educations (DoE) ‘Supporting Families into Early Childhood Education’ (SFiECE) project. SFiECE is a place-based project focused on supporting vulnerable families with young children to participate in 600 hours of quality Early Childhood Education (ECE) in the year before school.

Original Contract Duration 27-Sep-2022 to 30-Dec-2023

Amended Contract Duration 27-Sep-2022 to 30-Jun-2024

Contract Award Notice Details

Contractor Name THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG
Trading Name The University of Wollongong
ACN -
ABN 61 060 567 686
Is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander owned business No
Street Address Northfields Avenue
Town/City Wollongong
State/Territory NSW
Postcode 2522
Country AUSTRALIA

Other private sector entities involved in, with an interest in or benefiting from this contract

Not Applicable

Estimated amount payable to the contractor (including GST)

$416,875.00 (Goods or services supplied)

Any provisions for payment to the contractor for operational or maintenance services

Not Applicable

Method of Tendering

Open

Description of any provision under which the amount payable to the contractor may be varied

By mutual agreement by both parties

Description of any provisions under which the contract may be renegotiated

By mutual agreement by both parties

Summary of the criteria against which the various tenders were assessed

Evaluation Criteria	Weighting
Non-Price 1. Demonstrated expertise in design, co-ordination and delivery of professional development support and training to early childhood educators and ECE services. (600 words) - 25% 2. Demonstrated understanding of the possible challenges of ECE participation for Aboriginal families, culturally linguistically and diverse families and families with children with disability; and the capability to (where required and with ECE services) draw in the lived experience of families to inform the design of local training. (500 words) - 15% 3. Demonstrated understanding of the evidence and expertise in effective service delivery in relation to children who have experienced significant disadvantage/vulnerability/trauma and children with additional needs (500 words) - 15% 4. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, while remaining responsive and flexible to the needs of key stakeholders, including the funding body, to meet desired outcomes. (600 words) - 15%	70%
Price	30%

Evaluation Criteria

Weighting

Non-Price
1. Demonstrated expertise in design, co-ordination and delivery of professional development support and training to early childhood educators and ECE services. (600 words) - 25%

2. Demonstrated understanding of the possible challenges of ECE participation for Aboriginal families, culturally linguistically and diverse families and families with children with disability; and the capability to (where required and with ECE services) draw in the lived experience of families to inform the design of local training. (500 words) - 15%

3. Demonstrated understanding of the evidence and expertise in effective service delivery in relation to children who have experienced significant disadvantage/vulnerability/trauma and children with additional needs (500 words) - 15%

4. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, while remaining responsive and flexible to the needs of key stakeholders, including the funding body, to meet desired outcomes. (600 words) - 15%

70%

Price

30%

Contract Contains Agency 'PiggyBack' Clause

Industrial Relations Details for this Contract

Name of Sub-contractors (incl. ABN & ACN)

Not Applicable

Applicable Industrial Instruments

Not Applicable

Location of Work

6 Parramatta Square, 10 Darcy Street, Parramatta (Across DCJ offices in NSW).

NSW Industrial Relations inspectors routinely audit the employment records of contractors and sub-contractors to all NSW Government contracts. The results of these inspections are published on the NSW Industrial Relations website.

Agency Contact Procurement Team

Street Address 6 Parramatta Square

Town/City Parramatta

State/Territory NSW

Postcode 2150

Country AUSTRALIA

Email Address procurement@justice.nsw.gov.au