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Procurement Opportunities

View Gippsland PHN's upcoming, current and recently awarded procurement opportunities.

Current Opportunities:

Grant Opportunity: Support Engagement with People Not Accessing Health Care

Gippsland Primary Health Network is partnering with Monash Rural Health to learn more about the health needs of people who don’t access health care, even if they have health issues.

The feedback and engagement will inform the Gippsland PHN Health Needs Assessment.

Gippsland PHN is inviting not-for-profit organisations and community groups who operate in Bass Coast, South Gippsland, Latrobe, Baw Baw, Wellington and East Gippsland local government areas to apply for grants of $500 to help support recruitment of participants for the study.

Eligible not-for-profit organisations and community groups must be connected to people at risk of poor health outcomes who are not accessing health care.

Gippsland PHN is particularly interested in hearing from organisations and groups supporting people with multiple barriers for access, including people:

  • experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness
  • experiencing food insecurity (struggling to afford enough healthy food)
  • aged 16 to 25 years
  • experiencing other barriers for accessing healthcare, including a multicultural background, LGBTQIA+, violence, legal issues or other barrier/s


Participants that are identified by organisations and community groups will be invited to take part in a 30-45 minute guided conversation or a 60-90 minute group discussion with a researcher.

An anonymous survey option will also be made available.

They will also be offered a choice of a $50 supermarket voucher or a donation to a local charity, as acknowledgment and appreciation of involvement.

Expressions of Interest for the $500 grant can be submitted by completing this application form.

View the Explanatory Statement and Consent Form – Conversation or Group Discussion.

Supporting Recovery: Trauma-informed mental health therapeutic services for victim-survivors

Gippsland Primary Health Network has released a public Request for Tender for trauma-informed mental health therapeutic services as part of the Supporting Recovery pilot project.

Gippsland PHN was one of only six Primary Health Networks nationally to receive the Australian Government funding of $7.4 million to pilot this project in the Baw Baw and Latrobe areas.

The new services will be delivered to victim-survivors of family domestic and sexual violence who are experiencing mental health challenges.  Expansion of the service delivery area may be considered in due course however Latrobe and Baw Baw are currently the only eligible service delivery areas for Gippsland PHN.

Providers do not need to be based in the Latrobe /Baw Baw region, as the Model of Care allows for delivery from outside of these local government areas. However, victim-survivors (consumers) must be from the Latrobe /Baw Baw region in order to be eligible to receive services.

Resulting contracts are anticipated to run from 1 May 2024 to 30 June 2026.

The Tender opportunity was released via Tenderlink on Monday 12 February 2024. If you want to receive an automated email advising of the tender release, register with Gippsland PHN’s Tenderlink portal. It’s free to register – access is available via this link.

An online Procurement Information Session was held via Zoom at 2pm on Monday 5 February 2024 where the model of care was discussed with the opportunity was provided for attendees to ask questions about the upcoming procurement. A link to the recording can be found here and a link to the PowerPoint can be found here. The briefing provided contextual and background information, along with setting out the indicative intentions of Gippsland PHN for the proposed procurement. Interested organisations should rely upon the content of the published RFT when developing their tenders.

A non-mandatory Tenderer Information Session will be held via Zoom on Monday 19 February 2024 at 2pm to discuss the tender specifications and to provide an opportunity for tenderers to ask questions. Participants can click here to register their attendance.

Gippsland PHN has developed some resources to assist with developing tender responses, including a Funding Application Toolkit and a Tender Toolbox. Further resources are available via this link on our website.

The tender is closing at 5.00pm AEST on Friday 01 March 2024. Contracts are expected to be awarded in April 2024. 

Recently Closed:

Commonwealth Psychosocial Support (CPS) Services

With support from the Australian Government, Gippsland PHN is seeking healthcare providers to identify and fill any service gaps in the existing Commonwealth Psychosocial Support (CPS) Services that are currently being delivered across the region.

The CPS program is designed to increase access to enhanced primary mental health services for Gippsland people who live with or are at risk of severe and complex mental health issues. It provides non-clinical community-based supports to facilitate recovery through a range of services designed to help people manage daily activities, rebuild and maintain connections, build social skills and participate in education and employment. The program guidelines are available here.

An Expression of Interest process was opened to NDIS providers, community groups, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and any other healthcare or community organisation, seeking providers interested in delivering the services for the contractual period of 1 March 2024 to 30 June 2025.

The Expression of Interest has now closed and applications are currently under evaluation. The Evaluation Panel may choose to invite shortlisted applicants to participate in a Limited Request for Tender. Contract recommendations are expected to be presented to the Gippsland PHN Board in February 2024.

 

Recently Awarded:

Youth Enhanced Program

Gippsland PHN has completed the Request for Tender process seeking one or more providers to deliver Youth Enhanced Mental Health services to youth living with, or at risk of severe and complex mental health issues.

The following provider will be delivering this service on behalf of Gippsland PHN:

  • Relationships Australia Victoria

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