VicHealth invites you to participate in a Request for Tender (RFT) for our panel of co-design providers to support our work as part of Future healthy.

Organisations with experience in co-design with young people, particularly with groups of young people who experience the greatest barriers to good health, are encouraged to respond to this tender.

It should be noted that co-design is different to other approaches such as consultation, where decision making power is not equal between those with lived experience and those with technical expertise. Co-design can be defined as a participatory tool for problem-solving that brings those with professional expertise and lived experience together, on equal ground, to design solutions. It is the act of co-creating alongside stakeholders and young people to ensure that the results of the design meet the needs of those young people.

Key dates are:

• RFT open: Monday 4th October 2021
• Supplier briefing session: Wednesday 13th October 12:00-1:00pm, online via Zoom (attendance is optional). You will be required to register by 5:00pm 11th October. Please use the following link to register for the briefing session https://vichealth1.secure.force.com/dc/reg/briefing-session-for-request-for-tender-for-panel-of-co-design-providers If you register for the breifing, you will recieve the Zoom link on the Tuesday12th of October 202.1
• Response to questions or requests for information close: 5:00pm AEST Friday 29th October
• RFT closes: 2:00pm AEST Friday 12th November

The Tenderer’s response (RFT PART D) must be completed in the format specified and completed electronically in VicHealth’s Stakeholder Portal - https://vichealth.force.com/s/login/