The purpose of this procurement is to appoint an event management agency to provide event management, creative and production services for Tourism Australia’s (TA’s) Australia Next event – previously known as Dreamtime – in 2024. This includes the Australia Next Business Session (full day) and Australia Next Dinner.

Conditions for Participation:

Acknowledgment of RFT process

Having read the Request for Tender documentation, the Tenderer must acknowledge its understanding and acceptance of the RFT process. That process includes the timetable and summary of requirements in the Request Documentation, the conditions and process for submission by the tenderer including the requirements to familiarise themselves with each of the conditions and applicable Commonwealth policy requirements; the basis of evaluation of the tender submitted; the additional requirements to be met; and the conditions for participation.]

Standing offer

The terms of supply on which the Tenderer’s submission is provided to TA in this document will remain consistently the same for at least 120 days from the Closing Time specified in in the Request Documentation.

Financial solvency

The Tenderer should be financially solvent (and in the case of individuals) should not be bankrupt.

Employee entitlements and work health and safety

The Tenderer must not have had a judicial decision made against them relating to employee entitlements and of which they are not satisfying any resulting order from that decision. The Tenderer must also not have had a decision made against them pursuant to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and of which they are not satisfying any resulting order regarding failure to protect health and safety of its workers.

Tenderers are required to confirm that they have no such unsettled orders currently against them by signing the declaration contained in any response documents.

Tenderers must indicate a willingness to comply with health and safety legislation generally, as amended from time to time, including agreeing to comply with any applicable work health and safety law, policy, program or procedure that TA may inform the Tenderer.

Workplace gender equality

The Tenderer and any subcontractor entity must not have been listed as a noncomplying entity by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as a result of having failed to comply with the yearly requirement to report on gender equality pursuant to the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.

Public disclosure requirements and audit rights

All Tenderers must be agreeable to the public disclosure requirements of the Commonwealth allowing TA with the right to disclose details about the procurement process (including the names of the Tenderer and the subcontractors) and the right of the Auditor General to access and audit the Tenderer’s information, documents and records including that of their subcontractor entities.

The responses provided by the Tenderer must indicate their acknowledgement and agreement to comply with these requirements as well as indicate that their subcontractors are aware and also willing to comply.

Fraud and corruption

The Tenderer must indicate a willingness to co-operate with TA’s public accountability requirements under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth). TA is committed to minimizing the likelihood and impact of any conduct that may be in breach of this Act.

This means that the Tenderer must indicate their acknowledgement and willingness (and to indicate their subcontractors are willing) to adhere to TA’s Fraud and Corruption Policy, Supplier Code of Conduct and Public Interest Disclosure Policy.

Timeframe for Delivery: Approximately six months.

Address for Lodgment: Tenders must be lodged electronically via AusTender (www.tenders.gov.au) before the Tender Closing Time and in accordance with the procedures set out in this RFT. Tenders must not be lodged by any other means, including by post or email.