Palladium requires a Service Provider to design and deliver an on-country First Nations study tour for New Colombo Plan Scholars in mid-2024.

Description

The New Colombo Plan (NCP) offers scholarships and grants to enable Australian undergraduates to study and undertake internships in the Indo-Pacific region.

NCP aims to achieve the following three outcomes:

• increase the number and diversity of Australian university under graduates with Indo Pacific capability gained through undertaking scholarships and participation in Mobility projects;

• facilitate the formation of people-to-people and institutional relationships between Australia and the Indo-Pacific region; and

• create a diverse cohort of students and alumni who go on to form connections with leaders in government, civil society, and business in the Indo Pacific.

NCP has a key focus on promoting diversity and inclusion across its Scholarship, Mobility and Alumni Programs, and has a particular commitment to First Nations engagement and building understanding of First Nations knowledge and culture amongst the NCP scholar, mobility project participant and alumni communities.

Palladium is the service provider contracted by DFAT to deliver the Managed Administrative and Support Services (MASS) program, providing services to support the effective operations of the Scholarships, Mobility and Alumni programs, as well as cross cutting functions including communications, monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL), risk management, stakeholder engagement and funds management.

The NCP Scholarship Program awards approximately 125-150 new scholarships each year and organises a suite of pre-departure trainings and briefings for new scholars. This training is delivered through a range of mechanisms (e.g. webinars, an in-person training conference and online self-learning modules) and aims to provide scholars with the full range of information and skills they need to prepare for and optimise their scholarship experience.

The study tours will form an important part of the pre-departure training journey for NCP scholars. This will ensure scholars are equipped with knowledge of First Nations peoples in Australia, which will inform their role as an NCP scholar overseas in the Indo-Pacific, and in their ongoing personal and professional capacities.

Palladium is seeking a capable Service Provider with relevant experience to deliver an On-Country First Nations study tour in Australia within the period May-Jul 2024. Palladium, through its NCP MASS team will manage selection and contracting of the suppliers, making recommendations to DFAT NCS on preferred suppliers. Palladium will also project manage the study tour delivery, working with the selected supplier/s and reporting to DFAT.

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Tender particulars:

Registration of Interest to submit a Proposal Register your interest to submit a proposal by sending your name, organisation and contact details to the Contact Person by email on or before Friday 15 March 2024, 5:00pm Brisbane Time.

Tender Briefing Tuesday 19 March 2024. The Contact Person will send a meeting link to interested tenderers at least a day before the briefing.

Last date for Queries Send queries to the Contact Person by email on or before Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 5:00pm Brisbane Time. (Please quote the RFP Title in the subject line.)

Closing Date and Time Friday 5th April 2024, 5pm Brisbane Time

Contact Person Mia Tong, Mia.Tong@thepalladiumgroup.com

Details for Submission Email your completed Response Form to the Contact Person on or before the Closing Date and Time. Quote the RFP Title in the subject line.