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The Service Provider shall provide support and advice in relation to procurement methodologies, contracting options, and tender development. The required services may include:
Assess supply market trends including current and future market capacity and capability;
Design and develop appropriate procurement methodologies and contracting options (including commercial arrangements) to:
o Deliver an optimised value-for-money outcome;
o Mitigate risks;
o Reduce costs of tendering to industry and the Commonwealth;
o Minimise through-contract cost of ownership;
o Minimise the level of management, governance, and administration;
o Where appropriate employ a collaborative approach to engaging industry; and
o Employ contemporary performance management.
Develop associated requirements definitions, business cases, strategies, plans, and tender documentation;
Leading, or assisting with, tendering activities, and providing expert advice to Defence during those activities;
Advising on and ensuring compliance with probity principles within procurement processes and when engaging with industry;
Conduct training and educating Defence personnel in relation to procurement methodologies, contracting options and tender development;
Manage staff to achieve Commercial outcomes of the Project; and
Undertake additional work as required to support the outcomes of the Project.
Experience Skills Sought:
Services are to be provided by personnel with:
Relevant qualifications and associated domain knowledge;
Detailed procurement methodology and contracting experience with both Government and private organisations including direct experience with procurement activities; designing contracts; and interacting directly with industry; and
Understanding of the content of the Defence Procurement Manual (DPM), and related guidance, and the ASDEFCON suite of tendering and contracting templates.
Services are to be provided commensurate with relevant Australian and International Standards, regulations, and Defence requirements.
Service providers are to employ industry best practice when undertaking the Services.
The Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the below criteria:
Works under broad direction;
Work is often self-initiated;
Is fully responsible for meeting allocated technical and/or project/supervisory objectives;
Establishes milestones and has a significant role in the assignment of tasks and/or responsibilities;
Influences organisation, customers, suppliers, partners and peers on the contribution of own specialty;
Has significant influence over the allocation and management of resources appropriate to given assignments;
Builds appropriate and effective business relationships;
Makes decisions which impact the success of assigned work, i.e. results, deadlines and budget;
Performs an extensive range and variety of complex technical or professional work activities;
Undertakes work which requires the application of fundamental principles in a wide and often unpredictable range of contexts;
Understands the relationship between own specialism and wider customer/organisational requirements;
Advises on the available standards, methods, tools, and applications relevant to own specialism and can make appropriate choices from alternatives;
Analyses, designs, plans, executes, and evaluates work to time, cost and quality targets;
Assesses and evaluates risk;
Communicates effectively, both formally and informally;
Demonstrates leadership;
Facilitates collaboration between stakeholders who have diverse objectives;
Takes all requirements into account when making proposals;
Takes initiative to keep skills up to date;
Mentors colleagues;
