Procurement of Clinical Advice and Support Services

The Department of Home Affairs (the Department) primarily through its Health Services Division (HSD) oversees immigration health policy, health-related issues and standards across the portfolio, including immigration and refugee health and detention health and wellbeing services. The HSD is also responsible for clinical governance and assurance functions for the purposes of monitoring, review and identifying risks and opportunities for improving the delivery of health related services and outcomes across the Home Affairs Portfolio, and administration of the Government’s health requirement for people seeking visas to travel to, or remain in, Australia either for temporary or permanent stay.

To support the completion of these roles and responsibilities, the Department engages and relies upon the advice of external and internal clinical advisors (Medical Officers of the Commonwealth, Registered Nurses and other clinicians). MOCs operate under the Department’s governance frameworks.

This Procurement will be for a Contractor who can provide access to personnel who are suitable for Clinical Advisors roles and suitable for delivery of clinical advice, assurance and support services under a Contract, that will include some or all of the below services:

a) Clinical Input into Policy and Program Development and Management;

b) Detention Health and Regional Processing Countries Health;

c) Migration Health;

d) Complex Case Issues;

e) Occupational and Environmental (Staff Health) and Wellbeing;

f) Clinical Guidance and Quality Assurance;

g) Data Analysis and Reporting;

h) Departmental Engagement Activity; and

i) other clinical services requested by the Department.

All Clinical Advisors engaged to deliver services under the proposed arrangements will be co-located in-person with the relevant Departmental team (in Canberra and/or Parramatta or Immigration Detention Facility) and work collaboratively on a day-to-day basis with Departmental staff.

The Department invites responses to this RFT by first acknowledging and signing the Deed of Confidentiality and emailing this deed to the Contact Officer.