Services to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Primary Health Care for Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander People

The Department is undertaking an evaluation of the Australian Government’s investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, in the primary health care system. The evaluation is to focus on the Australian Government’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific primary health care investment through a whole-of-system, consumer-oriented lens.

The evaluation is divided into two phases:

• Phase One: Evaluation design – to be completed by the end of 2017.

• Phase Two: Evaluation implementation – this phase will be an option under the Contract. It is at the Department’s absolute discretion to exercise the option to continue to Phase Two with the evaluator.

The Department requires the services of an evaluator for Phase One – Evaluation design. The evaluator will lead the co-design of a fit-for-purpose evaluation that adopts a systems approach and emphasises participatory evaluation practice to maximise system learning.