Panel for the Supply of Policy and Research Services

The Commissioner for Children and Young People (the Commissioner) is an independent statutory office that promotes and monitors the wellbeing of children and young people in WA and advocates for what is in their best interests. The Commissioner must give priority to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people and children who are vulnerable or disadvantaged for any reason. The Commissioner is required to have regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the best interests of children and young people must be of paramount consideration.

The Commissioner is required to discharge a broad range of responsibilities under the Commissioner for Children and Young people Act 2006.

The Commissioner is seeking to establish a Panel of Contractors who can be engaged to undertake discrete projects of work as the Commissioner requires and is seeking suitably qualified and experienced contractors in research, consultation, evaluation and monitoring in relation to children and young people.
The panel will be made up of three categories which are:

• Category 1: Specialist advice and/or research on legal or policy matters affecting the wellbeing of children and young people; and/or
• Category 2: Consultation with children and young people; and/or
• Category 3: Specialist advice and/or research on evaluation and monitoring in relation to services for children and young people.

The Commissioner may appoint one or multiple suppliers to each category.
There will be no minimum amount of work guaranteed under this contract.