Request for Tender for: postal vote application data capture; and postal vote printing and mail house services.

The RFT is divided into Part A and Part B. Tenderers may provide a response to either Part A or Part B, or both parts (thereby providing an end-to-end postal voting solution). It is the AEC’s preference to engage a single Service Provider to provide the Services for both parts.

Part A: The AEC is seeking to engage a Service Provider to capture data from postal vote applications. The AEC is particularly interested in finding innovative solutions that provide an efficient and effective way of performing this task.

Part B: The AEC is seeking to engage a Service Provider to produce postal vote packs and lodge them with the mail service provider. This service is referred to as ‘central print’ and is the way the majority of postal vote packs are produced. AEC Divisional Offices and State Offices are also required to prepare and lodge postal vote packs. This is referred to as ‘local print’. The Service Provider will produce the Electoral Products to support this method of printing.