Integrated Carer Support Service: Carer Gateway Service Providers (CGSPs)
Tender ID: 618666
Tender Details
Tender Description
Overview
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing is seeking a network of providers to deliver the Integrated Carer Support Service (Carer Gateway) across 19 Carer Gateway service areas, providing support to unpaid carers nationally. Only one provider will be selected per service area, however a provider may apply for, and be selected for, multiple service areas.
Scope
The scope includes:
- Delivery of all listed service types within the selected service area(s), including support planning, counselling, coaching, training, peer support, tailored support packages, referrals to planned and emergency respite, navigation assistance with mainstream services, and information and advice
- Prioritisation and delivery of services based on the needs of carers, with flexibility in delivery models and in how funding is allocated across service types
- Monitoring demand within the service area and configuring services and resource allocation to maximise outcomes for carers
- Adapting service delivery over time in response to changes in demand and as new support options and approaches emerge
- Establishing and maintaining outreach activities and links to social, health, education, community and cultural groups to better understand carer cohorts in the service area, including those in regional, rural and remote locations and the specific carer cohorts identified in the National Carer Strategy 2024-2034 and National Carer Strategy Action Plan 2024-2027
Eligibility
To be eligible, applicants must be one of the following entity types:
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
- Company
- Corporate Commonwealth Entity
- Non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
- Local Government
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Statutory Entity
- Partnership
- Unincorporated Association
If applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.
Applications from consortia are acceptable, provided there is a lead organisation that is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above. Only the lead organisation can submit the application form and enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth. Eligible organisations can form a consortium with ineligible organisations, with the exception of organisations deemed ineligible because they are included on the National Redress Scheme's website list of 'Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme', included on the non-compliant organisations list on the Workplace Gender Equality Agency website, or subject to a banning order in force under section 73ZN of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.
Funding
- Total Amount Available (AUD): $951,732,965.00
How to Apply
To view the grant opportunity documents, select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
Submit the completed application form and all necessary attachments by the closing date and time via the Online Application Form document, located via the "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
Applicants should keep a copy of their application and any supporting documents. An automated email notification acknowledging receipt of the submission, including a Submission Reference ID, will be issued. This ID should be retained for any queries about the application. If an automated email notification is not received within 48 hours of submission, email Grant.ATM@health.gov.au.
Other instructions:
- There is a 2MB limit per attachment in the application form
- Multiple files or documents should be scanned into a single document
- Compressed or zip files are not accepted
- File names must be unique and must not include foreign characters
Enquiries
- Contact: Health Grants Team
- Email: Grant.ATM@Health.gov.au
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
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