Closed: Needs Assessment for the After Hours, Multicultural Access and Homelessness Support Programs
About this Opportunity:
WA Primary Health Alliance requires the provision of services to conduct a state-wide needs assessment for the following programs:
- Multicultural Access;
- Homelessness Support; and
- After Hours programs.
Background Information:
The needs assessment will focus on consultation and collaboration with external stakeholders, including peak bodies and specialist support services for each of the priority groups to identify barriers and opportunities to increase primary health care access, cultural competency and safety and increased service provision to each priority group.
The provision of services will cover the following PHN areas:
- PHN North
- PHN South
- PHN Country WA
The successful Contractor will be required to prepare needs assessment reports that meets the requirements outlined in the documents.
Queries and Responses
Please raise all queries via email to rft2023-10@wapha.org.au and WA Primary Health Alliance will publish responses on this webpage.
Submissions
Please submit the completed submission form/s, budget, non-conformance schedule and other attachments you wish to submit as part of your application to rft2023-10@wapha.org.au. Closing Date is 2.00pm AWST, 15 November 2023. Submission is to be no larger than 20MB.
RFT2023-10
Request Documents:
- Part A – Request information and background (read and keep)
- Part B – Conditions of Request (read and keep)
- Part C – Draft Agreement Documents – Consisting of the following attachments:
- Service Agreement (read and keep)
- Draft Activity Schedule (read and keep)
- Part D – Submission – Consisting of the following attachments:
- Submission Form (complete and submit)
- Budget Template (complete and submit)
- Non-Conformance Schedule (complete and submit if required)
Please check the webpage regularly for any updates in the Q&A section.
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A.1 – WAPHA has an established After-Hours Program and is seeking to identify barriers and opportunities to increase primary healthcare access and service provision for those experiencing homelessness and for multicultural communities (as new PHN Programs) as well as for community members accessing services in the After-Hours period.
A.2 – Yes.
A.3 – This is dependent on the submissions and what is achievable within the timeframe.
A.4 – All 3 PHNs are to be addressed within the one report for each program.
A.5 – The budget is dependent on what is realistically achievable during the timeframe.
A.6 – The three needs assessments will Inform the next steps with the Department of Health and Aged Care
A.7 – We will be looking at hourly cost, travel and by PHN (if possible).
A.8 – Yes. External referee/s are preferred.
A.9 – Yes, whilst consultation with the community is preferred, we are aware the short timeframe for this project could limit the amount of consultation. Consideration should also be given to previous relevant community consultations to avoid community consultation fatigue.
A.10 – This is a plan to engage with stakeholders throughout the assessment.
A.11 – These needs assessments focus on three specific programs. Multicultural Access and Homelessness Support Programs are new programs for WAPHA. Some consultation with stakeholders has occurred in association with other activities but not specifically for these two new programs. We currently have no capacity to do these three specific needs assessments inhouse.
A.12 – Document has been unlocked.
A.13 – No, the schedule for this project is very tight.
A.14 – Most population health data are available in the public domain, so it would be the responsibility of the provider to source these data. Attached is a hyperlinked list of population health data available in the public domain: Publicly available population health data sources.pdf
WAPHA may also be able to provide Emergency Department data where this is relevant, but this would be at the discretion of the data custodian at WA Health.
A.15 – WAPHA has conducted some consultation with multicultural communities members related to another project. There are state, national and PHN reviews, strategies, policies across the three programs that are available and can inform stakeholder consultation.
A.16 – General Practice staff including GPs, peak agencies, WAPHA commissioned services providers, specialist service providers for each program, consumers, health service providers and other key government agencies and key internal WAPHA staff members.
A.17 – This will be determined based on the submissions/proposal in regards to what is achievable in the specified timeframe, budget proposed and a review of previous research and consultation.
A.18 – As the Multicultural Access and Homelessness Support Programs are new, these needs assessments are the background work.