AMEP Preferred Tenderers Selected
Media Release - DPS 7/2003
Contract negotiations will begin this month with institutions selected as preferred tenderers to provide the Government's English tuition services for adult migrants in all states and territories for the next five years.
The Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) said today that it had completed its evaluation of tenders for the delivery of the Adult Migrant English Program across Australia.
The Program provides English language tuition for newly-arrived adult migrants and refugees from non-English speaking backgrounds to help them settle successfully in Australia.
The new contracts will start on 1 July 2003 and run until 30 June 2008.
In NSW and Victoria, which together account for nearly 80 per cent of all AMEP clients, consortium arrangements proposed by preferred tenderers will see the program engage with a range of specialist and community agencies such as universities, TAFEs, Adult Community Education providers and specialist child care providers.
Preferred tenderers were selected after a rigorous evaluation process which considered high quality responses from 13 tenderers.
"Financial and technical worth analyses were combined to arrive at an overall assessment of best "value for money" for the Commonwealth," the spokesperson said.
A list of the preferred tenderers is below.
Organisations Selected as the Preferred Tenderer
| New South Wales | |
| Department of Education and Training NSW AMES; University of NSW Institute of Languages; Sydney Institute of TAFE; TAFE NSW Open Training and Education Network; Southern Sydney Institute of TAFE; Illawarra Institute of TAFE; Bankstown Community College; St George and Sutherland Community College; Sydney Community College; Insearch (UTS); Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE; Griffith Adult Learning Association; Hunter Institute of TAFE; New England Institute of TAFE; North Coast Institute of TAFE; Riverina Institute of TAFE; Western Institute of TAFE; ACE North Coast; Barraba Community Learning Association; Belligen ACE; Camden Haven Adult & Community Education; Central Coast Community College; Central West Community College; Coffs Coast Adult Education; Continuing Education Centre (Albury-Wodonga); Hornsby and Ku-rin-gai Community College; Hunter Community College; Kiama ACE; Literacy Network; Macleay Valley Community Education Group; Manly Warringah Community College; Port Macquarie College of Adult Education; Riverina Community College; Robinson Education Centre; Singleton Leisure Learning Group; Southern Adult Education College; Southern Region Community College; Tamworth Adult Education Centre; Taree Adult Education; The Eurobodalla Adult Education Centre; Tomaree Peninsula Adult Education Group; Wauchope Adult and Community Education Centre; Western College of Adult Education; Workers Education Association - Hunter; The Smith Family and Lady Gowrie Child Centre. |
Inner City and Eastern Sydney Region Southern Sydney and Illawarra Region Burwood, Hornsby, Newcastle and Rural NSW region |
| ACL Macquarie Community College (MCC); University of Western Sydney English Language Centre; KU Children's Services and Mission Australia. |
Western Sydney Region South Western Sydney Region |
Victoria |
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| Adult Multicultural Education Services (AMES) Victoria in
consortium with: Victoria University; Chisholm Institute of TAFE; Homesglen Institute of TAFE; Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE; Swinburne University; FKA Childrens' Services and YWCA Victoria. |
Western Melbourne Region, Southern Melbourne Region, Central and Eastern Melbourne Region and Rural Victoria |
| North Melbourne Institute of TAFE in consortium with: RMIT
University; Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre; Moreland Adult Education; Olympic Adult Education; and Preston, Reservoir and Adult Community Education (PRACE). |
Northern Melbourne Region |
Queensland |
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| TAFE Queensland Language and Literacy Services | All services across the state |
| Hilton International College | Centre-based tuition in the Brisbane CBD |
South Australia |
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| AIT English Language Services | All services across the state |
| LM Training | Centre-based tuition in the Adelaide CBD |
Tasmania |
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| TAFE Tasmania | All services across the state |
ACT |
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| Canberra Institute of Technology | All services across the territory |
Northern Territory |
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| Northern Territory University | All services across the territory |
Western Australia* |
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| West Coast College of TAFE | All services across the state; Centre-based tuition in the Perth CBD |
| Central TAFE | All services across the state; Centre-based tuition in the Perth CBD |
*Note: In WA, two providers tendered for the two contracts being offered. Because of issues relating to technical aspects and the pricing of each tender, parallel negotiations will be entered into with the tenderers to enable the Department to decide the final outcome.
17 January 2003
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