ASQA Regulatory Panel (ARP)

Summary and scope

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) is the national regulator for Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector. Established under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011, ASQA’s role is to ensure quality outcomes for students, employers and the community by regulating training providers and accrediting courses in accordance with national standards. ASQA manages the VET sector through a range of regulatory functions, including national regulation of approximately 4,000 Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), course accreditation to ensure compliance with national standards, compliance and enforcement activities through regulatory investigations, and the promotion of fair regulation through sector engagement and education. The Commonwealth of Australia, represented by ASQA, is conducting this Request for Tender (RFT) to establish the ASQA Regulatory Panel (ARP), which will replace the existing Regulatory Operating Model Services (ROMS) Panel. The ARP is a multi-service, multi-pillar arrangement, as set out in the Statement of Requirements (SOR). This RFT relates to all service pillars within the arrangement. Current panellists providing Student Assessment Validation services are only required to re-tender where they propose to include additional industry groupings within the scope of their Head Agreement, or where they propose to provide services under Pillar 2. ASQA invites interested parties to submit a Tender to provide services under one or more of the following service pillars, as detailed in the SOR: Pillar 1: Student Assessment Validations Pillar 2: Regulatory Assessments, including: Assessment, evidence review or monitoring activities; and Accredited course evaluation services. Tenderers may elect to tender for one or more service pillars and must clearly identify the service pillars for which they are tendering in the Response Template. Tenders will be evaluated independently against the requirements and Evaluation Criteria applicable to each nominated service pillar. Appointment to the panel will be made where tenders represent value for money