Advance Notice for Refugee Driver Training

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Tender Closed
RFx ID :	20899331
Tender Name :	Advance Notice for Refugee Driver Training
Reference # :	721
Open Date :	Monday, 1 April 2019 4:30 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Close Date  :	Monday, 15 April 2019 5:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Tender Type :	Notice of Information (Advance Notice) (NOI)
Tender Coverage :	Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :	25000000 - Commercial and Military and Private Vehicles and their Accessories and Components 83000000 - Public Utilities and Public Sector Related Services 86000000 - Education and Training Services 91000000 - Personal and Domestic Services 93000000 - Politics and Civic Affairs Services 94000000 - Organizations and Clubs
Regions:	Auckland Bay of Plenty Canterbury Chatham Islands Gisborne Hawke's Bay Manawatu-Wanganui Marlborough Nelson Northland Otago Southland Taranaki Tasman Waikato Wellington West Coast
Required Pre-qualifications :	None
Contact :	Shaneel Nath, Procurement Specialist Via GETS
Agency Address :	NEW ZEALAND
Related Tenders:	20921338 - National Refugee Driver Training Programme

Kia Ora,

This email is an advance notice of a contract opportunity.

The Government recognises the value of former refugees participating in driver training programmes and the benefits it provides in supporting successful refugee settlement. Since June 2015 the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (through Immigration New Zealand) has funded a programme providing driving lessons and driver training for former refugees, enabling them to obtain their restricted drivers licence.

The refugee driver training programme is currently run in West Auckland, South Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Palmerston North, Nelson and Dunedin. As new settlement locations are established we anticipate extension of the programme in these new locations which include Whanganui; Levin; Masterton; Blenheim; Timaru and a 6th location to be announced shortly in the near future.

With long term funding secured, it is the intention to procure a single national provider or a number of regional provider(s) operating collaboratively to deliver the Refugee Driver Training Programme from 1 July 2019.


What we need

MBIE is looking to:
• Procure the best driver training provider(s) with the most effective service and cost model to provide driving lessons and training across all current and future refugee settlement locations; and
• The capability to develop, innovate and enhance the refugee driver training programme and deliver excellent programme pass rates.

What’s important to us

We want a provider(s) who has the capability to develop, innovate and enhance the driver training programme, deliver better programme outcomes/pass rates, and contribute to improving the employment and settlement outcomes of refugee background communities.

Interested? What’s next?

We intend to go to market in approximately 1 weeks’ time. The opportunity will be advertised on GETS.

If you are not a GETS user and are interested in registering as a user, please contact me. We can guide you through the process of registering as a user and help you navigate the basic processes on GETS.

This tender has been completed.

Date RFx was completed/updated: Monday, 4 November 2019 7:49 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)