🏫 Personal Care in Schools Services and Training

WA Department of Education awarded a $10M contract for personal care services and training in schools to a panel of 25 contractors, supporting students with dis

Providing every student with a pathway to a successful future is a priority for the Department of Education (the Department). To support this priority, the Department has committed to aligning services for students with disability and school support needs by providing schools with streamlined access to appropriate and suitable personal care services for students and training for school staff. The Department, as the Contract Authority and Customer, is seeking to establish a Statewide non-mandatory Panel of suitable Contractors to supply Western Australian (WA) public primary and secondary schools: the direct provision of Personal Care In Schools (PCIS) services ( Service A ) to students with disability; and training for school staff in the safe and correct delivery of PCIS services to students with disability ( Service B ). Respondents will have the option to submit an offer for one, some or all service categories/subcategories. For each category, Respondent will be required to nominate the school region/s it will be able to service.

The Department of Education awarded an estimated $10,000,000 contract via Open Advertisement to a panel of 25 public contractors. There were 40 submissions received.