A disaster can seriously disrupt a community, causing financial, emotional and psychological hardship for affected residents. The state government, and other entities, coordinate disaster responses, to help communities recover from a range of events like storms, cyclones, floods, fires, explosions, infestations, and pandemics.
The Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy is committed to ensuring Queenslanders are resilient and recover well from disasters.
This forward notice is to advise interested parties of an upcoming tender to expand the services available on the Standing Offer Arrangement (SOA) for Disaster Relief and Recovery: Human and Social Services.
Applications will be sought from individuals and/or organisations, across Queensland, to provide Needs and Impact Assessment services.
Needs and Impact Assessment Services assist the provision of support services to disaster affected communities by providing the department with an understanding of the impacts and consequences of a disaster, establishing baselines to inform recovery planning, analysing gaps in the capability and capacity of communities to recover, making recommendations for investment in support services and proposing implementation plans to deliver services and monitor progress.
Offer documentation will be available in May 2023 here on the QTenders website, where responses can be submitted electronically.
If you plan to submit a response, there are resources available on the Queensland Government Business Queensland website to help you prepare an application, including information about:
To learn more about the SOA, monitor this QTenders website and register to be notified about new tender opportunities.
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