country offices, Regional Services provides comprehensive and professional contracting services to public sector agencies in regional Western Australia, with the added focus of supporting regional suppliers.
The services provided encompass comprehensive building maintenance services, contracting and management advice, goods and services purchasing and small capital works, along with longer term planning for both services and assets (an integrated 'facilities management' service).
Regional Services delivers around $45 million worth of building related and goods and services contracting annually, in regional Western Australia.
Below are some of the services DHW Regional Services offers to regional agencies.
- Contracting advice, assistance and support — helping agencies manage contracting risks.
- Procurement education — helping agencies develop skills needed to undertake simple, complex and strategic procurement.
- Supplier development — helping local suppliers access government business.
Facilities management for existing buildings
- Contracting and delivery of building maintenance works and other property related services.
- Information, advice and technical consulting (problem solving, design, tendering, contract management and administration).
- Identifying risks and preparing programs to monitor and manage such risks to reduce cost overruns, breaches of contract and failure to meet probity requirements.
- Building condition assessments to identify short-term maintenance needs and budgets and develop longer-term strategic maintenance plans.
- Management of building maintenance programs.
Management of new building works
- Co-ordination of building improvement and minor capital works projects from managing the tender process with particular consideration to value for money assurances, risk management and probity issues; to project management including administration and quality control through to practical completion and handover.
- Facilitating the access to architects for the design and construction management of new buildings
Contracting for goods and services
- Innovative solutions for agencies' contracting needs.
- Advice and support on all areas of contracting, from establishing contracting needs, developing a contract (documentation, tendering, contract administration) and managing the probity of the contracting process.
- Advice and assistance on accessing a range of common use contracts including domestic air travel, computers, groceries and cleaning products that represent value for money through large purchasing power.
Through DHW Regional Services agencies have access to:
- Provides a pre-qualification process for contractors for building works under $50,000.
- Provides performance management of contractors based on customer satisfaction, work quality and work management as well as price, to deliver better value for money.
- Rewards good performing contractors with ongoing work.
- Access to pre-qualified providers of professional and technical advice and solutions for a range of building service needs including architectural, engineering, design and drafting for maintenance or larger improvement projects.
- Expertise with an understanding of Government policies and processes.
- Minimum risk, fast response, agreed fee schedules and value for money.
All DHW offices are equipped with dedicated on-line service facilities, available to regional Government clients and the public, that provide access to the full range of On-Line services, including:
- Government Electronic Market (GEM) — an integrated electronic purchasing system for government.
- Government Contracting Information Bulletin Board — for the latest tender information, contract award details and electronic tender lodgment.
- Common Use Contracting Buyers Guides — for information on over 50 Common Use Contracts for services and goods.
- Information for agencies — for details on procurement planning, tender development, contract documentation, tender analysis, contract award and administration and information specific to your agency's contracting environment.
- Information for suppliers — for Early Tender Advice, tendering information, supplier's guide and supplier education and training.
