Panel summary
This panel offers professional advisory services including commercial, financial, tax, and probity advice.
Lead agency: Department of Government Services
Conditions of use: Mandatory
Contract reference number: SS-04-2019
Arrangement type: Panel
Start date: 1 September 2020
End date: 31 August 2025
Key benefits
Key benefits of the panel include:
- a consistent approach to professional advisory service engagements
- pre-negotiated terms and conditions
- simplified purchase order process to engage suppliers
- access to qualified advice across a range of services
- access to a mix of suppliers, including:
- small to medium enterprises
- large corporates.
What’s covered?
This panel covers these main areas of professional advisory services:
Commercial and Financial Advisory Services (CAFAS)
- CAFAS CA-1: strategic policy review, reform, and project development (including service need analysis, service planning, feasibility studies and strategic assessments)
- CAFAS CA-2: business case preparation and deployment
- CAFAS CA-3: market engagement and implementation
- CAFAS CA-4: commercial contract management
- CAFAS CA-5: project, program, and business review, evaluation, and assurance (including business reorganisation reviews)
- CAFAS CA-6: economic advisory services
- CAFAS CA-7: auditing and investigation (non-mandatory)
- CAFAS CA-8: general commercial advice including commercial negotiations
Tax Advisory Services (TAS)
- TAS TA-1: GST and luxury car tax
- TAS TA-2: employment taxes including fringe benefits tax (FBT) and pay as you go (PAYG)
- TAS TA-3: state taxes including payroll tax, stamp duty, land tax and congestion levy
- TAS TA-4: superannuation guarantee
- TAS TA-5: national tax equivalents regime (NTER), income and corporate tax
- TAS TA-6: excise including fuel tax credits scheme (FTCS) and customs duty
- TAS TA-7: international taxes
- TAS TA-8: other advice including petroleum resources rental tax and film concessions
Financial Assessment Services (FAS)
- FAS FA-1: pre-qualification assessment
- FAS FA-2: tender assessment
- FAS FA-3: monitoring specific contracts in progress
- FAS FA-4: ad hoc - specialised assessment
Probity Services
- Probity PR-1: probity advisory services
- Probity PR-2: probity auditing services
What's not covered
This contract does not cover advice for the following services:
- Information Technology - use the eServices register
- Engineering - refer to public construction procurement
- Architecture - refer to public construction procurement
Contract managers
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Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Attn: Category Manager, Professional Services
Email: procurement@delwp.vic.gov.au
Department of Education and Training
Attn: Senior Procurement Specialist
Email: procurement@education.vic.gov.au
Department of Health and Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
Provisional Contact details:
Attn: Manager Procurement Management
Email: procurement.services@dhhs.vic.gov.au
Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions
Attn: Strategic Procurement Specialist
Email: procurement@ecodev.vic.gov.au
Department of Justice and Community Safety
Attn: Contract Manager
Email: doj-ocpo-engagement@justice.vic.gov.au
Department of Transport
Attn: Strategic Procurement Specialist
Email: dot.Procurement@transport.vic.gov.au
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Attn: Senior Procurement Advisor
Email: cpt@dpc.vic.gov.au
Department of Treasury & Finance
Attn: Manager, Procurement Resource Unit
Email: procurementresourceunit@dtf.vic.gov.au
Victoria Police
Attn: Category Manager
Reviewed 12 September 2023