Guidance note: This Section 7.2 (Major Projects Skills Guarantee) is based on the Major Projects Skills Guarantee Model RFT and Contract Clauses available at http://economicdevelopment.vic.gov.au/about-us/overview/strategies-and-initiatives/major-projects-skills-guarantee. Procuring Agencies should consult this website prior to release of an RFP for any updates to the Model Clauses that should be reflected in this Section 7.2 (Major Projects Skills Guarantee). |
The Victorian Government is committed to creating job opportunities and promoting a strong and sustained vocational training culture through the employment of apprentices, trainees and engineering cadets within the Victorian building and construction industry.
To implement this commitment, the Victorian Government, through its Major Projects Skills Guarantee (Skills Guarantee), will use the awarding of Victorian Government building, construction, infrastructure, civil engineering and other capital projects to stimulate job opportunities and enhance vocational training in these sectors.
Under the Skills Guarantee, all principal contactors awarded contracts for Victorian Government funded building, construction, infrastructure, civil engineering and other capital projects which have a pre-tender estimated value at or over $20 million must utilise Victorian registered apprentices, Victorian registered trainees or engineering cadets for at least 10 per cent (10%) of the Project's total estimated labour hours. The Skills Guarantee will also apply to public-private partnership (PPP) project contracts valued over the applicability threshold.
The Skills Guarantee operates separately to VIPP. Respondents are required to provide a Major Projects Skills Guarantee Compliance Plan in accordance with the requirements set out in Volume 1, Part B (Evaluation Criteria and Proposal Requirements).
A copy of the Skills Guarantee is available at http://economicdevelopment.vic.gov.au/about-us/strategies-and-initiatives/major-projects-skills-guarantee.