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Procurement Documentation Re: The Accord

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Dear Department of Education,

I am writing to formally request access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Specifically, I request the following documents related to the contracts listed below:
* Contract CN4013542 – Analysis of Submissions to the Accord Interim Report.
* Contract CN4004254 – Services delivered in co-design with the Department of Education to inform and support the Australian Universities Accord Panel on system governance.
* Contract CN3959876 – Quantitative and qualitative analysis of public submissions.
* Contract CN3941428 – Accord Priorities Submissions Analysis.

For each of the contracts listed above, I am seeking the following documents:
* Request for Quotations (RFQs) issued for each contract.
* Tender responses received from tenderers, including the response from the winning tenderer.
* The signed contract between the Department of Education and the winning tenderer, including any variations or amendments.

Yours faithfully,

John Broad

Education - FOI, Department of Education

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Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

 

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of Information TeamDepartment of Education 

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Education - FOI, Department of Education

Dear Mr Broad

 

I refer to your request, received by the Department of Education
(department) on 4 July 2025, for access under the Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (FOI Act) to:

 

"... the following documents related to the contracts listed below:

*   Contract CN4013542 – Analysis of Submissions to the Accord Interim
Report.

*   Contract CN4004254 – Services delivered in co-design with the
Department of Education to inform and support the Australian Universities
Accord Panel on system governance.

  *  Contract CN3959876 – Quantitative and qualitative analysis of public
submissions.

  *  Contract CN3941428 – Accord Priorities Submissions Analysis.

 

For each of the contracts listed above, I am seeking the following
documents:

*   Request for Quotations (RFQs) issued for each contract.

*  Tender responses received from tenderers, including the response from
the winning tenderer.

* The signed contract between the Department of Education and the winning
tenderer, including any variations or amendments."

 

Your request was received by the department on 4 July 2025 and the 30 day
statutory period for processing your request commenced from the day after
that date. The period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult
third parties or for other reasons permitted under the FOI Act. We will
advise you if this happens.

 

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of Commonwealth employees as irrelevant in accordance with section 22 of
the FOI Act, unless you tell us otherwise by COB 18 July 2025.

 

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[2][email address].

 

Yours sincerely

 

Freedom of Information Team

Department of Education

 

 

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1 Attachment

Dear Mr Broad

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your freedom of information request.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

Notice:

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Dear Education - FOI,

The cost is higher than I had anticipated. To reduce cost, could you please narrow search to:

I request signed contracts between the Department of Education and the winning tenderer for the contracts listed below:
* Contract CN4013542 – Analysis of Submissions to the Accord Interim Report.
* Contract CN4004254 – Services delivered in co-design with the Department of Education to inform and support the Australian Universities Accord Panel on system governance.
* Contract CN3959876 – Quantitative and qualitative analysis of public submissions.
* Contract CN3941428 – Accord Priorities Submissions Analysis.

Yours sincerely,

John Broad

Education - FOI, Department of Education

You have contacted the Freedom of Information Team at the Commonwealth
Department of Education (the department).  If your email relates to a
Freedom of Information (FOI) application made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), the department will respond as soon
as possible.

This email address is only for applications for access to documents under
the FOI Act.  The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related
enquiries sent to this email address, and accordingly, emails sent to this
email address that are not FOI related will not be responded to or
forwarded.

CRICOS Codes

If you are seeking information relating to the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS), information about
Australian education providers offering courses to people studying in
Australia on student visas and the courses offered, including CRICOS
codes, is available at [1]http://cricos.education.gov.au//. Monthly CRICOS
data exports are available at [2]https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos. 
The department is unable to respond to non-FOI related CRICOS enquiries
sent to this email address.

Non-FOI Enquiries

If you have a non-FOI related enquiry for the department, you can contact
the department by using the online enquiry form at
[3]https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co....

Regards,

Freedom of Information Team
Department of Education

 

Notice:
The information contained in this email message and any attached files may
be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal
professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use,
disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorised. If you received this
email in error, please notify the sender by contacting the department's
switchboard on 1300 566 046 during business hours (8:30am - 5pm Canberra
time) and delete all copies of this transmission together with any
attachments. 

References

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1. http://cricos.education.gov.au/
2. https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cricos
3. https://www.education.gov.au/about-us/co...

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