Call for Bids: Australia Network's UK Trade Partnerships Fund FTA Utilisation
皇冠体育app FTA is an opportunity for the UK to engage with Australian industry, policy makers, implementers and regulators to deliver and fully implement the FTA and identify any future barriers to trade in goods and services.
Background
皇冠体育app UK and Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed in December 2021 and will be critical to strengthening the UK-Australia bilateral trading relationship. It will set new global standards in goods and services and聽is expected to unlock 拢10.4 billion of additional trade.
Scope of work
皇冠体育app FTA is an opportunity for the UK to engage with Australian industry, policy makers, implementers and regulators to deliver and fully implement the FTA and identify any future barriers to trade in goods and services. 皇冠体育app FTA encapsulates the future trading relationship with Australia to include pioneering chapters in innovation, gender equality and the transition to net zero.
Through a scalable number of activities including (but not limited to) workshops, roundtables, trade missions, business engagement and reporting, we would like to demonstrate the benefits of fully implementing the intentions of the following UK-AU FTA chapters;
Further benefit includes building bilateral business networks and raising the profile of the FTA to ensure its future utilisation.
Timelines
皇冠体育app bidder is required to deliver phased outputs against set timelines (subject to confirmation).
皇冠体育app duration of this project is likely to be around five months (November 2022 to April 2023).
| No. | Deliverable | Anticipated activities (not limited to) | Milestone date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accountable Grant signed with chosen bidder and start the implementation | Proposed work plan for the whole programme | Last week of October 2022 |
| 2 | Programme design report | Detailed list of finalised activities for the programme | 2nd week November 2022 |
| 3 | Delivery of activity | Finalise activity events, dates, locations | November 2022 onwards |
| 4 | Final report of delivery activity and findings | Summarise delivery activity | 31 March 2023 |
Selection Criteria
Bids will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Project design:聽Feasibility of activities and outputs聽including the capacity of the implementing organisation to deliver outcomes.
- Impact:聽Supporting identifiable, meaningful activities to enhance impact of the project.
- Scalability: 皇冠体育app potential for the project to act as a building block for subsequent FTA implementation activity.
- Viability聽and risks:聽Clear engagement/buy-in of key stakeholders.聽Robust聽analysis of key risks and a plan of action to聽manage and mitigate those risks.
- Value for money:聽Comparable and reasonable costs聽against聽the scale of achievable outcomes.
We draw your attention to the below聽key points:
- Proposals should be between聽拢8,000 - 拢20,000 ($13,000 鈥撀�$34,000 AUD).
- All funding must be聽activity-based聽(i.e. not for general support staff costs (admin, finance support), office rental etc.).
Process
- Project proposals must be received by聽23:59 (GMT) on COB Monday 31st October 2022. Late proposals will not be considered.
- Proposals must be submitted using the attached forms only.
- Proposals must be submitted to: [email protected]
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