Professional advisory services contract

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