

Notifications of newly-opened Requests for Tenders, Requests for Proposals and similar are listed both on this page and under the News & Events section of the Health Workforce Australia website.
| Tender name | Request for Proposals: Building Workforce Capacity for Safe Medications Management in the Community (HWA-RFP/2011/002) |
| Closing date | 2pm, Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT), 17 February 2012 |
| Information | This project focuses on the assistant workforce: aged care nursing and community service disciplines (and links to other health professionals such as pharmacists, GP teams and acute care) to improve the workforce capacity and capability to consistently apply quality, safe medications management. Click for further information on this Request for Proposals. |
| Tender name | Request for Proposals: Building Workforce Capacity and Capability in Residential Aged Care Facilities (HWA-RFP/2011/003) |
| Closing date | 2pm, Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT), 17 February 2012 |
| Information | This project uses a range of activities to build capacity in staff working in RACFs by utilising alternative skill mix/workforce reconfiguration designed to deliver improved productivity and address workforce shortages, while improving client outcomes through better coordination of care and earlier interventions in treatment. Click for further information on this Request for Proposals. |
| Tender name | Request for Proposals: Building Workforce Capacity for Early Intervention in Functional Decline in the Community (HWA-RFP/2011/004) |
| Closing date | 2pm, Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT), 17 February 2012 |
| Information | This project aims to build workforce capacity in the community to prevent deterioration and decrease pressure on acute care by utilising alternative skill mix/workforce reconfiguration and expanded scope of practice to deliver improved productivity, address workforce shortages, create greater job satisfaction and ultimately improve population health in the older age group. Click for further information on this Request for Proposals. |
| Tender name | Request for Proposals: Building Workforce Capacity for Complex Care Coordination in the Community (HWA-RFP/2011/005) |
| Closing date | 2pm, Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT), 17 February 2012 |
| Information | This project will implement evidence-based workforce reform models to demonstrate how a more productive balance of broad generalist, core support and extended scope of practice workforce can address the barriers to coordination of care for those with complex needs. Click for further information on this Request for Proposals. |
HWA also publishes a list of contracts it has entered into which are above $400,000 (inc. GST) in value. This table can be found on the Contracts Awarded page.