Health/E25-227248: Procurement of the Thalidomide Support Service

Description

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing requires the services of an organisation to provide support to thalidomide survivors to ensure they are assisted to access health and disability support services, including the Australian Thalidomide Survivors Support Program, NDIS and other government services.The Thalidomide Support Service (TSS) will provide nationwide support to thalidomide survivors through a single organisation. This will include assisting recognised survivors in their applications for existing Government support, applications for the Health Care Assistance Fund (HCAF) and Extraordinary Assistance Fund (EAF), the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and aged care. The planned procurement will require TSS to work in a timely manner to provide support via phone and email and provide information on a website.