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Professional services

The Professional services sub-category in General Goods and Services manages the whole-of-government professional services arrangements including finance, audit, economics, human resources, management, policy, agile project/program management, procurement, probity and legal services.

Legal Services is co-managed by Department of Energy and Public Works (EPW) and Department of Justice and Attorney General (DJAG) with EPW acting as the principal and DJAG as panel manager.

Standing offer arrangements (SOAs)

Professional services

The Professional services SOA (QGP0050-18) is divided into four tranches and is in place until 28 February 2025.

Suppliers have pre-negotiated maximum daily rates (based on an 8-hour day), terms and conditions, reporting and insurance requirements.

The four tranches include:

  • Tranche 1 (Finance, Audit & Economics Services) - QGP0050-18 (T1)
  • Tranche 2 (Human Resources Services) - QGP0050-18 (T2)
  • Tranche 3 (Management, Policy & Agile Project/Program Management Services) - QGP0050-18 (T3)
  • Tranche 4 (Procurement & Probity Services) - QGP0050-18 (T4)

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Periodic reviews are conducted on this SOA to assess whether it continues to meet the needs and requirements of agencies and the priorities of the government.

If you are a supplier wanting to stay informed of future tendering opportunities for this arrangement, it is encouraged for your business to register on the Queensland Government QTender website https://qtenders.hpw.qld.gov.au to receive notifications.

Also available on QTenders, is the Forward Procurement Pipeline (FPP) interactive dashboard which provides details of upcoming tender opportunities and approximate timeframes.

Some other websites which you may find useful in relation to supplying to Queensland Government including information regarding tendering are:

Legal services - QGP0059-19

The Legal services SOA is in place until 1 June 2024 with 1 x 2-year option to extend. See more information about QGP0059-19 on the Queensland Government Arrangement Directory.

This is a whole-of-government arrangement includes 8 areas of law, 14 categories of legal services, and 1 category of legal resourcing:

  • Major projects
  • Property
  • Planning and environment
  • Energy and resources
  • Compulsory acquisitions
  • Building and construction
  • Corporate and commercial
  • Taxation and revenue
  • Workplace and industrial
  • Technology and intellectual property
  • Litigation
  • Prosecutions and advocacy
  • Health law
  • Public/Admin law
  • Service area: legal resourcing

See more information about QGP0050-18 (T1) on the Queensland Government Arrangement Directory.

Includes 3 sub-categories and 17 specialisations:

  • Finance
    • Financial capability assessments
    • Accounting – general
    • Asset valuation
    • Taxation advice
    • Business case review
    • Finance transformation
  • Audit
    • Human Resources audit
    • External audit
    • Internal audit
    • Assurance reviews
    • Forensic audit
    • Quality assessments
    • Risk management
  • Economics
    • Economic forecasting
    • Economic modelling
    • Revenue review
    • Advanced analytics

See more information about QGP0050-18 (T2) on the Queensland Government Arrangement Directory.

Includes 9 specialisations:

  • Inclusion and diversity
  • Conflict and dispute resolution
  • Organisational development and design
  • Workplace investigation
  • Industrial relations and occupational health and safety (OH&S) advice
  • Performance management
  • HR strategic advice
  • Workforce planning
  • HR policy, procedures and processes

See more information about QGP0050-18 (T3) on the Queensland Government Arrangement Directory.

Includes 3 sub-categories and 12 specialisations:

  • Management
    • Business transformation and change management
    • Innovation and co-design
    • Business process and frameworks
    • Business performance and analysis
    • Strategic business planning and development
    • Strategic communication and engagement
  • Policy
    • Health policy and advice
    • General policy advice
    • Regulatory advice
    • Governance and assurance
    • Program evaluation
  • Agile project / Program management

See more information about QGP0050-18 (T4) on the Queensland Government Arrangement Directory.

This is a whole-of-Government arrangement with 45 suppliers across 4 specialisations. Specialisations under the sub-category include:

  • Strategic sourcing and procurement advice
  • Technical procurement services
  • Category and contract management
  • Probity and audit advice

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Last updated:
1 September 2022