All requests for information must be submitted to the Hotline prior to 5.00 pm (Canberra time) 11 December 2015. There will be no obligation on the Department to answer questions received after this time. The Department may publish responses to questions or requests for clarification on these Grant Guidelines on the (www.employment.gov.au/employment-services-procurement-information) for the benefit of all potential Applicants without identifying the source of the question or clarification. Please monitor the Employment Services Procurement Information website for updated information. The Hotline cannot provide interpretation of these Grant Guidelines or advise an Applicant on how to respond to the requirements set out in these Grant Guidelines, or provide information that is not contained in these Grant Guidelines, unless that information is publicly available. Registration for information sessions or webinars supporting these Grant Guidelines can be completed using the (www.ivvy.com/event/EYI/). TABLE OF CONTENTS
Any proposed changes to the membership of a Group Applicant must be requested of the Department in a letter signed by the authorised representative(s) of the Group Applicant. If the Department decides to deal with a Group Applicant of changed composition, the Department may, at its sole discretion, impose any conditions it considers necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. Where a Group Applicant is successful in Empowering YOUth Initiatives funding Application process, each of the legal entities that form the Group Applicant will be jointly and severally liable for: the performance of all of the obligations under the Funding Agreement all losses caused by any subcontractor engaged for the purpose of the Funding Agreement. Possible types of Group Applicants The following information is provided as guidance only. Applicants should seek independent professional advice if they have any questions about types of Group Applicants. Consortium A group of individual legal entities may lodge an Application collectively as a Consortium. Where the Group Applicant responds as a Consortium, the Consortium must appoint a lead member entity to act as agent for the other member entities. The lead member entity must be authorised to negotiate, act on behalf of and contractually bind each member of the Consortium. Each member of the Consortium must confirm the authority of the lead member entity to the Department in writing as part of their Application. Other alliances If there are other alliance arrangements between corporate entities or individuals that have not been contemplated by the Department, provided the arrangements meet the above Group Applicant requirements, the Department will be open to conducting Empowering YOUth Initiatives through those arrangements. An alliance of individual legal entities will need to provide details and evidence of the alliance’s actual or proposed legal arrangements, as an attachment to the Financial and Credentials Information Form if requested by the Department. As with a Consortium, the alliance must appoint a lead member entity to act as agent for the other member entities. The lead member must be authorised to negotiate, act on behalf of and contractually bind each member of the alliance. Each member of the alliance must confirm the authority of the lead member entity to the Department in writing. Subcontracting arrangements Applicants must indicate if they intend to subcontract all or part of their performance of the activities proposed under Empowering YOUth Initiatives. As specified in the Draft Funding Agreement, organisations can only enter into a subcontract with the written permission of the Department and must not enter into a subcontract with a jobactive provider, Transition to Work Provider, Disability Employment Services Provider or Community Development Programme Provider.