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Targets

a number and value of Commonwealth contracts to be awarded to Veteran businesses. Commonwealth portfolios’

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Mandatory Set Aside

Mandatory Set Aside

A requirement that VPP and IPP businesses are the first to be approached to quote for contracts delivered in specified areas.

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Veteran Dividend

Veteran Dividend

VPP Participants are required to return 5% of profits to designated Veteran support Not-For-Profits each year.

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ASPI: THE STRATEGIST

Preparing for conflict: Veterans need apply

Australia is currently undertaking the greatest peacetime recapitalisation of its defence force in the nation’s history, and if the prime ministerdefence minister and Home Affairs secretary are to be believed it couldn’t come a moment too soon. The surging program of investment includes a dizzying array of highly complex, short- and long-term projects that will require significant specialised support to deliver. That requires hard-to-come-by technical, tactical and management skills for the wide array of tasks facing the organisation, from cutting steel to cutting code.

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Thank you for your support

A Veteran Procurement Policy can be established via an exemption to Commonwealth Procurement Rules. It can be known as Exemption 18 to the Commonwealth Procurement Policy.

This policy will:

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PLEASE FOLLOW & SHARE THE INITIATIVE:  https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/veteran-policy/

TOP 5 REASONS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Transparency
Transparency

When Government directly accesses skills not...

Value
Value

Reduces contracting premiums by enabling...

Sovereignty
Sovereignty

Employing Veterans, without multi-national...

Hand-Up
Hand-Up

Creation of a “Veterans Dividend”, using the...

A Fair Go!
A Fair Go!

A level playing field for Veterans to compete...

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Something Jeremy Stredwick and I have been lobbying various ministers and departmental officials for a while now.

Andrew Kirby

Labor doubles SME target share of $70b in govt contracts

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How else can you help?

We appreciate your support.

There are lots of ways you can help promote the cause.
  1. Spread the word – let others know about the quest for change.
  2. Lend your personal support by signing the petition.
  3. Have your business endorse the VPP

There’s no cost involved. Just your time, for which we are grateful.

Thank you.

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