We Advocate for
Targets
a number and value of Commonwealth contracts to be awarded to Veteran businesses. Commonwealth portfolios’
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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
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 minister, defence 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.
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:
- Not require Commonwealth funds or grants
- Reduce the cost to the Commonwealth to access skills
- Stimulate Veteran entrepreneurship
- Help stem the bleed of knowledge and skills leaving Defence
- Recoup the investment ADF has already made in individuals
- Fund Veteran support programs with money from Veteran companies
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TOP 5 REASONS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
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Value
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Sovereignty
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Hand-Up
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A Fair Go!
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- Lend your personal support by signing the petition.
- Have your business endorse the VPP
There’s no cost involved. Just your time, for which we are grateful.
Thank you.