Industry Capability Network Victoria Ltd - ICN is an independent, not-for-profit service to the manufacturing, engineering and service sectors.  ICN Victoria has offices located in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, Gippsland and Geelong with further expansion into the north east of Victoria planned for 2007 - increasing the reach of our assistance to industry across the state. 

The role of ICN is to:

• Identify competitive Australian industry capability for import replacement, local sourcing and business matching for Australian and overseas purchasers.
• Facilitate local industry participation in major projects.
• Assist Australian businesses in accessing global supply chain and export opportunities.

ICN sources competitive Australian capability ... Free!  ICN also encourages the use of licensing agreements for technology not locally available and advises on opportunities for new or increased production and distribution.

Your free ICN services include:
• Import Replacement Enquiries
• Local Sourcing for Major Project Enquiries
• Victorian Industry Participation Policy (VIPP) Enquiries
• Overseas Project Facilitation
• Industry Research

Paid ICN services include:
• Secondments to Major Projects
• Import Replacement Expositions
• Tariff Concession and Project By-Law Enquiries
• Other Industry Development Activities

Click here to contact ICN today.

Success is measured by orders received from suppliers nominated by ICN to prospective purchasers.

Since inception, results have exceeded $1.5 billion which equates to over 40,000 jobs.

A regular study carried out for ICN by Australian Economic Consultants Pty Ltd (AEC Group) revealed that every $1 million spent in manufacturing and service industry activity in Australia generates:

Manufacturing

• On average 12 full-time jobs are created (direct and indirect)
• $394,000 in tax revenue
• $1.24 million of value-added

Services

·         On average 15 full-time jobs are created (direct and indirect)

·         349,300 in tax revenue

·         $1.48 million of value added

Recent projects involving ICN include:

• Melbourne Convention Centre
• Hospitals Redevelopment Program
• Victoria Police Capital Works Program
• Global Opportunities Access Program
• Pulp Mill Projects
• Train, Tram and Infrastructure Projects
• Wimmera Mallee Pipeline
• Victorian Water Projects

ICN is currently processing a range of import replacement and offshore project work to the value of $800 million. For further information, please contact Dave Pallant: dpallant@icn.org.au

ICN is recognised by the Australian Customs Services as a "prescribed organisation" under the Customs Act to determine whether "substitutable goods" subject to a Tariff Concession application are manufactured in Australia. ICN can also verify if "equivalent goods", the subject of an Enhanced Project By-Law (EPBS) application are manufactured in Australia.

Scan import replacement opportunities for your business in the Commonwealth of Australia Tariff Concessions Gazette

- The Gazette is available in electronic format on the Australian Customs website www.customs.gov.au free of charge and updated every Wednesday.
For further information regarding Tariff Concession Orders, please contact Aston Smith: aston.smith@icn.org.au

ICN is identifying opportunities available through major projects, government contracts and overseas industry contacts.

The ICN International program works with government and non-government agencies to access global supply chain and export opportunities for Australian industry.

For further information please contact Michael Taylor: mtaylor@icn.org.au

The Victorian Industry Participation Policy (VIPP) was developed by the State Government to maximise the involvement of Victorian industry in government funded projects and purchases. 

VIPP ensures that procurement and industry assistance activities support local suppliers when they represent best value for money.

The VIPP applies to all Victorian major projects where the State Government has invested over $10 million in metropolitan projects and $2.5 million in regional projects.

See VIPP documentation: http://www.diird.vic.gov.au/VIPP

For further information regarding VIPP, please email us at: vipp@icn.org.au