Victorian Industry Participation Policy (VIPP)

What is the Victorian Industry Participation Policy (VIPP)?

The Victorian Industry Participation Policy (VIPP) is a Victorian Government initiative designed to promote greater access for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to work with major projects.

By making local content a primary consideration in its major project tenders, the Government is encouraging bidders for these large projects to increase their use of local suppliers. Since its establishment in 2001, the VIPP has led to $480M of import replacement - orders for local industry that would otherwise have gone overseas.

How is ICN involved with VIPP?

ICN Victoria facilitates the VIPP on behalf of the State Government, performing certifications and evaluations of VIPP Plans submitted for government-funded tender contracts valued at over $1 million in regional Victoria or $3 million in metropolitan areas.

How can ICN help with the VIPP?

For Government agencies ICN provides:

Advice on activities with potential for local industry involvement

Guidance in the form of suitable VIPP clauses for use in documentation

Nomination of potential metropolitan and regional tenderers

Introduction to competitive suppliers

Analysis of bidders VIPP Plans

Certification of VIPP Plans

Certification of post-tender changes and contract outcomes

Advice and templates for monitoring VIPP compliance

Provide assessment of VIPP Plan to agencies

For tenderers and industry ICN provides:

Explanation of VIPP requirements

Advice on activities with potential for local industry involvement

Guidance on how to complete VIPP Plans

VIPP Assistance provided by ICN Business Capability Advisors�

Introduction to competitive suppliers

Certification and sign-off of VIPP Plans, post-tender changes and contract outcomes

Advice and templates for monitoring VIPP activities

ICN service probity policy

ICN provides a free service in strict compliance with probity and confidentiality procedures in accordance with Government procurement guidelines. Accordingly, ICN will ensure separation of duties between "assistance to understand VIPP requirements" and "VIPP Plan certification and evaluation".

Strategic Projects

Major projects that have whole-of-life costs of $250M or more can now be declared of 'strategic significance' if they meet certain criteria. The project has to have the potential to make a strategic contribution to the productive capability of Victoria and its ongoing economic wellbeing, as well as the potential to generate local industry participation and the transfer of skills / technology that will build the State's ongoing industry capability.

Strategic Projects will be subject to additional local content requirements, aimed at maximising local industry participation, economic activity and the overall benefit for Victoria.

Further Information

ICN

For tenderer or agency enquiries regarding the VIPP process please contact ICN on 03 8689 2500 or email info@icnvic.org.au

Department of Business & Innovation (DBI)

For policy or other VIPP enquiries, please contact the Department of Business and Innovation (DBI) on 13 22 15 or visit the VIPP webpage http://www.dbi.vic.gov.au/projects-and-inititatives/victorian-industry-participation-policy.

VIPP documentation

Click here to view the VIPP Fact Sheet.

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