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Capital Health Network (CHN) is seeking proposals for early‑intervention services that can support older people (≥65 years) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (≥55 years) identified as frail or pre‑frail using validated screening tools. The program aims to enable older people to live safely and independently at home for as long as possible by preventing, slowing, or managing frailty progression, reducing avoidable deterioration, and minimising potentially preventable hospital presentations.
This activity aligns with Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DHDA) funding requirements to support healthy ageing, strengthen chronic disease management, and reduce potentially preventable hospital presentations. Commissioned activities must be evidence‑informed, person‑centred, accessible, and responsive to the physical, cognitive, psychological, and social needs of older people living in the community.
CHN is seeking proposals from allied health and community‑based providers delivering services aligned to the following priority early‑intervention domains:
- Physical activity
(e.g., physiotherapy, exercise physiology, mobility and balance programs)
- Nutrition support
(e.g., malnutrition prevention, dietary planning, support for appetite, weight change, or chronic disease)
- Psychosocial and mental health support
(e.g., social work, counselling, mental health support, loneliness and social isolation interventions, navigation and connection to community supports)
- Medication management and polypharmacy risk reduction
(e.g., home medication reviews, deprescribing support, medication education)
Providers may apply for a minimum of two or more priority domains. Proposed activities should promote healthy ageing, strengthen functional capacity, support chronic condition self‑management, and address modifiable factors that contribute to frailty progression, including mobility limitations, mental health concerns, nutritional risk, or medication‑related harm.
Providers will work collaboratively with selected general practices and other allied health or community organisations, using shared care planning, case conferencing, and warm referrals where required to ensure integrated, person‑centred care.
Services should be delivered in flexible formats, including home‑based, clinic‑based, outreach, community settings, or telehealth, to reduce access barriers at no cost to the participants.
Important Dates
The RFP process commences Tuesday, 3 March 2026
The closing date and time for this RFP is 5.00 pm Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Questions and request for information close at 5.00 pm Wednesday, 11 March 2026.
Questions and requests for information must be submitted in writing to tenders@chnact.org.au.
Additional Information
All applications must be submitted on the Response Form as a pdf to tenders@chnact.org.au. Click here to obtain a copy of the tender documentation.
Responses to questions and requests for information will be provided to all interested applicants who have registered their details via contacting tenders@chnact.org.au and/or registered to attend the Briefing Session. These Q&As will be posted every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon unless otherwise indicated in the tender documentation.
This Approach to Market is funded utilising Primary Health Network program funding from the Australian Government, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.