GO8390 DASP — Application Bones

Status: DRAFT skeleton — posture not yet decided (solo / consortium / consortium-with-ACCO). Source: GO8390 document pack + digest (GO8390-digest.md), both in this folder. Closes 2pm AEST 16 Jul 2026. War room: /p/grants-pipeline/dasp on the planner.

Plain-text rules apply to all form fields: no bullets/bold/em-dashes, restricted character set, fill the limits (past-apps lesson: DAS historically used ~50% of limits; GO6984 went in half-empty and lost).

0. The posture decision (BEFORE drafting — due ~17 Jun)

	A. Solo — NT remote specialist	B. Consortium — advocacy partners	C. Consortium WITH Indigenous org
Likely term	3yr (6yr possible via remote-coverage lane)	6yr path	Strongest 6yr story — stacks all 3 named lanes
Build cost	Lowest — no herding	Medium	Highest — ACCO approval cycles, governance design
Key risk	”Unlikely… smaller individual organisations” line	Partner herding in 5 wks	Tokenism optics if partnership isn’t real; lead-vs-member call
Note		Same shortlist as DPSC (DCLS, IADA, WOSCA) — one call sweep	CONSIDERATION ONLY, not locked (Lukas 11 Jun). ACCOs explicitly invited = competitors unless partners. DAS as MEMBER of an ACCO-led bid also reaches 6yr. Candidates via Scott’s warm lines: Congress, Anyinginyi (both already in Remote Reach partner set). Cultural content → pending cultural review, never authored by us.

Hybrid worth weighing: submit solo, signal consortium readiness — the form and AWP can name committed referral/partnership arrangements without consortium structure; lowers risk, keeps the remote-coverage 6yr lane open. Check the guidelines wording allows this framing before committing (question to Grant.ATM if unclear — by ~9 Jul).

1. Compliance pack (assemble FIRST — cheap, fatal if missed)

Mission attachment — de-facto eligibility (“may not be considered eligible” without it). Build from DAS constitution / strategic plan / About text.
Bank statement ≤6 months old (Tobias).
NSDS Certificate of Compliance fork — upload current cert if held, else tick Determination. Do NOT start certification early.
Entity details, indirect cost rate, insurance certificates as form requires.
2yr financials per form (check sample form for exact ask).
On submit: save the Form Receipt email — it is the only copy of the application.

2. AC1 — Alignment (3,500 chars + Activity Work Plan + Mission attachment)

THE SERVICE MODEL
[In-person individual disability advocacy. Equal thirds across the 3 primary
areas: (1) Australia's Disability Strategy outcome areas, (2) negotiating with
NDIS providers, (3) other service systems. ART/appeals work EXCLUDED - never
present it as a funded activity; note it as a separately funded, firewalled
service for continuity context only.]

COVERAGE
[Footprint by SA3: Alice Springs + Barkly + remote communities. The delivery
model that reaches very remote: outreach circuits, interpreter-supported
practice, the Frank Curtis Barkly model. Posture-specific: solo = NT-wide
remote specialist; consortium = coverage map with member roles.]

PRIORITY COHORTS
[DAS's existing client base IS the priority list: First Nations PWD (~half of
NT NDIS participants), very remote, high-barrier, interpreter-requiring.
Numbers from IVO/DEX where defensible - continuity framing, not throughput.]

TRANSITION + CONTINUITY
[NDAP ends 31 Jan 2027; DASP delivery from Nov 2026. DAS clients keep their
advocate with zero service gap. Name the transition plan.]

3. AC2 — Capacity and capability (5,000 chars — the strength zone + Risk Management Plan)

TRACK RECORD
[25+ years continuous Commonwealth/NT funded advocacy in the most remote
jurisdiction. The winning Speaking Up register: first-person plural, modest
but vigorous. Continuity + lived-experience employment outcomes, NOT volume
(DEX is visible to assessors).]

FIRST NATIONS DELIVERY
[Decades of individual advocacy with First Nations clients. Interpreter-
supported practice (AIS). Cultural safety practice. If posture C: genuine
shared governance with ACCO partner - pending cultural review on any
cultural content.]

DISABILITY-LED GOVERNANCE
[Lived-experience structures: Leadership Group lineage since 2016, Revised
Lived Experience Framework (Mar 2026), paid lived-experience roles.]

CONSORTIUM / PARTNERSHIP PROOF
[NDIS Q&S Commission Safeguarding consortium with DCLS + IADA - live, current,
multi-org delivery. Posture B/C: governance design, member table, accountability.]

STAFFING + WORKFORCE
[Named roles + recruitment reality in Alice Springs. Retention story.
Advocate training/induction. Do NOT double-count people committed in DPSC
budgets - one concurrency disclosure paragraph, identical across all DAS
applications this round.]

RISK
[Risk Management Plan template from the GO8390 Attachment Pack. Honest remote
risks: recruitment, travel, cultural load. Concurrency risk (DPSC apps) named
and managed.]

4. AC3 — Efficient and economical use of funds (3,500 chars + Indicative Activity Budget)

BUDGET SHAPE
[Budget ALL 6 YEARS regardless of posture - the department assigns term.
Equal thirds across the 3 primary areas. Systemic advocacy <=10%.
SCHADS rates + on-costs + indexation ~3.2% (the costing kit that won the
Inclusion NT quote).]

REMOTE COST HONESTY
[Real remote loadings: travel, vehicle, interpreter costs (AIS day rates),
accommodation. Under-costing remote delivery is a known assessor red flag -
and the refuters caught DPSC concepts 2-3x under on exactly this. Cost it true.]

VALUE = GEOGRAPHIC MATCH
[The guidelines reward presence where priorities are. Cost per client in very
remote NT vs the alternative (fly-in services or nothing). DAS's marginal cost
of coverage beats any new entrant's setup cost.]

SUSTAINABILITY
[Handle the uncontracted NDAP DoV head-on: extension offered + accepted +
operating; transition planned. Diversified funding base (NT DAIS to 2029,
other lines). No general admin subsidy ask.]

5. Evidence to assemble (week 1)

IVO/DEX continuity numbers (clients, regions, First Nations %, interpreter use) — defensible only
Speaking Up restructure run-rate (Mar–Jun 2026) — also serves DPSC AC2
Q&S consortium description + governance one-pager
Mission attachment draft
SCHADS rate card + remote loading table (shared workbook with the DPSC budgets)
Letters/in-principles per posture (B/C only)

6. Questions for Grant.ATM (if needed — by ~9 Jul)

Whether a solo applicant with extensive remote coverage can access the 6-year term (test the lane).
Dual-holding DASP + DPSC confirmation (if not already clear from guidelines re-read).
(Posture C) Any guidance on consortium composition weighting where an ACCO is a member vs lead.