Department of Justice

997.2526

Tuesday 17 February 2026 (E. Australia Standard Time)

Tuesday 17 March 2026 02:00 PM (E. Australia Standard Time) CLOSED

Tuesday 10 March 2026 02:00 PM (E. Australia Standard Time)

Tuesday 28 April 2026 (E. Australia Standard Time)

Department of Justice

50 Ann St
Brisbane City, Queensland 4000
Australia

https://www.justice.qld.gov.au/

At the Department of Justice, our mission is to create a fairer, safer, and more inclusive Queensland for everyone. We focus on enhancing the efficiency of our justice system by reducing court waiting times, bolstering victim support services, and investing in technological advancements. Our efforts extend to preventing violence against women and girls, offering vital support to victims, and safeguarding the Queensland community from potential harm.

Naia Soares

Senior Procurement Officer

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naiara.soares@justice.qld.gov.au

The Department of Justice (DoJ), in response to recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, established an intermediary scheme in Queensland to support children under 16 years and adults with an impairment of the mind or communication difficulty who are the complainants of, or witnesses to, child sexual offences. The Queensland Intermediary Scheme (QIS) does this by providing intermediaries to assess the witness and make recommendations to police and the courts about how to communicate with them to obtain their best evidence.

An intermediary’s role is to facilitate communication between the witness and police during a police investigation and/or the witness and courts during criminal proceedings. Intermediaries are not expert witnesses, advocates, support persons or language interpreters, but are independent officers of the court.

The QIS is facilitated by provisions in the Evidence Act 1977 (the Act), the Evidence Regulation 2017 (Regulation) and Practice Direction No 7 of 2021 and primarily operates in the Brisbane and Cairns regions.

The scheme is currently legislated to operate in in two locations - Brisbane and Cairns - however in some instances, intermediaries might be engaged to assist in other geographical locations or for other offence types – for example sexual offences committed against adults; serious domestic and family violence matters and other serious violent offences.

• Queensland
  1: Brisbane
  2: Far North
  3: Gold Coast
  4: Northern
  5: Sunshine Coast

All Regions of Service locations are within Australia.

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Please note: The following addendum has been recently added.

1. Added: (Addendum) 997.2526 Intermediaries - Addendum #1.pdf

Please consider this addendum when responding.

Please note: The following addendum has been recently added.

1. Added: (Addendum) 997.2526 Intermediaries - Addendum #2.pdf

Please consider this addendum when responding.

The Department of Justice would like to advise those interested in applying for the Intermediary Panel of Qualified Communication Specialists that the current tender opportunity under VP498535 has been cancelled and a new Request for Quote (RFQ) has been released under VP499858.

The re-issued opportunity includes new RFQ documentation aligned to the new Queensland Procurement Policy 2026.

Applicants are responsible for ensuring the new RFQ documents are downloaded and the correct response documents submitted to apply for the scheme. Any responses already drafted, should be transitioned to the new RFQ documents.

In consideration of this change, Applications will now close on 24 March 2026.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Thank you

Naia Soares