ICN Victoria
We connect local Victorian business to project and networking opportunities to help local win.
Partnering with government to implement the Local Jobs First policy and Social Procurement Framework (SPF) our role is to activate fair opportunity for SMEs to compete for work on major projects.
Our expertise in business capability and identifying local content opportunities is through our extensive engagement with Victorian industry by our team of Industry Advisers, making us the trusted adviser to government and industry.
To connect to project opportunities join ICN Gateway and our Events program
Our VMC system is available to support the tendering phase for Agencies, submission of Local Industry Development Plans and reporting for Agencies, lead contractors and supply chain.
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Upcoming events In Victoria
ICN Victoria Grand Prix
ICN Victoria is bringing this popular speaker event back to the Grand Prix racetrack in 2023
VRET2 Horsham Solar Farm Industry Briefing Program
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“Polytec actively engages with ICN Victoria and would recommend to any business wanting to better understand the Government and private project tendering processes to do the same. In addition, their knowledge and contacts continue to open up other business opportunities for us.”
“Through this exercise that Grant Jennings facilitated in Winton, I saw a path to flourish the renewable industry here in Australia. We are already uniting forces to push for local content in Australia.
We have been able to form very positive relationships with Australian steel mills.”
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“Insulpak has enjoyed many years of working with ICN and its collaborative partners to better understand commercial air-conditioning projects and government requirement for Victorian projects and tenders.
Being able to access the ICN Industry Advisers for support is something that is valued by Insulpak estimators and all our local subcontractors and suppliers.”
“If you’re interested in social procurement, this is an absolute must read!! Well done to the Industry Capability Network – Victoria and the various organisations that contributed to this outstanding publication which highlights the impact and opportunities of Victoria’s social procurement framework.”
“Offering someone a job and being able to witness the positive changes it makes in their lives, is an extremely powerful experience… It’s the flow-on affect a job creates for individuals.
It provides a sense of purpose and self-worth and a reason for someone to get out of bed every morning.
ICN Victoria’s Social Procurement Program provides support and guidance on making these opportunities happen.”
“Winning work on projects such as Chisholm Road, available through ICN Gateway, has allowed Wamarra to employ more people and has provided a training ground for our people to gain new skills in a range of construction areas.”
One of the problems we have as an SME is how do we project ourselves out into the marketplace. We think we’ve got some good expertise in certain areas, and how do we get people to understand our capabilities and what our business is.
The networking part of it (industry events) is quite important to us and the ICN, over the journey since 1984 – what’s that 36 years – the ICN has always been a completely valuable part of our network and getting our name out there.
“ICN has supported John Holland by connecting us with local suppliers, and in particular suppliers that can help us deliver the social procurement targets on the Chisholm Road Prison Project. The Industry Briefing that ICN ran for us was a fantastic forum for the project team to engage with interested local suppliers.”
“The Barwon & Great South Coast Showcase webinar has been another successful event by ICN, which helps connect businesses like John Holland to regional and local companies who have shown interest in our projects. It is important to us to engage local businesses and social enterprises on our projects, especially in a time where we need to see small and medium enterprises supported throughout the current pandemic”
“VMC is a valuable system that helps us to be more efficient with policy processes and reporting.”
“A Ministerial information request that would have taken 2 days to compile pre-VMC, only took 10 minutes to answer with data from VMC”
“I was very impressed with the level of assistance and support provided by both James Ewenson on the LIDP and indeed Nelson Feng on general monitoring/reporting requirements. All were very professional and could respond to my queries comprehensively, yet in an easy-to-understand manner. It was a pleasure dealing with all of them.”
“Through ICN, we’ve won work on the Metro trains project, the Cross Yarra Partnership and the GovHub. We were also introduced to Downer Group by ICN. We now have a 5-year contract working on a metropolitan roads asset maintenance program in Melbourne.”
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Phone 03 9864 6700
Email Info@icnvic.org.au
The ICN Victoria head office is in Melbourne and home to our Client Services, Communications and Marketing, Corporate/Administration, Industry Engagement, Policy Implementation and Programs, Process and Systems teams.Phone 0407 505 477
Email PmcCracken@icnvic.org.au
Peter McCracken is the Regional Industry Advisor for Barwon and Great South Coast. Peter has extensive experience in manufacturing - particularly in the automotive sector - with roles covering business development/sales, training, installation, and production. Peter has worked at the Ford Motor Company, at which he held a range of roles from electrical to plant supervisor. Peter then moved onto both technical and business development roles with companies such as Clipsal, Schneider Electric and Eaton Industries.Phone 0438 411 129
Grant Jennings is the Regional Industry Advisor for Greater Shepparton and Hume. Grant has extensive manufacturing experience within various sectors such as technology, biomedical, construction and recycling. This included several years located in the USA working for a large global technology company, including roles such as manufacturing manager and plant manager. Formal qualifications include a business degree from Charles Sturt University and Cert IV in Electronics from Box Hill TAFE. Growing up on a dairy farm in regional Victoria has provided the background to understanding regional living and the importance of opportunity and regional economic growth.Phone 0438 753 428
Email CYoung@icnvic.org.au
Colin Young is the Regional Industry Advisor for Gippsland. Colin has an extensive background in the energy sector, including more than 25 years as Engineering Manager at Victoria’s largest power station, Loy Yang A. As a long-term local resident of Gippsland, Colin has a passion for regional business with a particular focus on helping them transition to renewable energy opportunities as they emerge.Phone 0409 182 952
Email NMorton@icnvic.org.au
Noel Morton is the Regional Industry Advisor for Loddon Mallee. Noel has a strong background in the Defence sector and is passionate about the history of Australian manufacturing. Noel is a Fitter & Machinist by trade and spent around 28 years working for the Commonwealth Government Ordnance group and later Australian Defence Industries in Bendigo. Noel’s involvement during that time included designing and manufacturing heavy military ordnance and large civil infrastructure components, for example. During his time in the Defence sector working on specialist military vehicles, Noel had direct engagement with ICN Victoria (then the ISO) and could see the great value it had in supporting buyers on major projects as well as increasing opportunity for local manufacturers.Phone 0418 994 288
Email GHolding@icnvic.org.au
Garry Holding is the Regional Industry Advisor for Ballarat and the Grampians. Having lived and worked there most of his life. Garry’s working career has been in a diverse range of areas including business ownership and management, workplace training, managing an RTO delivering Government programs to business, business development, and manufacturing. Garry is passionate about helping local win. He thoroughly enjoys this role and being part of a dedicated professional team focussed on helping business grow is full of rewards.
