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Consultancy contracts let during 2008–09 of $10,000 or more (inclusive of GST)

The Commission engages consultancy services in circumstances where it requires particular expertise that is not available internally.

    Number of new consultancies let 1st July 2008 to 30th June 2009
Consultant Name Description Contract Price Selection process(1) Justification (2) Start Date End Date Actual Expenditure

(1) Explanation of selection process terms drawn from the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines December 2008): 

  • Open Tender: A procurement procedure in which a request for tender is published inviting all businesses that satisfy the conditions for participation to submit tenders. Public tenders are listed on the Australian Government AusTender internet site.
  • Select Tender: A procurement procedure in which the procuring agency selects which potential suppliers are invited to submit tenders. Tenders are invited from a short list of competent suppliers.
  • Direct Sourcing: A form of restricted tendering, available only under certain defined circumstances, with a single potential supplier or suppliers being invited to bid because of their unique expertise and/or their special ability to supply the goods and/
  • Panel: An arrangement under which a number of suppliers, usually selected through a single procurement process, may each supply property or services to an agency as specified in the panel arrangements. 

(2) Justification for decision to use consultancy:

A. skills currently unavailable within agency

B. need for specialised or professional skills

C. need for independent research or assessment
Griffith University Curriculum refresh 50,600 Select Tender C 1/07/2008 10/09/2008 50,600
Tarcus Pty Ltd Intranet scoping study 51,590 Open Tender B 14/10/2008 30/06/2009 51,590
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Internal audit services 176,000 Open Tender A 9/12/2008 30/11/2010 9,108
The Nous Group Review of the Commissions' operations outside of Canberra 32,450 Select Tender C 14/05/2009 30/06/2009 32,450
Workplace Research Associates Review of APSC work level standards 39,997 Direct Sourcing A 25/06/2009 31/07/2009 21,175
Robin Ryde Program design work for senior leadership interventions 16,400 Select Tender B 14/06/2009 18/06/2009 16,400
Paul Hickey Consulting Pty Ltd Review financial position 26,675 Direct Sourcing C 22/05/2009 1/06/2009 22,000
Orima Research Pty Ltd SES off-site programs evaluation 27,170 Open Tender C 11/05/2009 29/06/2009 10,835
RSM Bird Cameron Review of RFT process 26,950 Direct Sourcing C 17/04/2009 1/06/2009 26,950
Fellows Medlock & Associates APSC Enterprise Agreement 44,000 Direct Sourcing A 2/04/2009 30/09/2009 29,529
Total contracts 10 Total 491,832         270,637

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