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Section 7 Other information, consultancy service contract list
Listing of Consultancy services of $10 000 and greater let during the period
The Management and Accountability section of the Department's 2005–06 Annual Report contains a summary of the Department's policy on the selection and engagement of consultants, its selection procedures, and information about the main categories of purposes for which consultants were engaged.
The list below contains the following details for all consultancy contracts let by the Department during 2005–06 to the value of $10 000 or more (inclusive of GST):
- the name of the consultant;
- a summary description of the nature and purpose of the consultancy;
- the originally agreed GST-inclusive total fixed contract price for the consultancy (or in some cases, actual expenditure for the financial year – see below);
- the selection process used, including whether the consultancy was publicly advertised; and
- the justification for the decision to employ consultancy services.
The Selection process and reasons for engagement column of the list contains codes describing the selection process used and the justification for the decision to employ consultancy services. The codes are as follows:
- 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 sought from the marketplace using national and major metropolitan newspaper advertising and the Australian Government AusTender website.
- 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/or services sought.
- 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. Tenders are sought from suppliers that have pre-qualified on the agency panels to supply to the government. This category includes standing offers and supplier panels where the consultant offers to supply goods and services for a pre-determined length of time, usually at a pre-arranged price.
Codes describing the justification for the decision to employ consultancy services:
- Departmental staff with the skills or knowledge needed to perform the task were not available to undertake the work.
- There was a need for specialised or professional skills to perform the work.
- Independent research or assessment was required.
Consultancies for advertising or market research services are included and are also listed in Appendix 8, Advertising and Market Research, of the Department's Annual Report.
| Name of the consultant | Summary description of the nature and purpose of the consultancy | GST inclusive commissioned cost | Selection process used (market approach method) | Justification for the decision to employ consultancy services |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William M Mercer Cullen Egan Dell | Investment advice for the Communications Fund | $10,000.00 | Select Tender | C |
| Australian Government Solicitor | Constitutional Advice | $10,635.90 | Panel | B |
| Big Black Dog Communications | Image and content development for CARP | $11,000.00 | Select Tender | B |
| Sensis Pty Ltd | Radio Frequency Ident Q's in index survey | $11,000.00 | Direct Sourcing | A |
| Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Advice on procurement tender | $11,521.95 | Panel | C |
| Phillips Fox | Drafting funding agreements - VOIP demonstration program | $12,076.90 | Panel | B |
| Mlcs Corporate | Audit of Yaita Warra Wodi | $12,430.00 | Select Tender | A |
| Sam Behr Design | M2006 Website Design & Development | $13,623.50 | Restricted | B |
| Big Black Dog Communications | Authoring & Development Australian Stories | $13,750.00 | Open Tender | B |
| Street Ryan & Associates | Review of Programs (Musgrave Park) | $13,750.00 | Select Tender | B |
| Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd | SE Wing Garden Project - Heritage analysis with recommendations for remedial long-term conservation. | $14,828.00 | Panel | C |
| Opticon Australia | Information Quality and ICT Productivity: An exploratory investigation | $14,998.50 | Direct Sourcing | A |
| Australian Capital Training Group | Finance training for line areas | $15,400.00 | Direct Sourcing | B |
| Peter Kennedy | Audit, Risk and Evaluation 05/06 | $16,000.00 | Direct Sourcing | C |
| Plain Central Services | PLR Survey | $16,031.50 | Direct Sourcing | A |
| Looking Glass Press | Spam Act 2003 Review - Design Work and Printing | $16,551.70 | Open Tender | B |
| Ouroboros Pty Ltd | Consultancy Assignment | $16,940.00 | Panel | A |
| Preston Rowe Paterson NSW Pty Ltd | Revaluation IP&E - Sept 05 | $18,000.00 | Sole | C |
| United Focus Pty Ltd | Radio Frequency Identification Case Study | $18,480.00 | Select Tender | A |
| Minter Ellison Lawyers | Review of Depts Contract & templates | $18,820.23 | Panel | B |
| Tony O’Connor T/A Butler Caroye | Identification of the Department’s travel needs. | $19,500.00 | Open Tender | A |
| Utility Services Corporation Limited Trading as Opticon | Assessing the technical feasibility and suitability of short-listed Information Technology Online (ITOL) Program Round 14 | $19,844.00 | Panel | B |
| Blake Dawson Waldron | Advice on funding agreement | $20,000.00 | Panel | B |
| Emergency Preparedness Capacity Builders | Communications Sector Infrastructure Assurance Advisory Group Desktop Exercise 'Exercise Eclipse' | $20,697.66 | Select Tender | B |
| Anthony J Shaw | Advice on operational separation pricing tools | $21,450.00 | Direct Sourcing | C |
| Protiviti Pty Ltd | Review of Administration of Ministerial Correspondence | $21,941.70 | Panel | B |
| Fire Safety Strategy | Preparation of OPH fire strategy plan | $22,000.00 | Direct Sourcing | A |
| Squiz.Net | Web development for e-Security Portal | $22,000.00 | Direct Sourcing | C |
| Sensis Pty Ltd | e-Business research | $22,000.00 | Sole | A |
| McGrath Nicol & Partners | National School of Indigenous Art discussion paper project | $22,440.00 | Panel | B |
| Joint Strategies | Consultancy services - PMS review | $22,880.00 | Direct Sourcing | B |
| Trowbridge Deliotte | Actuarial assessment of Long Service Leave liabilities | $23,100.00 | Restricted | A |
| Trade and Environment Solutions Pty Ltd | To support ICT industry consultations on trade issues. | $24,500.00 | Direct Sourcing | B |
| KPMG | MBBP | $27,030.00 | Open Tender | C |
| KPMG | Fee for media monitoring | $28,336.00 | Panel | B |
| United Focus Pty Ltd | Web Content Development for e-Security Portal targeted to the home user and SME audience | $29,179.96 | Direct Sourcing | C |
| Australian Government Solicitor | Negotiation of NRS Contracts and related advice | $29,323.10 | Panel | B |
| Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd | HMP Project - Risk Analysis - Completion of Risk Analysis based on National heritage values. | $29,425.00 | Panel | C |
| Convergent Consulting | Estimates of costs associated with providing MBBP services | $29,700.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Srm Australia Pty Ltd | Security Review Consultancy | $31,150.90 | Select Tender | C |
| Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd | HMP Project - Value Zoning & Activity - Development and delivery of management zone platform. | $31,933.00 | Panel | C |
| Callpoint | Review of carrier network coverage | $32,835.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Blake Dawson Waldron | Drafting of new agreements | $34,225.28 | Panel | B |
| Innovative Industries | Research & Analysis SME participation and ICT | $34,420.00 | Open | A |
| The Trustee For C&D Horsley Trust | Evaluation of Community Phones Program Stage 1 | $35,000.00 | Panel | C |
| Ernst & Young | Professional Services | $35,000.00 | Panel | B |
| Securelink Pty Ltd | Development of Risk Management Framework for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Control Systems | $36,480.37 | Select Tender | C |
| Australian Government Solicitor | Preparation of tender documents | $37,481.68 | Panel | B |
| Galexia Pty Ltd | To provide an analysis of e-commerce legislation in Australia and Malaysia. | $37,598.00 | Direct Sourcing | A |
| Roy Morgan Research Pty Ltd | To supply telephone survey data in four regional locations regarding the connectivity of households to the Internet and broadband as well as patterns of use | $38,500.00 | Open Tender | A |
| Management Effect Pty Ltd | To run focus group in regional locations regarding use and take up of the Internet and broadband | $38,754.10 | Open Tender | A |
| Canterprise Limited | Measuring Australia's Productivity: Information Economy Issues | $39,000.00 | Open Tender | A |
| Phillips Fox | Drafting and negotiation of agreements. | $39,304.10 | Panel | B |
| McGrath Nicol & Partners | BIA Consultancy | $39,600.00 | Open | B |
| Acumen Alliance | Revision of WDH Plans | $39,999.99 | Panel | B |
| S-Comm Australia | M2006 Evaluation of AG Branding | $40,000.00 | Select Tender | B |
| Positive Solutions | Review of National Performing Arts Touring | $41,300.00 | Select Tender | C |
| Rushton Group | Updated advice on 03/04 asset revaluation | $42,623.08 | Sole | C |
| Artd | Appraisal of Art Indemnity Australia | $43,726.00 | Open Tender | B |
| Australian Communications Industry | To develop strategies for transitioning to NGN | $44,000.00 | Direct Sourcing | B |
| Wallis Consulting | IT&C User Survey | $45,000.00 | Panel | A |
| Acumen Alliance | Review of readiness for FMAA compliance Certification | $45,056.00 | Restricted from a Panel | C |
| McGrath Nicol & Partners | Art Indemnity Australia Research Project | $46,200.00 | Panel | C |
| KPMG | Development of Report - Leading Practice and Guidelines for Enterprise Security Governance | $46,320.00 | Open Tender | C |
| McGrath Nicol & Partners | Review of Trust (Bundanon) | $46,420.00 | Panel | B |
| Convergent Consulting | Services for the assessment of the costs of establishing and operating network transmission infrastructure for the provision of digital radio services in the state capital markets. | $47,190.00 | Panel | A |
| Conservation Works Pty Ltd | Chambers Scoping Study - Condition assessment with recommendations for conservation and use. | $49,830.00 | Panel | A |
| Freeman Ryan Design Pty Ltd | Parliament at War exhibition - Design, fabricate and install | $50,000.00 | Select Tender | A |
| Acumen Alliance | Broadband Connect procedural manual | $50,000.00 | Panel | A |
| Mapinfo | Rebuild of web mapping facility | $50,000.00 | Select Tender | A |
| Anthony J Shaw | General Advice on Op Sep | $50,000.00 | Direct Sourcing | C |
| Positive Solutions | Review of AYO and ANAM | $53,225.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Meyrick Consulting Group Pty Ltd | Measuring Australia's Productivity: Information Economy Issues | $54,500.00 | Direct Sourcing | A |
| Queensland University Of Technology | Development of Report - Examination of e-Security R&D capability and issues for future examination | $55,000.00 | Select Tender | C |
| Stamford Interactive | Web Architecture Project | $57,651.40 | Select Tender | A |
| Australian Government Solicitor | Legal advice (DAB) | $58,935.08 | Panel | B |
| International Economics Unit Trust | Digital Content Industry Futures Report Supplementary Work | $59,950.00 | Select Tender | B |
| Reputation Pty Ltd | Australian Government Issues Management and Crisis Scenario Planning (Non-Security) for M2006 Games | $61,231.50 | Open Tender | C |
| Social Change Online Pty Ltd | Design and development of e-strategy guide for non-profit organisations | $62,000.00 | Open Tender | A |
| Internet Industry Association | Authentication Project involving the investigation of two factor authentication technologies with a particular focus on privacy, security and liability | $63,800.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Roy Morgan Research | Consumer Focus Group research of online trust | $64,737.00 | Open Tender | A |
| Walter Turnbull | HiBIS audits | $65,000.00 | Panel | C |
| Environmetrics Pty Ltd | OPH Café Survey Report - April-June 2005 | $66,488.00 | Direct Sourcing | A |
| Dominic Downie & Associates Pty Ltd | Consultancy services | $68,495.00 | Direct Sourcing | B |
| ANU - The Centre For Law And Economics | Information Economy New Research Directions | $69,555.00 | Open Tender | A |
| Community Information Strategies Australia Incorporated | Development of a possible model for a national non-profit ICT coalition | $70,000.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Australian Government Solicitor | Legal advice (CCIF) | $74,498.72 | Panel | B |
| Convergent Consulting | Investigate NGN deployment | $75,000.00 | Open Tender | B |
| Walter Turnbull | Desktop Hardware tender process | $75,000.00 | Panel | C |
| Infocommunications International Pty Ltd | Reimbursement for travel costs associated with providing consultancy services to the APEC Secretariat | $76,287.20 | Direct Sourcing | A |
| Ouroboros Pty Ltd | IT Security Review | $77,000.00 | Panel | A |
| Australian Communications And Media Authority (ACMA) (Formerly Australian Communications Authority) | Australian Internet Security Initiative - Contribution to ACMA to engage Gordon Cramer (consultant) for national roadshow on educating small business on elements of the spam act and related e-security issues | $77,000.00 | Sole | A |
| Bill Ross & Associates P/L | Start up Project Manager for NAISDA relocation and refurbishment | $78,524.00 | Select Tender | B |
| Xact Consultants | Consultancy service to assist the Dept to finalise its input to the Function Design Brief | $79,200.00 | Select Tender | A |
| Braithwaite, Steiner & Pretty | Recruitment of AFC CEO | $80,000.00 | Direct Sourcing | C |
| Clayton Utz | Legal advice relating to funding agreements | $80,000.00 | Panel | B |
| Ryan Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd | Mechanical Services | $81,031.94 | Open Tender | A |
| Sift Pty Ltd | Development of Report - IT Security Skills Accreditation in Australia. | $83,800.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Wallis Consulting | Client Service Survey 2004-05 and 2005-06 | $84,413.50 | Panel | A |
| Origin Communications | Audience Research on Indigenous Television Programming | $88,000.00 | Open Tender | A |
| Sift Pty Ltd | Development of Report - Managing Denial of Service Attacks | $89,528.00 | Open Tender | C |
| International Economics Unit Trust | Exploration of future Electronic Payment | $99,744.00 | Open Tender | A |
| McGrath Nicol & Partners | Examination of Opera Services | $103,224.00 | Panel | C |
| Insight Economics | Impacts of Public ICT R&D in Australia | $105,640.00 | Open | A |
| Convergent Consulting | Technical cost analysis of the digital conversion of self-help retransmission and direct-to-home facilities | $106,240.00 | Open Tender | B |
| Haystac Public Affairs | Public relations and communications services with respect to the National Awareness Initiative | $107,800.00 | Panel | C |
| Network Strategies | Feasibility Study | $110,000.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Antz Consulting | Project Manager - Budget and Reporting Tool | $125,000.00 | Restricted from a Panel | C |
| Antz Consulting | Project Manager - Budget and Reporting Tool | $125,000.00 | Restricted from a Panel | |
| Australian Government Solicitor | Probity Advice for NRS | $130,000.00 | Panel | C |
| Blake Dawson Waldron | Advice - funding agreement with Bushcom Contractual advice | $136,363.64 | Panel | C |
| Gibson Qaui Aas | Business and technical consultant | $140,000.00 | Open Tender | B |
| Quantum Market Research | Market research for consumer information campaign | $148,399.10 | Select Tender | A |
| Walter Turnbull | HiBIS and Broadband Connect random audits | $150,000.00 | Panel | C |
| Walter Turnbull | Assessment of provider applications under HiBIS and Broadband Connect | $155,000.00 | Panel | C |
| Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Drafting and negotiation of agreements and related advice | $160,000.00 | Panel | |
| KPMG | HM Bark Endeavour | $160,078.00 | Panel | A |
| Allen Consulting Group | Review of Provision of Telecommunications Disability Equipment | $162,000.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Australian Government Solicitor | Legal Services for travel contract | $167,484.41 | Panel | A |
| Blake Dawson Waldron | Best Practice Guide - Capping ICT Suppliers | $168,951.20 | Open | A |
| Gavin Jones Communications | RTI Campaign | $197,000.00 | Select Tender | B |
| Whitehorse Strategic Group | Study on Australian Software Industry | $198,454.00 | Open | A |
| Ovum Pty Ltd | Technology Pathways for Connect Australia | $200,931.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Enex Test Lab | Hosting and maintenance of data speed testing facility and technical advice | $236,000.00 | Direct Sourcing | C |
| RMIT Training | Hosting and maintenance of data speed testing facility and technical advice | $365,000.00 | Open Tender | C |
| Cox Inall Communications | PR for the RTI campaign | $375,079.00 | Select Tender | B |
| KPMG | Review of funding adequacy and efficiency of the ABC | $417,000.00 | Open Tender | C |
| KPMG | Internal Audit Services | $434,232.89 | Open Tender | C |
| Py Media Aboriginal Media | Regional Agents to assist in the delivery of the Community Phones Subsidy Scheme to remote Indigenous communities | $502,400.00 | Open | B |
| Curriculum Corporation | Extension of ELR Survey | $707,424.74 | Direct Sourcing | A |
| United Focus Pty Ltd | Preparation of case studies for e-businessguide.gov.au, Content maintenance activities for the e-business guide website, Updating the ‘Getting Started’ booklet, Content maintenance activities for the e-business guide website | $1,014,443.00 | Open | A |
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