APPENDICES
Appendix J: Grant programs and consultancy services
This appendix provides statistics on grant programs and consultancies, as stipulated in the Requirements for Annual Reports for Departments, Executive Agencies and FMA Act Bodies.
Grant programs
Old Parliament House managed no grant programs, and as a result made no grants, in 2010–11.
Consultancy services
Table 25 provides details of all consultancy contracts let by the agency in 2010–11 to the value of $10,000 or more (inclusive of GST).
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 generally sought from 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 (this includes tenders submitted through Multi Use Lists). This procurement process may only be used under certain defined circumstances.
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, initially selected through an open tender process, may each supply property or services to an agency as specified in the panel arrangements. Quotes are sought from suppliers that have prequalified on the agency panels to supply to the government. This category includes standing offers and supplier panels where the supply of goods and services may be provided for a pre-determined length of time, usually at a pre-arranged price.
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
3 Advertising and market research consultancy, also listed in Table 26 in Appendix K.