❓ Hon Martin Aldridge asks about the expenditure, local contractor allocation, and job creation resulting from the $99.9 million allocated in 2019-20 for the 'Major maintenance blitz' school package. The answer provides a breakdown by education region, including actual expenditure, percentage of contracts to local contractors, and the number of jobs created.
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I refer to question on
notice 2517, regarding "Major maintenance blitz: New job-creating school package unveiled", and the $99,900,000 allocated for 2019-20, and I ask: (a) how much has been spent by education region; (b) what percentage was allocated to local contractors in
each education region; and (c) how many jobs were created in each region?
notice 2517, regarding "Major maintenance blitz: New job-creating school package unveiled", and the $99,900,000 allocated for 2019-20, and I ask: (a) how much has been spent by education region; (b) what percentage was allocated to local contractors in
each education region; and (c) how many jobs were created in each region?
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Answered
8 September 2020
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
9 days
The McGowan Government’s $200 million School Maintenance Blitz program has provided funding to every public school in Western Australia for high priority maintenance, upgrades or refurbishments.
Every school has been allocated a share in $35 million for school led projects. Schools have been able to acquit this funding using the McGowan Government’s Direct to Market framework, which allows schools to engage local contactors directly. Ninety-eight percent of the contracts awarded to-date have been to Western Australian based businesses. The vast majority of the regional works to-date have been procured by the Department of Finance through its regional offices using its regionally focused ‘service alliance’ framework, which comprises a large network of local suppliers who are capable of undertaking low-value works. The remaining $165 million has been allocated to schools for targeted maintenance works, upgrades and refurbishments.
The Maintenance Blitz funding continues to be rolled out in schools across Western Australia.
(a)-(c)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Education Region
Actual Expenditure
2019-20
$000
Percentage of
Contracts**
Number of Jobs
Goldfields
3 202
67.7%
50
Kimberley
1 944
59.8%
30
Midwest
2 645
81.8%
41
North Metropolitan
22 481
49.8%
354
Pilbara
2 556
58.7%
40
South Metropolitan
26 372
53.7%
415
South West
7 830
74.2%
123
Wheatbelt
5 110
61.7%
80
**Excludes number of contracts / value of works procured directly by schools.
Every school has been allocated a share in $35 million for school led projects. Schools have been able to acquit this funding using the McGowan Government’s Direct to Market framework, which allows schools to engage local contactors directly. Ninety-eight percent of the contracts awarded to-date have been to Western Australian based businesses. The vast majority of the regional works to-date have been procured by the Department of Finance through its regional offices using its regionally focused ‘service alliance’ framework, which comprises a large network of local suppliers who are capable of undertaking low-value works. The remaining $165 million has been allocated to schools for targeted maintenance works, upgrades and refurbishments.
The Maintenance Blitz funding continues to be rolled out in schools across Western Australia.
(a)-(c)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Education Region
Actual Expenditure
2019-20
$000
Percentage of
Contracts**
Number of Jobs
Goldfields
3 202
67.7%
50
Kimberley
1 944
59.8%
30
Midwest
2 645
81.8%
41
North Metropolitan
22 481
49.8%
354
Pilbara
2 556
58.7%
40
South Metropolitan
26 372
53.7%
415
South West
7 830
74.2%
123
Wheatbelt
5 110
61.7%
80
**Excludes number of contracts / value of works procured directly by schools.
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