❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details about the Albany Wave Energy Project tender process, including the number of bidders, their compliance, and ocean floor licensing. The Minister provides some details but withholds commercially sensitive information.
AnsweredQoN 4826Legislative Assembly
Asked
19 February 2019
Member
Portfolio
Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Ports; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
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I refer to the Albany Wave Energy Project and ask: (a) How many prospective proponents were tendered for the Albany Wave Energy Project; (b) Of these, how many were conforming bids that met the tender requirements; (c) How many were non-conforming bids, that didn’t meet the tender requirements; (d) Can the Minister confirm that each unsuccessful bidder qualified their proposal with a plan to secure access to licenced ocean floor for the purposes of a Wave Energy Project; (e) If so, can the Minister disclose where each of the unsuccessful proposals was to secure licensed ocean floor for the purposes of a Wave Energy Project; and (f) Given the request for proposal asks for a wave energy convertor device in close proximity to the Albany Wind Farm, can the Minister suggest how a proponent other than Carnegie (who has an ocean floor license) would meet this criteria?
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Answered
12 March 2019
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Regional Development; Agriculture and Food; Ports; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
Response time
3 days
(a) Five.
(b) Four, of which one was classified as partially meeting the criteria.
(c) One.
(d) – (e) It is not appropriate to disclose the details of the unsuccessful proposals, and the tender guidelines set the expectation that such information would be kept confidential.
(f) The State Government was explicit that the wave energy convertor installation was acceptable anywhere in the general Albany area. That was made clear in the Addendum Advice issued on Tenders WA on 8 August 2017 while the Request for Proposal was still open.
(b) Four, of which one was classified as partially meeting the criteria.
(c) One.
(d) – (e) It is not appropriate to disclose the details of the unsuccessful proposals, and the tender guidelines set the expectation that such information would be kept confidential.
(f) The State Government was explicit that the wave energy convertor installation was acceptable anywhere in the general Albany area. That was made clear in the Addendum Advice issued on Tenders WA on 8 August 2017 while the Request for Proposal was still open.
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