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❓ Mr Marmion questions the Treasurer regarding the construction contract for Perth Children's Hospital, specifically focusing on costs, variations, and disputed amounts. The Treasurer provides some figures but declines to comment on disputed costs due to ongoing court proceedings.

AnsweredQoN 6245Legislative Assembly

Asked

17 June 2020

Member

Mr W.R. Marmion

Portfolio

Treasurer; Minister for Finance; Aboriginal Affairs; Lands

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I refer to the construction contract for the construction of Perth Children's Hospital in the electorate of Nedlands, and ask: (a) What was the original tender price for the construction of Perth Children's Hospital; (b) What was the total additional cost of all approved cost variations due to any change in scope of the contract initiated by the government and how many variation orders did this number; (c) What was the additional cost of all cost variation orders for non-scope changes approved by the government during construction and how many did this number; (d) What is the total disputed cost of all unapproved variation order requests by the contractor and how many does this number; (e) What additional contract works were required to complete the construction and fit-out of Perth Children's Hospital outside the Main Contractor works and what was the cost of these works; and (f) Will the $13 million remaining in the Perth Children's Hospital Special Purpose Account, as reported in the 2019-20 Quarterly Financial Results Report in March, be sufficient to cover the total disputed variation orders submitted by the contractor?

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Answered

11 August 2020

Response time

5 days

(a)     $851 million (excluding GST);
(b)     $65,546,014 (excluding GST) – 320 variation orders;
(c)     nil; and
(d-f) as the matter is currently before the Court, no public comment can be made at this time.

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