❓ This WA parliamentary question seeks clarification on sound practices and innovative contracting approaches used by the Department of Housing and Works, particularly in relation to the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme. The answer details the department's tendering processes and consideration of alternative contracting methods.
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STATE BUDGET - DIVISION 35 - HOUSING AND WORKS - MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS FOR 2005-06
I refer to the answer to question on notice 3529 of 2006. (1) What are the sound practices referred to? (2) What innovative contracting approaches are being considered? Hon ADELE FARINA
I refer to the answer to question on notice 3529 of 2006. (1) What are the sound practices referred to? (2) What innovative contracting approaches are being considered? Hon ADELE FARINA
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On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works, I thank the member for some notice of this question. In view of the length of the answer, which also includes a table, I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
(1) What are the sound practices referred to? (2) What innovative contracting approaches are being considered? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works, I thank the member for some notice of this question. In view of the length of the answer, which also includes a table, I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
(2) What innovative contracting approaches are being considered? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works, I thank the member for some notice of this question. In view of the length of the answer, which also includes a table, I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
Hon ADELE FARINA replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works, I thank the member for some notice of this question. In view of the length of the answer, which also includes a table, I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works, I thank the member for some notice of this question. In view of the length of the answer, which also includes a table, I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
[See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors.
For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors.
(1) What are the sound practices referred to? (2) What innovative contracting approaches are being considered? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works, I thank the member for some notice of this question. In view of the length of the answer, which also includes a table, I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
(2) What innovative contracting approaches are being considered? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works, I thank the member for some notice of this question. In view of the length of the answer, which also includes a table, I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
Hon ADELE FARINA replied: On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works, I thank the member for some notice of this question. In view of the length of the answer, which also includes a table, I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Housing and Works, I thank the member for some notice of this question. In view of the length of the answer, which also includes a table, I seek leave to table the document and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
Leave granted. [See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
[See paper 1804.] I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question. 1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
1) The Department of Housing and Works manages its purchasing and tendering activities through a controlled process methodology based on Quality Assurance procedures. These processes incorporate formal financial approval delegations and the buying rules contained in the Department’s Tendering Thresholds & Processes For Construction And Associated Consultancy Contracts Policy which include the following requirements: Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
Monetary Threshold Minimum Contract Establishment Method Up to $1,000 Direct purchase - obtain a minimum of one (1) verbal quotation. $1,001 - $9,999 Verbal quotations - obtain a minimum of three (3) verbal quotations. $10,000 - $99,999 Written quotations - issue sufficient requests for written quotations to ensure that at least three (3) quotations are received. $100,000 and above Public tendering - use public tendering processes, which may involve Requests for Tender, Requests for Proposals and/or Expressions of Interest (EOI). Where warranted the Department has used these processes to establish Panel contracts for a range of consistently used building consultancy services. For building works the Department operates a pre-qualification system based on value and complexity of works. This allows the Department to target tender requests to contractors with appropriate skills, experience and financial capacity. These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors. 2) The Department is considering approaches such as the parcelling-up of like projects or projects in a close proximity. It is also considering opportunities from combining a range of activities in a particular location such as maintenance projects, housing and public buildings - this may have particular benefits in remote areas of the State. As these often involve different forms of contract, any tendering and contracting solutions may have to varied from the traditional single-tender single-contract approach. For example, to accommodate the differences in the stages of each separate project, the Fitzroy Crossing pilot scheme is being progressed on the basis of a single tender with two different contract types - a traditional Australian Standard 2124 - General Conditions of Contract contract for the fully documented project and an Australian Standard 4916 - Construction Management General Conditions of Contract contract for the later project. This latter approach is a well-known contracting solution that is used in the commercial and mining sector and was supported by the contractor forum undertaken during the procurement planning process. This methodology is being supported with the assistance of private sector community consultation and liaison, cost planning and legal drafting services.
These process rules may be varied in order to adopt some innovation or to seek a better value-for-money solution for the State. In such cases review and approval is required from a high-level officer, and for significant projects will first require the development of a formal procurement plan. The Department’s tendering activities are overseen by a Tendering Committee which includes an external representative with industry experience. For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors.
For the pilot scheme at Fitzroy Crossing referred to in the previous question these processes have included the development of a formal procurement plan and the endorsement of that plan by the Tender Committee. In addition the Department undertook wider industry consultation through the Master Builders Association and a discussion forum with contractors drawn from appropriately pre-qualified contractors.
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