❓ A parliamentary question seeks detailed information on non-compliant job orders paid by the Department of Housing to housing maintenance head contractors, including Transfield, Lake Maintenance, and Programmed Facility Management, between July 2010 and February 2012. The response provides some figures but indicates ongoing audits limit complete answers.
AnsweredQoN 7740Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many non-compliant job orders were paid by the Department of Housing to the following housing maintenance head contractors between 1 July 2010 and 29 February 2012 to:
(a) Transfield;
(b) Lake Maintenance; and
(c) Programmed Facility Management?
(2) What was the total value of job orders paid by the Department of Housing to the following Homeswest housing maintenance head contractors between 1 July 2010 and 29 February 2012 to:
(a) Transfield;
(b) Lake Maintenance; and
(c) Programmed Facility Management?
(3) How many non-compliant job orders were paid by the Department of Housing to housing maintenance head contractors between:
(a) 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2010;
(b) 1 January 2011 to 30 June 2011;
(c) 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011; and
(d) 1 January 2012 to 29 February 2012?
(4) How many non-compliant job orders paid by the Department of Housing to the following housing maintenance head contractors have been recovered by the Department of Housing from:
(a) Transfield;
(b) Lake Maintenance; and
(c) Programmed Facility Management?
(5) What is the value of non-compliant job orders recovered by the Department of Housing from the following housing maintenance head contractors:
(a) Transfield;
(b) Lake Maintenance; and
(c) Programmed Facility Management?
(a) Transfield;
(b) Lake Maintenance; and
(c) Programmed Facility Management?
(2) What was the total value of job orders paid by the Department of Housing to the following Homeswest housing maintenance head contractors between 1 July 2010 and 29 February 2012 to:
(a) Transfield;
(b) Lake Maintenance; and
(c) Programmed Facility Management?
(3) How many non-compliant job orders were paid by the Department of Housing to housing maintenance head contractors between:
(a) 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2010;
(b) 1 January 2011 to 30 June 2011;
(c) 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011; and
(d) 1 January 2012 to 29 February 2012?
(4) How many non-compliant job orders paid by the Department of Housing to the following housing maintenance head contractors have been recovered by the Department of Housing from:
(a) Transfield;
(b) Lake Maintenance; and
(c) Programmed Facility Management?
(5) What is the value of non-compliant job orders recovered by the Department of Housing from the following housing maintenance head contractors:
(a) Transfield;
(b) Lake Maintenance; and
(c) Programmed Facility Management?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
7 August 2012
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
131 days
The Department of Housing advises:
(1)(a)-(c) The Department is currently conducting audits for the period in question and is unable to provide a figure.
(2)(a) $119 775 205
(b) $41 065 784
(c) $10 266 447
(3)(a) The Department's quality assurance process identified 8307 job orders as non-compliant over the period in question.
(b)-(c) The Department is unable to respond as audit assessments and negotiations with Head Contractors are in progress.
(d) 805, which equates to 2.3 per cent of job orders issued over the period in question.
(4)(a) 3556
(b)-(c) The Department is unable to respond as audit assessments and negotiations with Head Contractors are in progress.
(5)(a) $627 185
(b)-(c) Nil. Negotiations are in progress with the Head Contractor.
Please note that in relation to the Department's quality assurance process, a key aspect of the maintenance head contractor model is that a significant QA process is in place which identifies, audits, and seeks repayments for any job orders found to be non-compliant. Under the pre-July 2010 model, there was no avenue to seek repayment once a job order had been paid. Now head contractors remain contractually liable to repay any works identified as non- compliant by the Department's inbuilt four tier quality assurance process - both pre and post payment.
Also note that in relation to non-compliant job orders, a "non-compliant" job order is any job which, having been identified post payment via the Department's four tier quality assurance process, is found to contain an error or inconsistency. For example, a "non-compliant job" may be as simple as specifying the wrong materials, not supplying an authorisation number for additional work, or omitting to paint a newly installed door.
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(1)(a)-(c) The Department is currently conducting audits for the period in question and is unable to provide a figure.
(2)(a) $119 775 205
(b) $41 065 784
(c) $10 266 447
(3)(a) The Department's quality assurance process identified 8307 job orders as non-compliant over the period in question.
(b)-(c) The Department is unable to respond as audit assessments and negotiations with Head Contractors are in progress.
(d) 805, which equates to 2.3 per cent of job orders issued over the period in question.
(4)(a) 3556
(b)-(c) The Department is unable to respond as audit assessments and negotiations with Head Contractors are in progress.
(5)(a) $627 185
(b)-(c) Nil. Negotiations are in progress with the Head Contractor.
Please note that in relation to the Department's quality assurance process, a key aspect of the maintenance head contractor model is that a significant QA process is in place which identifies, audits, and seeks repayments for any job orders found to be non-compliant. Under the pre-July 2010 model, there was no avenue to seek repayment once a job order had been paid. Now head contractors remain contractually liable to repay any works identified as non- compliant by the Department's inbuilt four tier quality assurance process - both pre and post payment.
Also note that in relation to non-compliant job orders, a "non-compliant" job order is any job which, having been identified post payment via the Department's four tier quality assurance process, is found to contain an error or inconsistency. For example, a "non-compliant job" may be as simple as specifying the wrong materials, not supplying an authorisation number for additional work, or omitting to paint a newly installed door.
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