❓ A WA parliamentary question investigates the tendering process and costs associated with the development of the Tourism Western Australia website, revealing details of the selected contractor and other related expenses.
AnsweredQoN 2737Legislative Assembly
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(a) was a tendering process used to select the contractor chosen to develop the Tourism Western Australia website; and
(i) if not, why not; and
(ii) if not, why was the particular contractor chosen;
(b) if a tender process was used, how many website developers applied for the contract and why was the chosen developer selected;
(c) who was given the contract to develop this website;
(d) was the chosen contractor given contracts to do any other work for the State Government, or any State Government department, Government-owned corporation, ministerial office or Member of Parliament;
(e) if the answer to (d) is yes, list:
(i) the entity or individual each contract was with;
(ii) what the contract involved; and
(iii) the value of the contract;
(f) how much was the chosen contractor paid to develop the Tourism Western Australia website; and
(g) if this amount is not the full amount spent on the development of this website as stated in the Minister’s answer to part (a) of Question on Notice No. 2650, what was the rest of the money spent on?
(i) if not, why not; and
(ii) if not, why was the particular contractor chosen;
(b) if a tender process was used, how many website developers applied for the contract and why was the chosen developer selected;
(c) who was given the contract to develop this website;
(d) was the chosen contractor given contracts to do any other work for the State Government, or any State Government department, Government-owned corporation, ministerial office or Member of Parliament;
(e) if the answer to (d) is yes, list:
(i) the entity or individual each contract was with;
(ii) what the contract involved; and
(iii) the value of the contract;
(f) how much was the chosen contractor paid to develop the Tourism Western Australia website; and
(g) if this amount is not the full amount spent on the development of this website as stated in the Minister’s answer to part (a) of Question on Notice No. 2650, what was the rest of the money spent on?
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Answered
25 October 2007
Responded by
Minister for Tourism
Response time
28 days
Answer
(a) In relation to
www.westernaustralia.com
, yes.
(b) Five. The company selected scored the highest qualitative ranking and best value for money, as assessed by a Tourism Western Australia panel according to Government procurement guidelines.
(c) Dialog Pty Ltd.
(d)-(e) Dialog Pty Ltd. provided the following details:
Department of Consumer and Employment Protection for Oracle database implementation - $200,000
Department for Planning and Infrastructure for Access and SQL technologies, Trellis development work and Business Analysis work - $350,000
Department of Justice (Subcontracted through Unisys West) for C# (C sharp) development work and Project Management work - $300,000
Main Roads Western Australia for C # (C sharp) development work - $200,000
(f) $13,927 exclusive GST
(g) The following suppliers were selected according to Government procurement guidelines.
$69,438 exclusive GST to Different Pty Ltd for Design, Information Architecture and Usability.
$39,904 exclusive GST to Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd for technical implementation advisory support.
$19,189 exclusive GST to WJL Consulting for business analysis.
$3,982 exclusive GST to Emma Leask for copywriting.
$8,455 exclusive GST to Sian Briggs for copywriting.
$167,578 exclusive GST paid to Tourism Western Australia staff for copy writing, project management and technical development duties.
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(a) In relation to
www.westernaustralia.com
, yes.
(b) Five. The company selected scored the highest qualitative ranking and best value for money, as assessed by a Tourism Western Australia panel according to Government procurement guidelines.
(c) Dialog Pty Ltd.
(d)-(e) Dialog Pty Ltd. provided the following details:
Department of Consumer and Employment Protection for Oracle database implementation - $200,000
Department for Planning and Infrastructure for Access and SQL technologies, Trellis development work and Business Analysis work - $350,000
Department of Justice (Subcontracted through Unisys West) for C# (C sharp) development work and Project Management work - $300,000
Main Roads Western Australia for C # (C sharp) development work - $200,000
(f) $13,927 exclusive GST
(g) The following suppliers were selected according to Government procurement guidelines.
$69,438 exclusive GST to Different Pty Ltd for Design, Information Architecture and Usability.
$39,904 exclusive GST to Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd for technical implementation advisory support.
$19,189 exclusive GST to WJL Consulting for business analysis.
$3,982 exclusive GST to Emma Leask for copywriting.
$8,455 exclusive GST to Sian Briggs for copywriting.
$167,578 exclusive GST paid to Tourism Western Australia staff for copy writing, project management and technical development duties.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
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