❓ A parliamentary question regarding the awarding of a tender to Alan Piper Consulting for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project, focusing on the contract's value, the Minister's endorsement, and a call for an independent review due to controversy.
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FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL - ALAN PIPER CONSULTING
I refer to the awarding of a tender to Alan Piper Consulting, as director, procurement, Fiona Stanley Hospital and ask - (1) What is the approximate amount Alan Piper will receive over the term of the contract? (2) Can the minister explain why he felt compelled to publicly endorse Mr Piper and effectively anoint him for this contract? (3) Given the controversy surrounding the eventual awarding of this tender, will the minister support an independent external review of this tender process by the Auditor General? Mr J.A. McGINTY
I refer to the awarding of a tender to Alan Piper Consulting, as director, procurement, Fiona Stanley Hospital and ask - (1) What is the approximate amount Alan Piper will receive over the term of the contract? (2) Can the minister explain why he felt compelled to publicly endorse Mr Piper and effectively anoint him for this contract? (3) Given the controversy surrounding the eventual awarding of this tender, will the minister support an independent external review of this tender process by the Auditor General? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
(1) What is the approximate amount Alan Piper will receive over the term of the contract? (2) Can the minister explain why he felt compelled to publicly endorse Mr Piper and effectively anoint him for this contract? (3) Given the controversy surrounding the eventual awarding of this tender, will the minister support an independent external review of this tender process by the Auditor General? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
(2) Can the minister explain why he felt compelled to publicly endorse Mr Piper and effectively anoint him for this contract? (3) Given the controversy surrounding the eventual awarding of this tender, will the minister support an independent external review of this tender process by the Auditor General? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
(3) Given the controversy surrounding the eventual awarding of this tender, will the minister support an independent external review of this tender process by the Auditor General? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
(1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
(1) What is the approximate amount Alan Piper will receive over the term of the contract? (2) Can the minister explain why he felt compelled to publicly endorse Mr Piper and effectively anoint him for this contract? (3) Given the controversy surrounding the eventual awarding of this tender, will the minister support an independent external review of this tender process by the Auditor General? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
(2) Can the minister explain why he felt compelled to publicly endorse Mr Piper and effectively anoint him for this contract? (3) Given the controversy surrounding the eventual awarding of this tender, will the minister support an independent external review of this tender process by the Auditor General? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
(3) Given the controversy surrounding the eventual awarding of this tender, will the minister support an independent external review of this tender process by the Auditor General? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
(1)-(3) The tendered price was $275 an hour to a maximum of 1 850 hours a year. Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr T. Buswell : Over how many years, minister? Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : It is over the life of the project; that is, as I understand it, six years, and there are options to renew. It is important to note that what I am very keen to achieve with this major capital works project, the most important capital works project about to be undertaken by this government, is a very strong management team. It has been decided by the steering committee responsible for this project that the project would have at the executive management level one stream responsible for health services development and another stream responsible for procurement. It is the second stream for which Alan Piper will be immediately responsible. Tenders were called. A probity auditor was associated - Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr T. Buswell : What about the first round of tenderers that you cancelled? Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : That is the point I was just making. On 7 June 2007, a decision was made by the steering committee for the project to streamline the structure away from the two project director roles, one for health planning and one for construction and, instead, to supplement the project at an executive management level with what I just described to members. The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
The current tender for the executive director of the procurement for the Fiona Stanley Hospital project was advertised nationally through the Department of Housing and Works in July 2007. The closing date for submissions was 7 August 2007 and the successful tenderer was announced today; that is, Alan Piper Consulting. A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
A panel of five very senior public servants and the probity auditor were appointed to oversee the process. There were three responses to the tender. One of those applicants withdrew from the process. Of the remaining two, Alan Piper Consulting was considered to be clearly the best applicant. Alan Piper is a professional engineer and for many years was responsible for procurement through the old Building Management Authority of Western Australia - I forget what its name subsequently became. He was the executive director of the then Building Management Authority, which was responsible for procuring all government buildings. Under the Liberal government he moved over to be the head of the former Department of Justice, where two of his more significant achievements in capital works were the procurement and construction of the Acacia Prison and a building that is now coming to completion; that is, the new Central Law Courts building in Perth. He is a man who is a tough manager and professional engineer who has delivered on procurement of major government capital works programs. This government wants to deliver the best hospital in Australia, and Alan Piper will be part of the team responsible for doing exactly that.
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