❓ Mr. Kelly questions the Minister for Water about a $130 million contract awarded to RCR Tomlinson before terms were negotiated, seeking assurance for taxpayer protection. The Minister defends the contract, citing a commercial tender process and employee transition benefits.
AnsweredQoN 687Legislative Assembly
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WATER
CORPORATION — RCR TOMLINSON
687. Mr D.J. KELLY to the Minister for
Water:
I have a supplementary question. The
answer that the minister gave to the Legislative Council yesterday was that the
contracts for the $130 million worth of work have not yet been signed. How can
taxpayers be protected if that work is guaranteed to RCR Tomlinson at the price
of $130 million but the minister has not yet negotiated the terms?
CORPORATION — RCR TOMLINSON
687. Mr D.J. KELLY to the Minister for
Water:
I have a supplementary question. The
answer that the minister gave to the Legislative Council yesterday was that the
contracts for the $130 million worth of work have not yet been signed. How can
taxpayers be protected if that work is guaranteed to RCR Tomlinson at the price
of $130 million but the minister has not yet negotiated the terms?
AnswerView source ↗
The deal has been done; $130 million
worth of work has been given as part of the sale process to RCR Tomlinson. It
went out to commercial tender. RCR came back and gave us the best terms and
also took on the most employees, so that we had a significant number
transitioning from the Water Corporation to RCR. There will be some projects in
years 2 and 3 that we cannot define yet because the nature of the Water CorporationXXX ###XXXs capital works program changes from
time to time. It is $130 million; the taxpayer will not have any further
exposure in that space.
worth of work has been given as part of the sale process to RCR Tomlinson. It
went out to commercial tender. RCR came back and gave us the best terms and
also took on the most employees, so that we had a significant number
transitioning from the Water Corporation to RCR. There will be some projects in
years 2 and 3 that we cannot define yet because the nature of the Water CorporationXXX ###XXXs capital works program changes from
time to time. It is $130 million; the taxpayer will not have any further
exposure in that space.
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