❓ WA parliamentary question regarding website development, hosting, and domain ownership for the Department of Local Government and Regional Development and the Department of Fisheries. The response reveals some historical data gaps and tendering processes.
AnsweredQoN 2818Legislative Assembly
Asked
16 October 2007
Member
Portfolio
Regional Development; Fisheries; the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne
QuestionView source ↗
(a) who developed and built each website and what was the developer paid to do so;
(b) what tendering process was used to select the developer for each website;
(c) if no tendering process was used, why not;
(d) if no tendering process was used, list why the particular contractor was chosen;
(e) if a tender process was used, list how many website developers applied for the contract and why the chosen developer was selected;
(f) who hosts each website and what the host is paid to do so;
(g) what tendering process was used to select the host for each website;
(h) if no tendering process was used, why not;
(i) if no tendering process was used, list why was the particular contractor was chosen;
(j) if a tender process was used, list how many website hosts applied for the contract and why the chosen host was selected;
(k) who registered the domain name for each website;
(l) when this domain name was registered;
(m) who currently owns this domain name;
(n) if this is not the person who originally registered this domain, how much was paid for it;
(o) if the relevant department, corporation or office does not own the domain, what they are paying the owner for its use; and
(p) if there are any conditions on the use of the domain name?
(b) what tendering process was used to select the developer for each website;
(c) if no tendering process was used, why not;
(d) if no tendering process was used, list why the particular contractor was chosen;
(e) if a tender process was used, list how many website developers applied for the contract and why the chosen developer was selected;
(f) who hosts each website and what the host is paid to do so;
(g) what tendering process was used to select the host for each website;
(h) if no tendering process was used, why not;
(i) if no tendering process was used, list why was the particular contractor was chosen;
(j) if a tender process was used, list how many website hosts applied for the contract and why the chosen host was selected;
(k) who registered the domain name for each website;
(l) when this domain name was registered;
(m) who currently owns this domain name;
(n) if this is not the person who originally registered this domain, how much was paid for it;
(o) if the relevant department, corporation or office does not own the domain, what they are paying the owner for its use; and
(p) if there are any conditions on the use of the domain name?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
22 November 2007
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Regional Development; Fisheries; the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne
Response time
37 days
Answer
Department of Local Government and Regional Development
In terms of the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, please be advised as follows:
Active websites:
dlgrd.wa.gov.au
communitywise.wa.gov.au
regional.wa.gov.au
telecentres.wa.gov.au
westlink.wa.gov.au.
(a) The dlgrd.wa.gov.au and telecentres.wa.gov.au sites were developed in house by Departmental staff.
The communitywise.wa.gov.au, regional.wa.gov.au and westlink.wa.gov.au are sites inherited by the Department in 2001 from the then Department of Contract and Management Services and Department of Commerce and Trade. It is not known who developed these sites and if any payments were made. The files related to the origins of these sites are not held in the Department.
(b)-(j) N/A
(k) It is not known who registered the domain name for each site as they were registered prior to the Department of Local Government and Regional Development existing.
(l) It is not known when domains were first registered as it was prior to the Department existing. The domain names were last modified on 5 October 2007.
(m) The current Registrant of all domain names is the Department of Local Government and Regional Development.
(n) Not known, as per previously stated reasons.
(o) N/A.
(p) No.
Please note: There are also 103 additional websites that are hosted by the Department, these are websites of the Telecentre Network.
They are not included as they are not "owned by or operated for the Minister's office or any Government department or publicly owned corporation under the Minister's portfolios" as stated in the question.
These websites are owned and maintained by individual telecentres, who are incorporated associations.
Department of Fisheries
In terms of Department of Fisheries, please be advised as follows:
fisheries-esd.com.au
fish.wa.gov.au
nmdc.com.au
seafoodwesternaustralia.net
fishallocation.com
(a) All sites were developed in-house by fisheries staff and Radharc Consultancy Services (under the direction and guidance of Department of Fisheries) at a cost of $20,000.
(b) Standard tendering process was used, as specified by State Supply and Treasury.
First tender called in May 1997 - awarded to Radharc.
Second tender called in August 2002 - awarded to Radharc.
Tender included an estimate of charges for variations.
(c) N/A
(d) N/A
(e) First tender - three tenders were received.
Second tender - six tenders were received.
In each case the chosen developer was selected on price and capability, as per State Supply guidelines.
(f)
Domain
Hosted By
Cost
fisheries-esd.com.au
Webcentral
$605 Annually
fish.wa.gov.au
Highway1
nmdc.com.au
Highway1
seafoodwesternaustralia.net
Highway1
fishallocation.com
Highway1
Cost for all four Highway 1
hostings is $24,000 per year
(g) In 2001 a competitive tender process (Tender 5/2001) for the fish.wa.gov.au, nmdc.com.au, seafoodwesternaustralia.net and fishallocation.com sites received responses from Jiva Online, Webcentral, Highway1 and Telstra Bigpond. Highway1 was selected as the successful respondant. Another process has now commenced for the selection of future website hosting arrangements. This will be finalised in early 2008.
The fisheries-esd.com.au site did not go through a tender process for hosting
(h) The hosting costs for the fisheries-esd com.au site fell below the threshold for the requirement for formal State Supply tender processes. ($605pa)
(i) Webcentral was selected as the technical services it supplied were not offered by Highway 1, and the cost was within competitive purchasing guidelines
(j) Responses were recieved from Telstra Bigpond, Jiva Online Services, WebCental, Highway1 and the Government provider Servicenet. The assessment criteria resulted in the same score for WebCentral and Highway One. The following is an extract from the Recommendation of that assessment report.
"
We recommend that we renew our contract with Highway One under the new conditions outlined in their tender. While their tender is more expensive than Webcentral's over a three year period ($3221), they are cheaper over the first two years. We believe, however, that the time taken to move from one host to another and the potential problems that may be faced when moving outweigh the long term price differential. We also note that Highway One is a Western Australian Company, while Webcentral and their support facilities are based in Queensland."
(k) Department of Fisheries registered all names
(l)
Domain
When Registered
fisheries-esd.com.au
24-Apr-01
fish.wa.gov.au
1997
nmdc.com.au
6/07/2007
seafoodwesternaustralia.net
2006
fishallocation.com
2002
(m) Department of Fisheries owns all names
(n)-(p) N/A
Kimberley Development Commission
In terms of Kimberley Development Commission, please be advised as follows:
website
www.kdc.wa.gov.au
(a) KDC developed and built its website and maintains it utilising internal resources.
(b) No tendering process was necessary.
(c) The KDC had the capacity to undertake the development and building of its own website.
(d) Not applicable as development handled internally.
(e) N/A
(f) The KDC website is hosted by Hostaway at a cost of $83.60 per month.
(g) Selection of the host of the website was undertaken in accordance with the commission's purchasing policy. Competitive quotes were called.
(h) The KDC has a small website compared to larger State Goverment Departments, therefore tendering for hosting was not required. Quotes were obtained from a variety of ISP's and a decision was then made based upon best value for money and services provided.
(i) The ISP was chosen because it provided the necessary hosting package at a reasonable cost.
(j) N/A
(k) The KDC registered the following domain names:
kdc.wa.gov.au and kimberley.wa.gov.au - NetRegistry
kimberleydc.com and kimberleybiz.com.au - Hostaway
(l) The following are details of the domain names:
kdc.wa.gov.au registered 13 January 1998
kimberley.wa.gov.au registered 6 May 1998
kimberleydc.com registered March 2004
kimberleybiz.com.au registered July 2007
(m) The KDC currently owns the following domain names:
kdc.wa.gov.au; kimberley.wa.gov.au; kimberleydc.com and kimberleybiz.com.au
(n) The KDC is the entity that original registered these domain names
(o) N/A
(p) No
Pilbara Development Commission
In terms of Pilbara Development Commission, please be advised as follows:
The commission has one website: Pilbara DevelopmentCommission Website
(a) Pretzel Logic Pty Ltd built the website and they were paid $14,430 to redevelop the commission's website in February 2006.
(b) The commission sought quotes through the normal WA Government tendering process.
(c) N/A
(d) N/A
(e) The commission received 9 respondents to the Request for Quote. Pretzel Logic was chosen for the following reasons:
· submitted the 2
nd
lowest quote out of the 9 respondents;
· They had worked redesigning a website for another Development Commission and therefore had knowledge of how commissions operate in the regions
· They had vast experience in working on various other Government websites
(f) Pretzel Logic host the website and is paid $200 per month to do so.
(g) Quotes were sought from suitable web site host companies as per WA Government tendering guidelines.
(h) N/A
(i) N/A
(j) The commission received 2 submissions to host our website. Pretzel Logic was chosen as they provided the lowest quote and were familiar with the different elements of the commission's website.
(k) The Pilbara DevelopmentCommission
(l) The domain was registered on 27 January 1999.
(m) The Australian Government Information Management Office
(n) As the domain name was registered approx 8 years ago the Pilbara DevelopmentCommission does not have the original cost of purchasing the domain name readily available.
(o) The commission currently pay $62 every 2 years to renew its domain name.
(p) No. There are policies and guidelines that the commission must adhere to when registering the domain name but no specific conditions of use.
Gascoyne Development Commission
In terms of Gascoyne Development Commission, please be advised as follows:
(a)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
Reynolds Technology set up our first website in 1998. Records in archive detail a tendering process for hosting, rebuilding and design in 2002 after concerns that the service provided by Reynolds Technology was not adequate. For the 2002 transfer and rebuild of website, the GDC paid Market Creations $6961
www.ningalooresearch.org
The company chosen through the below process Market Creations, set up this website in 2004 for a cost of $500 plus annual hosting fees of $220.
(b)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
a. Invitation to quote March 2002
b. GEM Tender 200205301518- Website redesign and hosting- June 2002
(c)-(d)
N/A
(e)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
Six website designers were invited to quote in 2002. Quotes returned were significantly over budget.
The brief was rewritten and put out to tender in May.
Two tenders were received.
Market Creations was chosen for the following reasons
· Price-
· Demonstrated track record in quality design and service.
· With the majority of its customers in regional Western Australia it was considered Market Creations, based in Geraldton, would have a better knowledge of and feeling for Regional issues.
www.ningalooresearch.org
Information on this project was previously included in the GDCwebsite. In 2004 it was considered the project required its own website. Our then and current web hosting provider Market Creations offered to establish a separate site for the project. It was considered the offer of $500 to establish the site and $220 per annum to host the site was very competitive. This was considered an additional service in our ongoing relationship with the company.
(f)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
Market Creations- website- $500 per annum
SQL Database- $220 per annum
www.ningalooresearch.org
Market Creations- website-$100 per annum
SQL Database- $110 per annum
(g)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
Selection of the host of the website was undertaken in accordance with the commission's purchasing policy. Competitive quotes were called.
(h)-(i)
N/A
(j) As above
(k)
Chris Jones Finance Manager Gascoyne Development Commission
(l)
First record in 2002
(m)
The GDC holds the license for both domain names
(n)-(p)
N/A
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Department of Local Government and Regional Development
In terms of the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, please be advised as follows:
Active websites:
dlgrd.wa.gov.au
communitywise.wa.gov.au
regional.wa.gov.au
telecentres.wa.gov.au
westlink.wa.gov.au.
(a) The dlgrd.wa.gov.au and telecentres.wa.gov.au sites were developed in house by Departmental staff.
The communitywise.wa.gov.au, regional.wa.gov.au and westlink.wa.gov.au are sites inherited by the Department in 2001 from the then Department of Contract and Management Services and Department of Commerce and Trade. It is not known who developed these sites and if any payments were made. The files related to the origins of these sites are not held in the Department.
(b)-(j) N/A
(k) It is not known who registered the domain name for each site as they were registered prior to the Department of Local Government and Regional Development existing.
(l) It is not known when domains were first registered as it was prior to the Department existing. The domain names were last modified on 5 October 2007.
(m) The current Registrant of all domain names is the Department of Local Government and Regional Development.
(n) Not known, as per previously stated reasons.
(o) N/A.
(p) No.
Please note: There are also 103 additional websites that are hosted by the Department, these are websites of the Telecentre Network.
They are not included as they are not "owned by or operated for the Minister's office or any Government department or publicly owned corporation under the Minister's portfolios" as stated in the question.
These websites are owned and maintained by individual telecentres, who are incorporated associations.
Department of Fisheries
In terms of Department of Fisheries, please be advised as follows:
fisheries-esd.com.au
fish.wa.gov.au
nmdc.com.au
seafoodwesternaustralia.net
fishallocation.com
(a) All sites were developed in-house by fisheries staff and Radharc Consultancy Services (under the direction and guidance of Department of Fisheries) at a cost of $20,000.
(b) Standard tendering process was used, as specified by State Supply and Treasury.
First tender called in May 1997 - awarded to Radharc.
Second tender called in August 2002 - awarded to Radharc.
Tender included an estimate of charges for variations.
(c) N/A
(d) N/A
(e) First tender - three tenders were received.
Second tender - six tenders were received.
In each case the chosen developer was selected on price and capability, as per State Supply guidelines.
(f)
Domain
Hosted By
Cost
fisheries-esd.com.au
Webcentral
$605 Annually
fish.wa.gov.au
Highway1
nmdc.com.au
Highway1
seafoodwesternaustralia.net
Highway1
fishallocation.com
Highway1
Cost for all four Highway 1
hostings is $24,000 per year
(g) In 2001 a competitive tender process (Tender 5/2001) for the fish.wa.gov.au, nmdc.com.au, seafoodwesternaustralia.net and fishallocation.com sites received responses from Jiva Online, Webcentral, Highway1 and Telstra Bigpond. Highway1 was selected as the successful respondant. Another process has now commenced for the selection of future website hosting arrangements. This will be finalised in early 2008.
The fisheries-esd.com.au site did not go through a tender process for hosting
(h) The hosting costs for the fisheries-esd com.au site fell below the threshold for the requirement for formal State Supply tender processes. ($605pa)
(i) Webcentral was selected as the technical services it supplied were not offered by Highway 1, and the cost was within competitive purchasing guidelines
(j) Responses were recieved from Telstra Bigpond, Jiva Online Services, WebCental, Highway1 and the Government provider Servicenet. The assessment criteria resulted in the same score for WebCentral and Highway One. The following is an extract from the Recommendation of that assessment report.
"
We recommend that we renew our contract with Highway One under the new conditions outlined in their tender. While their tender is more expensive than Webcentral's over a three year period ($3221), they are cheaper over the first two years. We believe, however, that the time taken to move from one host to another and the potential problems that may be faced when moving outweigh the long term price differential. We also note that Highway One is a Western Australian Company, while Webcentral and their support facilities are based in Queensland."
(k) Department of Fisheries registered all names
(l)
Domain
When Registered
fisheries-esd.com.au
24-Apr-01
fish.wa.gov.au
1997
nmdc.com.au
6/07/2007
seafoodwesternaustralia.net
2006
fishallocation.com
2002
(m) Department of Fisheries owns all names
(n)-(p) N/A
Kimberley Development Commission
In terms of Kimberley Development Commission, please be advised as follows:
website
www.kdc.wa.gov.au
(a) KDC developed and built its website and maintains it utilising internal resources.
(b) No tendering process was necessary.
(c) The KDC had the capacity to undertake the development and building of its own website.
(d) Not applicable as development handled internally.
(e) N/A
(f) The KDC website is hosted by Hostaway at a cost of $83.60 per month.
(g) Selection of the host of the website was undertaken in accordance with the commission's purchasing policy. Competitive quotes were called.
(h) The KDC has a small website compared to larger State Goverment Departments, therefore tendering for hosting was not required. Quotes were obtained from a variety of ISP's and a decision was then made based upon best value for money and services provided.
(i) The ISP was chosen because it provided the necessary hosting package at a reasonable cost.
(j) N/A
(k) The KDC registered the following domain names:
kdc.wa.gov.au and kimberley.wa.gov.au - NetRegistry
kimberleydc.com and kimberleybiz.com.au - Hostaway
(l) The following are details of the domain names:
kdc.wa.gov.au registered 13 January 1998
kimberley.wa.gov.au registered 6 May 1998
kimberleydc.com registered March 2004
kimberleybiz.com.au registered July 2007
(m) The KDC currently owns the following domain names:
kdc.wa.gov.au; kimberley.wa.gov.au; kimberleydc.com and kimberleybiz.com.au
(n) The KDC is the entity that original registered these domain names
(o) N/A
(p) No
Pilbara Development Commission
In terms of Pilbara Development Commission, please be advised as follows:
The commission has one website: Pilbara DevelopmentCommission Website
(a) Pretzel Logic Pty Ltd built the website and they were paid $14,430 to redevelop the commission's website in February 2006.
(b) The commission sought quotes through the normal WA Government tendering process.
(c) N/A
(d) N/A
(e) The commission received 9 respondents to the Request for Quote. Pretzel Logic was chosen for the following reasons:
· submitted the 2
nd
lowest quote out of the 9 respondents;
· They had worked redesigning a website for another Development Commission and therefore had knowledge of how commissions operate in the regions
· They had vast experience in working on various other Government websites
(f) Pretzel Logic host the website and is paid $200 per month to do so.
(g) Quotes were sought from suitable web site host companies as per WA Government tendering guidelines.
(h) N/A
(i) N/A
(j) The commission received 2 submissions to host our website. Pretzel Logic was chosen as they provided the lowest quote and were familiar with the different elements of the commission's website.
(k) The Pilbara DevelopmentCommission
(l) The domain was registered on 27 January 1999.
(m) The Australian Government Information Management Office
(n) As the domain name was registered approx 8 years ago the Pilbara DevelopmentCommission does not have the original cost of purchasing the domain name readily available.
(o) The commission currently pay $62 every 2 years to renew its domain name.
(p) No. There are policies and guidelines that the commission must adhere to when registering the domain name but no specific conditions of use.
Gascoyne Development Commission
In terms of Gascoyne Development Commission, please be advised as follows:
(a)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
Reynolds Technology set up our first website in 1998. Records in archive detail a tendering process for hosting, rebuilding and design in 2002 after concerns that the service provided by Reynolds Technology was not adequate. For the 2002 transfer and rebuild of website, the GDC paid Market Creations $6961
www.ningalooresearch.org
The company chosen through the below process Market Creations, set up this website in 2004 for a cost of $500 plus annual hosting fees of $220.
(b)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
a. Invitation to quote March 2002
b. GEM Tender 200205301518- Website redesign and hosting- June 2002
(c)-(d)
N/A
(e)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
Six website designers were invited to quote in 2002. Quotes returned were significantly over budget.
The brief was rewritten and put out to tender in May.
Two tenders were received.
Market Creations was chosen for the following reasons
· Price-
· Demonstrated track record in quality design and service.
· With the majority of its customers in regional Western Australia it was considered Market Creations, based in Geraldton, would have a better knowledge of and feeling for Regional issues.
www.ningalooresearch.org
Information on this project was previously included in the GDCwebsite. In 2004 it was considered the project required its own website. Our then and current web hosting provider Market Creations offered to establish a separate site for the project. It was considered the offer of $500 to establish the site and $220 per annum to host the site was very competitive. This was considered an additional service in our ongoing relationship with the company.
(f)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
Market Creations- website- $500 per annum
SQL Database- $220 per annum
www.ningalooresearch.org
Market Creations- website-$100 per annum
SQL Database- $110 per annum
(g)
www.gdc.wa.gov.au
Selection of the host of the website was undertaken in accordance with the commission's purchasing policy. Competitive quotes were called.
(h)-(i)
N/A
(j) As above
(k)
Chris Jones Finance Manager Gascoyne Development Commission
(l)
First record in 2002
(m)
The GDC holds the license for both domain names
(n)-(p)
N/A
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