❓ The Treasurer provides an update on the government's procurement reform program, highlighting its benefits for both urban and regional Western Australia, including cost savings, improved efficiency, and support for the Buy Local policy.
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GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REFORM
Will the Treasurer give an update on the government’s procurement reform program and its benefits for both urban and regional Western Australia? Mr E.S. RIPPER
Will the Treasurer give an update on the government’s procurement reform program and its benefits for both urban and regional Western Australia? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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I will be pleased to do that because I know that the member for Albany is a strong supporter of our Buy Local program. I was very pleased to open a regional buying centre on behalf of the government during a recent visit to Albany. This week I spoke about the government’s commitment to tax reform. We also have a very significant reform program in government procurement that has brought benefits to not only the metropolitan area, but also regional Western Australia. We have tried to assess those benefits by surveying agency heads to canvass their views on the efficiency of government procurement. During the five years of the reform program they have overwhelmingly commented that the process has improved substantially. Ninety-seven per cent of the agency heads surveyed for the 2007 progress report were satisfied with the level of procurement service now provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance, with the mean score being 5.9 out of seven. Four years ago, the figure was only 62 per cent satisfaction with a mean score of 4.7 out of seven. Since 2003-04 the program has achieved gross cost and efficiency savings estimated at $310 million, with about $27 million in costs. Of the net savings of $283 million, about $257 million has been reinvested into key government priorities, with the rest remaining with agencies. We have modernised supply policies. We have updated the general conditions of contract and tender request documents. We have created a client procurement division within the Department of Treasury and Finance. We have introduced annual procurement forward planning as standard practice and we have expanded the use of purchasing cards to streamline low-value buying. Common-use contracts have been embedded into e-procurement systems, and there is a new contract and development management system. Outstanding progress has been made in procurement reform. The program has won the overall Premier’s Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management. However, I acknowledge that at the beginning of the program there were concerns about the Buy Local policy and whether the reform would have a negative impact on that policy. Quite to the contrary, it has had a positive effect on the Buy Local policy outcome. There are now four regional buying centres, located in Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Albany, which is the new centre. During the first 18 months of operation of the initial three centres—Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton—112 contracts valued at $32 million were awarded. Those contracts were won by 171 individual suppliers, 125 of which were based in the region. The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I will be pleased to do that because I know that the member for Albany is a strong supporter of our Buy Local program. I was very pleased to open a regional buying centre on behalf of the government during a recent visit to Albany. This week I spoke about the government’s commitment to tax reform. We also have a very significant reform program in government procurement that has brought benefits to not only the metropolitan area, but also regional Western Australia. We have tried to assess those benefits by surveying agency heads to canvass their views on the efficiency of government procurement. During the five years of the reform program they have overwhelmingly commented that the process has improved substantially. Ninety-seven per cent of the agency heads surveyed for the 2007 progress report were satisfied with the level of procurement service now provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance, with the mean score being 5.9 out of seven. Four years ago, the figure was only 62 per cent satisfaction with a mean score of 4.7 out of seven. Since 2003-04 the program has achieved gross cost and efficiency savings estimated at $310 million, with about $27 million in costs. Of the net savings of $283 million, about $257 million has been reinvested into key government priorities, with the rest remaining with agencies. We have modernised supply policies. We have updated the general conditions of contract and tender request documents. We have created a client procurement division within the Department of Treasury and Finance. We have introduced annual procurement forward planning as standard practice and we have expanded the use of purchasing cards to streamline low-value buying. Common-use contracts have been embedded into e-procurement systems, and there is a new contract and development management system. Outstanding progress has been made in procurement reform. The program has won the overall Premier’s Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management. However, I acknowledge that at the beginning of the program there were concerns about the Buy Local policy and whether the reform would have a negative impact on that policy. Quite to the contrary, it has had a positive effect on the Buy Local policy outcome. There are now four regional buying centres, located in Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Albany, which is the new centre. During the first 18 months of operation of the initial three centres—Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton—112 contracts valued at $32 million were awarded. Those contracts were won by 171 individual suppliers, 125 of which were based in the region. The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
I will be pleased to do that because I know that the member for Albany is a strong supporter of our Buy Local program. I was very pleased to open a regional buying centre on behalf of the government during a recent visit to Albany. This week I spoke about the government’s commitment to tax reform. We also have a very significant reform program in government procurement that has brought benefits to not only the metropolitan area, but also regional Western Australia. We have tried to assess those benefits by surveying agency heads to canvass their views on the efficiency of government procurement. During the five years of the reform program they have overwhelmingly commented that the process has improved substantially. Ninety-seven per cent of the agency heads surveyed for the 2007 progress report were satisfied with the level of procurement service now provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance, with the mean score being 5.9 out of seven. Four years ago, the figure was only 62 per cent satisfaction with a mean score of 4.7 out of seven. Since 2003-04 the program has achieved gross cost and efficiency savings estimated at $310 million, with about $27 million in costs. Of the net savings of $283 million, about $257 million has been reinvested into key government priorities, with the rest remaining with agencies. We have modernised supply policies. We have updated the general conditions of contract and tender request documents. We have created a client procurement division within the Department of Treasury and Finance. We have introduced annual procurement forward planning as standard practice and we have expanded the use of purchasing cards to streamline low-value buying. Common-use contracts have been embedded into e-procurement systems, and there is a new contract and development management system. Outstanding progress has been made in procurement reform. The program has won the overall Premier’s Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management. However, I acknowledge that at the beginning of the program there were concerns about the Buy Local policy and whether the reform would have a negative impact on that policy. Quite to the contrary, it has had a positive effect on the Buy Local policy outcome. There are now four regional buying centres, located in Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Albany, which is the new centre. During the first 18 months of operation of the initial three centres—Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton—112 contracts valued at $32 million were awarded. Those contracts were won by 171 individual suppliers, 125 of which were based in the region. The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
We have modernised supply policies. We have updated the general conditions of contract and tender request documents. We have created a client procurement division within the Department of Treasury and Finance. We have introduced annual procurement forward planning as standard practice and we have expanded the use of purchasing cards to streamline low-value buying. Common-use contracts have been embedded into e-procurement systems, and there is a new contract and development management system. Outstanding progress has been made in procurement reform. The program has won the overall Premier’s Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management. However, I acknowledge that at the beginning of the program there were concerns about the Buy Local policy and whether the reform would have a negative impact on that policy. Quite to the contrary, it has had a positive effect on the Buy Local policy outcome. There are now four regional buying centres, located in Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Albany, which is the new centre. During the first 18 months of operation of the initial three centres—Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton—112 contracts valued at $32 million were awarded. Those contracts were won by 171 individual suppliers, 125 of which were based in the region. The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
Outstanding progress has been made in procurement reform. The program has won the overall Premier’s Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management. However, I acknowledge that at the beginning of the program there were concerns about the Buy Local policy and whether the reform would have a negative impact on that policy. Quite to the contrary, it has had a positive effect on the Buy Local policy outcome. There are now four regional buying centres, located in Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Albany, which is the new centre. During the first 18 months of operation of the initial three centres—Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton—112 contracts valued at $32 million were awarded. Those contracts were won by 171 individual suppliers, 125 of which were based in the region. The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
[See paper 3795.]
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: I will be pleased to do that because I know that the member for Albany is a strong supporter of our Buy Local program. I was very pleased to open a regional buying centre on behalf of the government during a recent visit to Albany. This week I spoke about the government’s commitment to tax reform. We also have a very significant reform program in government procurement that has brought benefits to not only the metropolitan area, but also regional Western Australia. We have tried to assess those benefits by surveying agency heads to canvass their views on the efficiency of government procurement. During the five years of the reform program they have overwhelmingly commented that the process has improved substantially. Ninety-seven per cent of the agency heads surveyed for the 2007 progress report were satisfied with the level of procurement service now provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance, with the mean score being 5.9 out of seven. Four years ago, the figure was only 62 per cent satisfaction with a mean score of 4.7 out of seven. Since 2003-04 the program has achieved gross cost and efficiency savings estimated at $310 million, with about $27 million in costs. Of the net savings of $283 million, about $257 million has been reinvested into key government priorities, with the rest remaining with agencies. We have modernised supply policies. We have updated the general conditions of contract and tender request documents. We have created a client procurement division within the Department of Treasury and Finance. We have introduced annual procurement forward planning as standard practice and we have expanded the use of purchasing cards to streamline low-value buying. Common-use contracts have been embedded into e-procurement systems, and there is a new contract and development management system. Outstanding progress has been made in procurement reform. The program has won the overall Premier’s Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management. However, I acknowledge that at the beginning of the program there were concerns about the Buy Local policy and whether the reform would have a negative impact on that policy. Quite to the contrary, it has had a positive effect on the Buy Local policy outcome. There are now four regional buying centres, located in Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Albany, which is the new centre. During the first 18 months of operation of the initial three centres—Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton—112 contracts valued at $32 million were awarded. Those contracts were won by 171 individual suppliers, 125 of which were based in the region. The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
I will be pleased to do that because I know that the member for Albany is a strong supporter of our Buy Local program. I was very pleased to open a regional buying centre on behalf of the government during a recent visit to Albany. This week I spoke about the government’s commitment to tax reform. We also have a very significant reform program in government procurement that has brought benefits to not only the metropolitan area, but also regional Western Australia. We have tried to assess those benefits by surveying agency heads to canvass their views on the efficiency of government procurement. During the five years of the reform program they have overwhelmingly commented that the process has improved substantially. Ninety-seven per cent of the agency heads surveyed for the 2007 progress report were satisfied with the level of procurement service now provided by the Department of Treasury and Finance, with the mean score being 5.9 out of seven. Four years ago, the figure was only 62 per cent satisfaction with a mean score of 4.7 out of seven. Since 2003-04 the program has achieved gross cost and efficiency savings estimated at $310 million, with about $27 million in costs. Of the net savings of $283 million, about $257 million has been reinvested into key government priorities, with the rest remaining with agencies. We have modernised supply policies. We have updated the general conditions of contract and tender request documents. We have created a client procurement division within the Department of Treasury and Finance. We have introduced annual procurement forward planning as standard practice and we have expanded the use of purchasing cards to streamline low-value buying. Common-use contracts have been embedded into e-procurement systems, and there is a new contract and development management system. Outstanding progress has been made in procurement reform. The program has won the overall Premier’s Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management. However, I acknowledge that at the beginning of the program there were concerns about the Buy Local policy and whether the reform would have a negative impact on that policy. Quite to the contrary, it has had a positive effect on the Buy Local policy outcome. There are now four regional buying centres, located in Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Albany, which is the new centre. During the first 18 months of operation of the initial three centres—Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton—112 contracts valued at $32 million were awarded. Those contracts were won by 171 individual suppliers, 125 of which were based in the region. The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
We have modernised supply policies. We have updated the general conditions of contract and tender request documents. We have created a client procurement division within the Department of Treasury and Finance. We have introduced annual procurement forward planning as standard practice and we have expanded the use of purchasing cards to streamline low-value buying. Common-use contracts have been embedded into e-procurement systems, and there is a new contract and development management system. Outstanding progress has been made in procurement reform. The program has won the overall Premier’s Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management. However, I acknowledge that at the beginning of the program there were concerns about the Buy Local policy and whether the reform would have a negative impact on that policy. Quite to the contrary, it has had a positive effect on the Buy Local policy outcome. There are now four regional buying centres, located in Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Albany, which is the new centre. During the first 18 months of operation of the initial three centres—Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton—112 contracts valued at $32 million were awarded. Those contracts were won by 171 individual suppliers, 125 of which were based in the region. The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
Outstanding progress has been made in procurement reform. The program has won the overall Premier’s Award for Excellence in Public Sector Management. However, I acknowledge that at the beginning of the program there were concerns about the Buy Local policy and whether the reform would have a negative impact on that policy. Quite to the contrary, it has had a positive effect on the Buy Local policy outcome. There are now four regional buying centres, located in Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Albany, which is the new centre. During the first 18 months of operation of the initial three centres—Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Geraldton—112 contracts valued at $32 million were awarded. Those contracts were won by 171 individual suppliers, 125 of which were based in the region. The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
The Department of Treasury and Finance has also worked with the Department of Housing and Works to reform property services and building maintenance arrangements, resulting in further savings of $10.5 million by the middle of last year. The procurement reform program is a very successful reform program for the government and I have great pleasure in tabling the “2007 Procurement Reform Progress Report”. [See paper 3795.]
[See paper 3795.]
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