❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding a potential $1.4 million commitment by the BCITF to a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction. The Minister's answer indicates the bid did not proceed, rendering the questions moot.
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Will the Minister for Employment and Training advise - (1) Has the BCITF Board approved the Director s commitment of $700 000 in cash and a further $700 000 in-kind over the next seven years to the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction? (2) Is the commitment by the Director to the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction within the intent of the Act? (3) Has the Cooperative Research Centre submission been evaluated against the board s policies and guidelines imposed on local industry? (4) Why has the commitment to the Cooperative Research Centre not been included in the BCITF Operational Plan for 2000-2001? (5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister
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6 September 2000
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28 days
(1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(1) Has the BCITF Board approved the Director s commitment of $700 000 in cash and a further $700 000 in-kind over the next seven years to the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction? (2) Is the commitment by the Director to the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction within the intent of the Act? (3) Has the Cooperative Research Centre submission been evaluated against the board s policies and guidelines imposed on local industry? (4) Why has the commitment to the Cooperative Research Centre not been included in the BCITF Operational Plan for 2000-2001? (5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(2) Is the commitment by the Director to the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction within the intent of the Act? (3) Has the Cooperative Research Centre submission been evaluated against the board s policies and guidelines imposed on local industry? (4) Why has the commitment to the Cooperative Research Centre not been included in the BCITF Operational Plan for 2000-2001? (5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(3) Has the Cooperative Research Centre submission been evaluated against the board s policies and guidelines imposed on local industry? (4) Why has the commitment to the Cooperative Research Centre not been included in the BCITF Operational Plan for 2000-2001? (5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(4) Why has the commitment to the Cooperative Research Centre not been included in the BCITF Operational Plan for 2000-2001? (5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(1) Has the BCITF Board approved the Director s commitment of $700 000 in cash and a further $700 000 in-kind over the next seven years to the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction? (2) Is the commitment by the Director to the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction within the intent of the Act? (3) Has the Cooperative Research Centre submission been evaluated against the board s policies and guidelines imposed on local industry? (4) Why has the commitment to the Cooperative Research Centre not been included in the BCITF Operational Plan for 2000-2001? (5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(2) Is the commitment by the Director to the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction within the intent of the Act? (3) Has the Cooperative Research Centre submission been evaluated against the board s policies and guidelines imposed on local industry? (4) Why has the commitment to the Cooperative Research Centre not been included in the BCITF Operational Plan for 2000-2001? (5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(3) Has the Cooperative Research Centre submission been evaluated against the board s policies and guidelines imposed on local industry? (4) Why has the commitment to the Cooperative Research Centre not been included in the BCITF Operational Plan for 2000-2001? (5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(4) Why has the commitment to the Cooperative Research Centre not been included in the BCITF Operational Plan for 2000-2001? (5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
(5) Why has this seven years commitment been given when the Act expires on December 31 2002? Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
Answered on 6 September 2000 The Minister Replied: (1) Your question assumes that there is a Cooperative Research Centre for Construction in existence. I have been informed that the bid with which the Board is involved will not proceed. Clearly the Board cannot be committed unless the offering party is also committed and that is not the case. The remainder of this question is no longer relevant. However the issues it raised warrant some response. (2) The bid has failed to pass the initial stages of evaluation. In any case, I am advised that the Director, BCITF had made no more than a statement of intent in regard to the application process. If the CRC had been established the Board would have been required to establish how its involvement met the intent of the Act before I would have considered approving a financial commitment from the Fund. (3) Policies and guidelines established by the Board to assist local industry in establishing funding proposals for BCIT Board consideration are not relevant to the establishment of a national research centre. (4) The bid to establish a CRC for Construction did not involve allocations from the current Operational Plan. (5) Obviously there has not been a seven year commitment to a CRC for Construction as a CRC has not been established.
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