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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 5 Hansard (3 May) . . Page.. 1529 ..

(3) The intellectual property of the AUSTOUCH kiosk system prior to entering into the agreement with NCA in 1996 had no value. The intellectual property arose from networking of the kiosks and having the content and services managed from a central source. This occurred when the contract between the ACT and NCA was signed. At the time of going to tender it was impossible to determine a value of any "future" intellectual property, consequently the tender process encouraged tenderers to price their services taking into account the development of any possible "future" intellectual property. NCA provided the lowest price and best value for money.

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