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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 05 Hansard (Tuesday, 25 May 2004) . . Page.. 2192 ..

(9) numbers of each type of contract used, in the following categories (a) standard (b) schedule of fees, (c) quote/lump sum, (d) invoice and (e) other;

(10) number of services outsourced in the following categories (i) whole, (ii) in part or (iii) unidentified;

(11) number of contracts directing appropriate award usage;

(12) number of contracts where there is subcontracting occurring;

(13) number of contracts with (a) permission or (b) non-permission clause for subcontracting;

(14) number of contracts requiring award usage for subcontractors.

Mr Quinlan: The answer to the member’s question is:

10 May 2004

Mr Wayne Berry MLA

Speaker

ACT Legislative Assembly

London Circuit

CANBERRA ACT 2601

Dear Wayne

Thank you for your letter of 9 March regarding a question you asked Ministers concerning each agency’s contracting arrangements. This letter should be considered as a response to Questions 1411-1413.

I can’t accept your assertion that members of the executive are taking caucus for granted. Given recent events, I believe executive members have done nothing other than treat caucus with respect and abide by the long standing rules and conventions of caucus.

With respect to your question, I am advised that very significant resources would be required to fully answer your question, as the number of contracts in my area of responsibility are numerous. My advice is that I have over 400 ‘primary’ contracts in my area of responsibility, not including the Territory Owned Corporations, with countless smaller contracts. Clearly the effort required to fulfil your request would be more than substantial.

With that in mind, I am unable to divert the necessary resources to answer your question at this time.

Kind regards,

Ted Quinlan MLA

Treasurer.

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