Page 1735 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 7 June 2022
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MS LEE: I table the following paper:
Thought Piece—Redacted, undated.
If this is what we are paying millions and millions of dollars for, then the minister responsible has some very serious explaining to do, especially because, after this, CIT went on to spend another $7.2 million on this consultant.
The fifth contract is another alarming escalation. This one also went to public tender but CIT, again, ignored the Government Procurement Board advice and, again, the same consultant was awarded the contract. To the objective observer, it would seem like the tender process was designed in such a way that a predetermined outcome would prevail, no matter what. The value of this contract was $1,705,001 or $3,151.57 per day, and it was for mentoring, coaching and strategic guidance.
Let’s move on to the sixth contract—again, a public tender—for $512,050 between September 2021 and March 2022 at a cost of a whopping $4,161.01 per day to provide “regular and strategic guidance of nominated staff” and to “design processes, systems and structures that enable greater coordination of analysis and strategic decision-making in relation to products, offerings and services and tighter feedback mechanisms to apply a coherent approach to the implementation of strategic actions for the whole of the organisation”. I had to take a bit of a breath there. As you can clearly see, there is a pattern emerging.
This brings us to the seventh contract. This contract was signed in March this year for $4,999,990, or a staggering $9,980.02 per day—almost $10,000 per day—for two years until March 2024. What do we get from this contract for $10,000 a day? Let me enlighten you, Madam Speaker—
Opposition members interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Members! Can you just resume your seat?
MS LEE: Can we stop the clock, please?
MADAM SPEAKER: You have been heard in silence by those opposite. It is your own side that makes it difficult to hear you. I would suggest no more interjections or commentary, please.
MS LEE: What do we get from this contractor for $10,000 a day, Madam Speaker? Let me enlighten you. The terms of the contract state that it is to provide services such as “developing system-wide capabilities of situational awareness, early-weak signal detection and noise sorting”, to provide services such as “developing both context-specific and generalised responses to the multitude of situations it encounters” and to provide services such as “developing iterative capacity to cycle through adaptive-renewal processes across multiple spatial and temporal scales”.
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