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(2) The costs in (1) include any extra movies paid.
a) The extra movies to be paid cannot be divulged in public because they were "commercial in confidence" settlements and a clause in the settlement deeds prohibits disclosure by either party. However individual members can be briefed on settlement details if required.
b) Management of the contracts was complicated by various disputes with major issues relating to levels of cleanliness and programming of the works. The GP dispute was resolved through mediation and the BUS settlement was agreed taking into account the opinion of the mediator in the GP mediation.
The payments were made as a result of independent legal advice and a commercial assessment of the order of costs involved in other forms of settlement.
(3) The number of houses included in the contract were as follows:
Gardner Parrott original contract 750
BUS original contract 101, renegotiated on 14 December 1990 to 213
Total 963
(4) A total of 1082 houses required asbestos removal. Houses not cleaned under the above contracts will have been cleaned by private removal contractors and the ACT Government Direct Labour team (Redeems only).
(5) None of those in (4) were let to GP or BUS. Costs are as in (1) above.
(6) None. There have been no contracts raised with exception of GP and BUS. The private removal contract exists between the homeowner and the contractor. The ACT Government is obligated to pay the lowest of three quotes or $43,370 which is the current private removal cost limit, whichever is the lowest. Private contractors have completed 76 houses in this way to date.
(7) No. There has been no need to call tenders other than at the time which resulted in the engagement of BUS and GP.
(8) No other contracts have been let.
(9) No private contractor has been asked to submit a price for asbestos removal by the Asbestos Program. The choice to use a private contractor and the decision of which private contractor to use are decisions for the homeowner. The ACT Government will pay the cheapest of three quotes obtained by the homeowner from the private contractors or $43,370 whichever is the lowest.
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