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(4) Coca Cola Bottlers, Streets Ice Cream and Lindemans Wines were given exclusive trading rights at Floriade.
It is common practice to offer exclusive trading rights to product sponsors in return for financial support for the event.
(5) DELP called for tenders for the event management contract in the Canberra Times on 5 October 1991 and for sponsorship acquisition in the Canberra Times on 2 November 1991.
Expressions of interest for the supply of bulbs for 1990, with a possible extension for four additional periods of one year each, were invited from selected companies thought capable of the job and through an advertisement in the Canberra Times. Expressions of interest were due by 15 November 1989 and requests to tender by 1 December 1989.
Expressions of interest for the supply of Floriade merchandise for both 1993 and 1994 were sought from selected firms who were known to have expertise in this type of merchandising. They were also sought for 1994 through an advertisement in the Canberra Times on 11 April 1994.
Submissions were invited from firms with past experience working for the Chief Ministers Department for visitor surveys in 1993 and 1994 and focus groups in 1994.
(6) The event management contract for Floriade 1992 was advertised in the Canberra Times. No firms were contacted directly.
An advertisement calling for expressions of interest for the supply of bulb material was placed in the Canberra Times.
A local firm was contracted to supply Floriade merchandise in 1993. In 1994, 4 of the 6 firms contacted directly to supply Floriade merchandise were locally based and expressions of interest were invited through the Canberra Times.
In 1993, 5 ACT/ Queanbeyan based security firms were invited to submit expressions of interest for security services. In 1994, the breakdown was 4 ACT / Queanbeyan and one NSW based security firms.
An advertisement inviting expressions of interest for the outdoor cafe was placed in the Canberra Times in both 1993 and 1994. Seven of the 10 companies requesting information in 1993 were local and, in 1994, 4 of the 5 companies were local.
In 1993, a local firm was engaged to conduct the visitor survey and in 1994, 4 of the 8 agents contacted were local.
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