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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1995 Week 8 Hansard (26 October) . . Page.. 2074 ..

Mr Kaine: Or for a block of land.

MR DE DOMENICO: Or for a block of land. What utter nonsense! There is another question that people have been alluding to but have never asked, so I will ask it. Did I meet with anyone in relation to the bid? I met with no-one in relation to the process of that bid. I met with Mr Reg Abbey, by the way. I met with him twice. Mr Reg Abbey visited my office on 27 September, when he informed me that he was now working for Hymans. I had never heard of Hymans. He said that he worked for Hymans and requested an introduction for his principal, who was visiting from Sydney on that Friday, the 29th. I agreed with Mr Abbey to meet with Mr Abbey and his principal that Friday and subsequently did.

During the meeting on the 27th, Mr Abbey made reference to the auction of the taxi licence plates and said that he had a terrific idea that would cost the Government nothing. I asked him to put it in writing and informed him that it would be forwarded to the department for their consideration - the normal process. I spoke to Mr Abbey and his principal on 29 September. They told me about Hymans wishing to enter the Canberra auction market, expanding their business involvement in Canberra. I said, "I am delighted about that. If you have anything to say about this bid, put it in writing and it will go down to the department". That is what has happened.

Mr Speaker, the standard process that was adhered to this time is used by governments pursuant to the ACT government procurement circular No. 94/4 released under the former Government on 23 September 1994. Let us have a look at what that says. It says:

Tender requirements for those quotes or tender values less than $2,000 are:

Seek at least one quotation from a local supplier where no applicable ACT Government Common Use Contract (CUC) or suitable period contract exists.

That is for anything under $2,000, under their process. It also says:

Tender requirements for those quotes or tender values from $2,000 to $50,000 are:

Seek at least three written quotations ...

So, if it is less than $2,000, seek one - - -

Mr Kaine: You need only one.

MR DE DOMENICO: You need only one. If it is between $2,000 and $50,000, you need three. What happened this time? There were seven, not one and not three as happened last year. Under their same process, there were seven.

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