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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 6 Hansard (19 June) . . Page.. 1885 ..
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO. 418
1. In selecting Maunsell Pty Ltd as the consultant for undertaking this study:
(a) what tender process was followed; and
(b) how much is Maunsell being paid for this study.
2. What other consultants (a) bid for the study; and (b) what financial amounts did they propose for undertaking the study.
3. What other consultancies has Maunsell Pty Ltd been engaged for the ACT Government (a) over the last 5 financial years; and (b) the amounts paid to Maunsell for each of these consultancies.
4. How did the Government address the potential conflict of interest held by Maunsell Pty Ltd in that this company is expected to undertake an independent assessment of the need for this Parkway when this company also undertakes engineering work for new roads and could financially benefit from future decisions to build the John Dedman Parkway.
Mr Humphries - the answer to the Member's question is as follows:
1(a) A database of all consultants who have registered interest in performing engineering consulting work for the ACT is maintained by the Department of Urban Services. This database was interrogated and a short list of four consultants selected, including Ove Arup and Partners, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC), Maunsell Pty Ltd and W P Brown and Partners. These four consultants were invited to provide a proposal for the study. The proposals were assessed by a three person panel and the study awarded to Maunsell Pty Ltd.
The selection process broadly followed that recommended by the Association of Consulting Engineers, Australia, and criteria against which the various consultants' proposals were evaluated included: relevant experience of the firm; technical skills of the team; methodology; time performance; recorded past performance on tasks performed by Totalcare; and price.
1(b) Maunsell Pty Ltd's price for the originally defined work was $227,650. The project allowance, including contingencies, is $300,000.
2. Ove Arup and Partners had a combined submission with W P Brown and Partners. Their price for the originally defined work was $250,000, and had a project allowance of $300,000.
SMEC Australia's price for the originally defined work was also $250,000, within a project allowance of $300,000.
3. Following is a list of consultancies undertaken by Maunsell Pty Ltd for Totalcare (formerly ACT Public Works) over the last five years, together with consultancies undertaken for the Planning and Land Management Group during the same period. It should be noted that, in many cases, the amounts paid to Maunsell Pty Ltd include monies which that firm will have paid to sub-consultants, and the total figure does not necessarily represent payments to Maunsell Pty Ltd only.
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