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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 2 Hansard (11 March) . . Page.. 599 ..

assessment? Could you tell us what process was involved for this tender and what other organisations tendered. Have you got a copy of the report referred to yesterday in the Assembly and could you provide a copy? I am really interested in the Survival report and whether it can be provided to the Assembly.

My answer is as follows:

Tender documentation was developed by the Department of Health and Community Care, following significant consultation with stakeholders in the alcohol and other drugs field. This documentation contained Selection Criteria which underpinned the selection of the successful tenderer for this service. This criteria included areas such as organisational structure, proposed program, ability to meet the standards set by the policy on peer drug support and education, and accountability measures.

The tender document also included information about the service to be offered, including specifications outlining the type of organisation and management structures, the outputs expected to be offered and the funding available to the successful organisation.

The tender document stated that "A peer based service is one in which intravenous drug users (IDU' s) have control over the direction of the service and at all levels of the organisation - not one just managed by health professionals or alcohol and drug workers which simply employs IDUs." The selection criteria reflected this statement in parts.

ACT Department of Health and Community Care received two submissions for this funding from Canberra Injector's Network Incorporated (CIN) and Assisting Drug Dependents Incorporated (ADDinc). Both were assessed on the advertised criteria through a series of three tender panel meetings, including a presentation by each of the agencies.

The tender panel considered that CIN met the criteria to a greater extent than ADDinc. Both agencies proposals offered a comprehensive range of programs, but the CIN proposal met the overall criteria to a greater extent and specifically the criteria reflected above, around the involvement of peer IDUs in the organisation.

All tenders conducted by the Department of Health and Community Care, follow the purchasing guidelines set out in the ACT Government Purchasing Policy, September 1994. These guidelines include criteria for selecting the tender panel. The composition of the panel is outlined below:

.Maarten van der Kleij - Chairperson and Voting panel member

Manager Community Services Purchasing, DHCC.

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