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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 4 Hansard (11 April) . . Page.. 1128 ..

7. The Director of Marymead Child and Family Centre is responsible for the operation of the service.

8. See response to Question on Notice 45 (1).

9. The condition in the tender in respect of good relationships with women's services, in particular the Domestic Violence Crisis Service (DVCS), was to ensure there was a recognition by the tenderers that collaborative service systems are needed to support families to achieve these outcomes.

Members of the Men's Reference Group have participated in the development of initiatives which support men and their families both locally and nationally.

10. Interim arrangements are in place for running the service at Kaleen. A recruitment process is in progress to appoint permanent staff.

11. The service will be available in accordance with the individual needs of the families supported. A support worker will be available 365 days per year.

12. The service will be provided in accordance with the needs of the individual families receiving support. A support worker will be at the house between 9am and 10pm each weekday. Out of hours support will be available if necessary on a 24 hour basis. This is a common and acceptable practice across the refuge sector.

13. The full year effect purchase price for the service to be provided by CANFACS and paid to Marymead as the legally responsible entity is $182,445 (including GST of $16, 585).

14. Four services provided submissions to this tender process. The names of the unsuccessful tenderers are not relevant. The tender panel assessed that the submission by Men's Reference Group and Marymead was significantly superior to that of other submissions.

15. Nil.

16. The Lone Fathers' Association's purchase agreement with the Department of Education and Community Services for the provision of the men's and children's accommodation service expired on 31 January 2002.

17. See 16 above.

18. See 16 above.

19. CANFACS commenced service provision from I February 2002. The first family was provided accommodation on Monday 3 February 2002.

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