Page 2941 - Week 07 - Thursday, 7 June 2012

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(1) (b) Further description of the project: The Project consists of one off campus property renovation and four minor works packages at the Canberra Hospital:

I am advised that the single select process for the appointment of a Project Manager for the above packages relates only to the components of the Project Manager’s profit, support management fee, administration costs and consultant fees which are approximately 26% of $1.35m. Individual building trade works are tendered in accordance with the Government Procurement Regulation 2007 without any need for exemption from quotation and tender threshold requirements.

(2) Value for money requirements were satisfied by assessing the tender received against pre-identified assessment criteria. The tender was benchmarked against other Shared Services Procurement recent similar projects at the Canberra Hospital and was assessed as providing value for money.

(3) This approach was taken as G E Shaw and Associates have undertaken similar work for the Health Directorate giving them exceptional knowledge of the sites and a high level of understanding of processes and protocols while working within Health Facilities. In relation to the Cancer Patient Residential Accommodation G E Shaw and Associates were the builders who built the residence.

A single select was required due to the tight timeframe allowed to complete all packages so as to not impact on the larger Health Directorate Health Infrastructure Program builds. This is consistent with Section 10(2)(4) of the Government Procurement Regulation 2007, the conduct of a public tender process was exempted by the Delegate on the grounds that “the time within which the procurement activity was to be completed prevented public tenders from being called”.

(4) See 3 above.

(5) The Health Directorate’s approach to contracting the services of the consultant complies with all relevant requirements of the “ACT Government Procurement Policy Circular PC25: Select and Single Select Procurement”.

The Health Director-General’s exemption for the single select was obtained during procurement planning process due to the tight timeframe as specified in above 3(ll). Value for money requirements were satisfied by assessing the tender received against pre-identified assessment criteria. The tender was benchmarked against other Shared Services Procurement recent similar projects at the Canberra Hospital and was assessed as providing value for money. The process demonstrated that value for money has been pursued and it complies with all relevant requirements of the Circular.

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