Page 203 - Week 01 - Wednesday, 11 February 2015

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The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Ms Fitzharris	Mr Coe	Ms Lawder
Ms Berry	Mr Gentleman	Mr Doszpot	Mr Smyth
Dr Bourke	Ms Porter	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall
Ms Burch	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Mr Corbell		Mrs Jones

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Motion agreed to.

Government—tendering arrangements

MR WALL (Brindabella) (5.25): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes:

(a) the importance of locally owned and operated small, medium and family business investment to the ACT economy;

(b) the low weighting given to local small, medium and family businesses in the tender assessment process for ACT Government contracts;

(c) CityWide Service Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Melbourne City Council, have recently been awarded the contract for dryland grass mowing along arterial roads and connecting roads in the ACT;

(d) the impact on local small, medium and family business as a result of contracts being awarded to interstate and overseas contractors; and

(e) the flow on effect to the ACT economy as a result of keeping contracts local; and

(2) calls on the ACT Government to:

(a) outline the long term economic impact to the ACT as a result of allowing contracts to move interstate and overseas;

(b) review the process that allowed CityWide Service Solutions to be awarded the contract for dryland grass mowing along arterial roads and connecting roads in the ACT with a review to be tabled in the Assembly by the last sitting day of March 2015; and

(c) ensure that a fair weighting is given to local small, medium and family business in the tender assessment process for ACT Government contracts.

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