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members more about what we are doing and what we have achieved over the coming years.
Madam Speaker, I present the following paper:
Future of education—Implementation update—Ministerial statement, 14 February 2019.
I move:
That the Assembly take note of the paper.
Debate (on motion by Mr Wall) adjourned to a later hour.
Housing ACT—total facilities manager
Ministerial statement
MS BERRY (Ginninderra—Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister for Women) (10.54): On 18 January 2019 the ACT Auditor-General tabled the performance audit into Housing ACT’s total facilities management procurement. I am happy to inform the Assembly that the overall conclusion from the audit was very positive about Housing ACT’s procurement process. The Auditor-General noted that the procurement was effectively planned and managed, with sound administrative arrangements in place for a procurement that was complex, high value and high risk.
When I initiated the process of procuring this major contract, I emphasised the need for an outcome that does the best by tenants, workers, local businesses and the community, with a real focus on social outcomes and value for money. I believe this contract is achieving those things and that this Auditor-General’s report gives us a solid endorsement of the way the procurement was run.
The objective of the audit was to provide an independent opinion to this Assembly on the effectiveness of Housing ACT’s procurement process. The audit assessed the procurement against three criteria: that the procurement was conducted in accordance with the ACT government’s procurement legislation and processes; that Housing ACT’s procurement process promoted the achievement of value for money; and that effective arrangements were in place for integrity and probity.
The findings in relation to each of these criteria were very positive, with the Auditor-General making one recommendation that the government should review and revise probity information to provide more detailed guidance and clarity to directorates undertaking procurement activities. Noting that the government has yet to formally respond to the recommendation, I can advise the Assembly that Procurement ACT has taken this recommendation on board.
The positive findings of this report and the success of the procurement process overall are a result of concerted effort by the government to respond to the 2016 performance
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