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(c) Flexible bus trips are currently capped at 100 passenger trips per day.

(3) Service providers of the Community Transport Minibus service are not required to report on the number of passenger trips. However, providers of the community minibus service are required to provide an average of 25 service hours per week for 50 weeks per year. Reporting received from providers indicates that this requirement is being met. The buses are also fitted with electronic logbooks which record usage levels.

(4) Service providers are not required to report on capacity utilisation for the Community Transport Minibus service. However, it is a requirement for Service Providers that they foster and develop partnerships with other community minibus service providers to assist in efficiencies and flexibility of all community minibus service providers, including Transport Canberra and City Services (TCCS). As part of this commitment the Community Services Directorate (CSD), TCCS and funded service providers participate in a Transport Working Group bimonthly meeting and one of the key focus areas for this group is to share information on the level of demand and emerging unmet need for community transport.

(5) Applications for travel maybe declined due to:

- not meeting the eligibility criteria;

- booking within the two-day time restriction;

- travel is required outside normal operating hours; and

- travel is required out of zone.

Details of these requests are not recorded.

Government—procurement
(Question No 2864)

Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Government Services and Procurement, upon notice, on 29 November 2019:

(1) Does the ACT Government provide any assistance or support (e.g. training or information) to help ACT businesses take part in ACT Government procurement processes; if so, can the Minister provide details.

(2) Does the ACT Government provide any assistance or support (e.g. training or information) to help businesses from the wider Canberra region take part in ACT Government procurement processes; if so, can the Minister provide details.

(3) Do any ACT Government procurement processes include a weighting or other competitive advantage to proposals on the basis of local content or a business being based in the ACT; if not, has the ACT Government investigated the possible introduction of such a process over the past three years and can the Minister provide details.

Ms Orr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) Procurement ACT and Major Projects Canberra (MPC) provide support and assistance to all businesses wishing to participate in ACT Government procurement processes.

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