Page 1829 - Week 06 - Thursday, 30 July 2020
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(6) What medical equipment was supplied by Varian Medical Systems Australia for the payment of $3,100,804.08 and why did it take 65 days to pay the invoice.
(7) Why was the Health Care Consumers Association paid $28,470.08 to have a representative on Design User Groups
(8) Are the Design User Groups referred to in part (7) associated with SPIRE; if not, what are they associated with.
(9) How many Design User Groups are there and (a) what is the purpose of each one, (b) who sits on each one, (c) who, other than public servants, is paid to sit on them and (d) how much is paid for this purpose.
Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Gartner Australasia Pty Ltd is a research and professional advisory organisation.
The payment is for a 12-month professional membership which provides research, advisory support, training and professional development.
(2) Canberra Health Services (CHS) categorises notifiable invoices into broad categories for the purposes of reporting. This categorisation is consistent with the approach used by a number of ACT Government Directorates and balances transparency with efficient business processes.
Breakdown of $2,144,511.92 Buildings & Fitout – WIP is as follows:
(Data is available at the Chamber Support Office).
(3) Breakdown of $714,856.09 Capital Works Projects is as follows:
(Data is available at the Chamber Support Office).
(4)
(a) The delay in the payment to the Australian National University was because of:
- A new team member learning the system in Accounts Payable Invoice Automation System.
- The Executive Director for the Division who had to approve the invoiced expenditure was re-deployed to the COVID-19 response team and approval was ultimately redirected to the business manager.
(b) Delay in the payment to the Lamson Concepts was because the invoice was sent through to the incorrect person originally, taking a number of days to find its way to the correct team. Facilities Management then queried the invoice placing a hold on it for the company to reply, once they received the reply it was processed as per normal.
(5)
(a) Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions Pty Ltd has been contracted to provide facilities management services at the University of Canberra Hospital including building maintenance, distribution and patient support, pest control, security, cleaning, maintaining gardens and grounds, help desk and food services.
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