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Consultancies
Defence engages consultants where it lacks specialist expertise or when independent assessments are required. Consultants investigate assigned problems under limited direction or supervision and provide recommendations or options for management decisions.
The process for selecting consultants is consistent with Defence's procurement policies and the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines. Selection methods are as follows:
Methods of Selection
| Open Tender |
A procurement procedure in which a request for tender is published inviting all businesses that satisfy the conditions for participation to submit tenders. |
| Select Tender |
A procurement procedure in which the procuring agency selects which potential suppliers are invited to submit tenders in accordance with the mandatory procurement procedures. |
| Direct Sourcing |
A procurement process, available only under certain defined circumstances, in which an agency may contact a single potential supplier or suppliers of its choice and for which conditions for direct sourcing apply under the mandatory procurement procedures. |
| Panel |
An arrangement under which a number of suppliers, usually selected through a single procurement process, may each supply property or services to an agency as specified in the panel arrangements. |
| Reason for engagement |
| A. Skills currently unavailable within agency |
| B. Need for specialised or professional skills |
| C. Need for independent research or assessment |
Consultancy Services Let During 2004-05, of Total Contract Value of $10,000 or More (Inclusive of GST)
| Consultant Name |
Description |
Contract
Value
$ |
Selection Process |
Justification |
| Army |
| Deloitte Consulting Pty Ltd |
Identify and review business process of Army Headquarters. |
14,707 |
Direct Sourcing |
B |
| Gordon Jarvis Consulting |
Noise survey. |
20,669 |
Direct Sourcing |
A |
| KAZ Technology Services Pty Ltd |
Advice on personnel information management system. |
97,964 |
Direct Sourcing |
A |
| Parsons Brinckerhoff International Australia Pty Ltd |
Advice on Project Bushranger. |
15,558 |
Direct Sourcing |
A |
| Purpose Built Software Pty Ltd |
Project software development scoping study. |
55,000 |
Open Tender |
B |
| Total Army |
203,898 |
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| Air Force |
| Ball Solutions Group |
Advice on development of Flying Hours Management System. |
25,810 |
Direct Sourcing |
A |
| BAE Systems Australia Ltd |
Advice on Woomera Information and Communications Technology Project. |
24,048 |
Direct Sourcing |
A |
| Power Initiatives |
Develop an options paper on disposition of Victorian RAAF bases. |
28,832 |
Direct Sourcing |
A |
| URS Australia Pty Ltd |
Advice on decision support tool for environmental management planning. |
24,229 |
Direct Sourcing |
A |
| Total Air Force |
102,919 |
|
| Strategy |
| Spotless |
Advice on a secure facility upgrade. |
7,000 |
Direct Sourcing |
A |
| Ernest P. Chamberlain |
Advisor to the East Timor Defence Secretarial. |
402,000 |
Direct Sourcing |
A |
| Total Strategy |
409,000 |
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