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Annex 2 – Consultancy Services let during 2008–09, of $10,000 or more



Table 1: Consultancy Services let during – 2008-09, of $10,000 or more
Consultant Name Description Contract Price (GST inclusive) Selection Process (1) Justification (2)
W J Blick Specialist operational audits $17,944.50 Direct Sourcing B
Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) General legal services $33,292.05 (3) Direct Sourcing B
Blake Dawson General legal services $15,541.63 (3) Direct Sourcing B
Total        
  1. Explanation of selection process terms drawn from the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines (December 2008): Direct Sourcing: A form of restricted tendering, available only under certain defined circumstances, with a single potential supplier or suppliers being invited to bid because of their unique expertise and/or their special ability to supply the goods and/or services sought.
  2. Justification for decision to use consultancy:
    1. skills currently unavailable within agency
    2. need for specialised or professional skills
    3. need for independent research or assessment
  3. The definition of a ‘consultancy’ provided by the Department of Finance and Deregulation in its Guidance on Procurement Publishing Obligations, July 2007 (FMG No. 15) was used to determine the proportion of total legal expenditure (listed in the chapter on Management and Accountability) that should also be reported in this table. Legal services deemed to be ‘consultancies’ include advice on the interpretation of legislation, advice in connection with inquiries under the IGIS Act and advice on the drafting/negotiation of a new enterprise agreement. This does not encompass all forms of legal services. The cost of all legal services, including those which are defined as consultancies and those that are not, is also reported at page 63 of this report.
Table 2: Agency Resource Statement 2008-09
  Actual Available
Appropriations
for 2008-09 (a)		 Payment Made
2008-09 $’000
(b) 		Balance
Remaining
(a-b)
Ordinary Annual Services1      
Departmental appropriation
 Prior year departmental appropriation
 Departmental appropriation
 S31 receipts
 Total 		 
1,337
1,899
-
3,236 		 
 
1,673
-
1,673 		 
1,337
226
-
1,563
Total Ordinary Annual Services 3,236 1,673 1,563
Other Services      
Departmental non-operating
 Equity Injection
 Previous Years’ Outputs
 Total 		 
 
 
Nil 		 
 
 
Nil 		 
 
 
Nil
Total Other Services Nil Nil Nil
Total Special Appropriations Nil Nil Nil
Special Accounts
 Opening balance
 Appropriation Receipts
 Appropriation Receipts – other
 Agencies
 Non-appropriation receipts to Special
 Accounts
 Payments made
 Closing Balance 		 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nil 		 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nil 		 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nil
Total Resourcing and Payments 3,236 1,673 1,563

1 Appropration Bill (No. 1) 2008–09

Table 3: Resources for Outcomes 2008-09
  Budget
2008-09 $’000(a)		 Actual Expenses
2008-09 $’000 (b)		 Variation
$’000 (a-b)
Output Group 1.1:
 Administered Items
 Special Appropriations
 Departmental Outputs
 Other Departmental OIGIS
 Special Accounts 		 
 
1,899 		 
 
1,679 		 
 
220
Subtotal for Output Group 1.1  1,899  1,679  220
Total for Outcome 1
 Departmental
 Administered 		 1,899  1,679  220

Average Staffing Level (number)          10.21

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