Consultancy contracts let during 2001–02 to the value of $10,000 or more
Government purchasing policy requires that agencies publish open business opportunities, and gazette all contracts and standing offers with a value of $2,000 or more in the Commonwealth Purchasing and Disposals Gazette. Details can be accessed at www.contracts.gov.au.
The following table lists only those consultancies engaged for $10,000 or more.
In this table, unless otherwise indicated, the reason for engaging the consultancy service was a requirement for specialist expertise not available within the department.
In column four, the symbols PT, ST and DE stand for public tender, selective tender or direct engagement respectively.
AMR means a consultancy whose details also appear in appendix 3 – Advertising and Market Research.
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Consultant
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Nature and purpose of consultancy
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Contract price
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Selection process
and remarks |
| OUTPUT GROUP 1: Economic, Industry and Resources Policy Group | |||
| Economic Policy Advice and Coordination | |||
| Blackburne Consulting Pty Ltd | To head the review of the Commonwealth’s investment, promotion and attraction efforts | $18,182 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| OUTPUT GROUP 2: Social Policy Group | |||
| Women’s Policy | |||
| Spherion Technology | To maintain the APPOINT database and provide training | $13,190 | DE – Spherion Technology created the database and had the required expertise for the maintenance |
| Southern Family Life | To research and report on the benefits to business of involvement in the domestic violence initiativeTo develop a framework to expand business involvement | $16,500 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Ita Buttrose Pty Ltd | To provide public relations services to support direct linkages between the domestic violence work of Office of the Status of Women (OSW) and related work in the United States: ‘Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence’ | $30,800 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Streetwize Communications | To produce a comic for young women on the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) | $12,182 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Success Works Pty Ltd | To develop a project framework for the selection and management of projects to be funded under Partnerships Against Domestic Violence (PADV) | $58,300 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Morgan Disney and Associates | To develop a project framework for the selection and management of projects to be funded under PADV | $55,000 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Informed Sources | To catalogue the items in OSW’s resource centre | $22,000 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Kirsner Consulting Pty Ltd | To provide writing and editorial services for PADV publications | $50,000 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Yan Su Pty Ltd | To evaluate the management of the ‘Australian Women Speak’ conference and produce a handbook setting out procedures for future conferences | $30,000 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Reamont Pty Ltd (Noise) | To develop a multimedia campaign aimed at involving young people in talking about domestic violence and participating in activities relating to domestic violence issues | $715,000 | DE – sole provider and overall manager of the national NOISE festival at which PADV funded a domestic violence component called ‘Making Noise’ |
| Spherion Technology Solutions | To upgrade and enhance the APPOINT database | $10,692 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Success Works Pty Ltd | To conduct a series of capacity building workshops for women in regional Australia aimed at building organisational capacity and skills for working with government | $13,310 | DE – created the database and had the required expertise for the upgrade |
| SMEC | To conduct a series of capacity building workshops for women in regional Australia aimed at building organisational capacity and skills for working with government | $13,722 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Strategic Partners Pty Ltd | To provide advice to the PADV Task Force and its working groups about the evaluation of PADV1 projects and the promotion of PADV2 | $265,100 | DE – sole provider, with recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| ComTech Integration Services Pty Ltd | To provide technical expertise on project management for the development of the women’s portal | $29,700 | ST |
| Australian Local Government Women’s Association | To develop a framework for local government organisations on encouraging greater participation of women in decision making | $11,841 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Debretts Conference and Events | To coordinate and organise the PADV Perth Conference | $17,400 | ST |
| WA Government | To coordinate PADV forum in Perth: ‘Across the Lifespan’ | $30,000 | DE – sole provider |
| Write Communications Group (Ita Buttrose) | To provide public relations/media management support for the PADV: ‘A Business Approach’ | $80,300 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| The Reach Foundation | To evaluate and produce a report on the effectiveness of programmes for young people | $20,000 | DE – specialist knowledge and capacity based on expertise in this area |
| Centre for Gender Related Violence Studies School of Social WorkUniversity of NSW | To establish and implement a clearinghouse for storage and distribution of Australian domestic and family violence publications | $546,700 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Space-Time Research Pty Ltd | To provide software and services to build and support the women’s data warehouse: ‘Windows on Women’ | $481,332 | PT |
| Success Works | To develop and conduct an intensive ‘train the trainer’ workshop to provide skills for trainers to deliver capacity building workshops to women in regional areas | $11,550 | DE – recognised and prominent expertise in this area |
| Spherion Technology Solutions | To further upgrade the APPOINT database to Access 2000 and 2002 standard | $12,000 | DE – Spherion Technology created the database and had the required expertise for the upgrade |
| Future Leaders | To provide mentoring services to encourage young women, especially indigenous women and women from disadvantaged backgrounds, to participate in national leadership programmes | $16,500 | DE – specialist knowledge and capacity based on expertise in this area |
| The Communication Co (Zoo) | To manage production of a publication and postcard called Action Women – Volunteers Shaping the Person, Shaping Australia | $26,435 | ST |
| Southern Family Life Association Inc. | To develop a community strategy to assist business combat domestic violence – this includes mentoring for individual businesses and provision of support materials | $15,000 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| Boardroom Partners | To identify suitably qualified women for government board vacancies: ‘Executive Search’ | $10,000 | ST |
| Fast Track Software Professionals | To develop a customised database for AppointWomen, an executive search service for Commonwealth Government boards and committees | $99,220 | ST |
| Paul Memmott and Associates | To provide mentoring services to indigenous communities which have received grants under the Indigenous Family Violence Grants Programme | $243,925 | ST |
| Aurelius Director | To advise on names of women with specific skills for inclusion on the OSW AppointWomen Executive Search Service database | $30,248 | ST |
| Sharon McCallum and Associates Pty Ltd | To research and report on the most effective ways of working with offenders of family violence | $275,000 | PT |
| Thomas Gevers Pty LtdATF Thomas Gevers TrustT/A Leslie Gevers Community Management Services | To conduct a national audit of training programs available in Australia for specialists working with those who perpetrate domestic violence | $110,000 | PT |
| Thomas Gevers Pty LtdATF Thomas Gevers TrustT/A Leslie Gevers Community Management Services | To scope, map and document existing services, resources and interventions for children living with domestic violence | $165,000 | PT |
| St Luke’s Anglicare, BendigoUniting Care BurnsideJannawi Family CentreEmergency Accommodation Service Enterprise, Bendigo | To develop a framework and related training for professionals whose primary role is to work with children living with domestic violence | $429,000 | PT |
| Relationships Australia (SA) Inc | To develop best practice guidelines and strategies for services which come into contact with children living with domestic violence | $328,540 | PT |
| Health Outcomes International Pty Ltd | To research and report on existing and recommended strategies and good practice models for assisting women and children victims of domestic violence to remain in their homes | $110,000 | PT |
| Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work, University of SA | To provide expert advice on the development of competency standards and training for people working with perpetrators of domestic violence | $275,000 | PT |
| Informed Sources Pty Ltd | To manage meta-data and content discovery for the women’s portal | $57,750 | ST |
| Research and Education Unit on Gender Violence University of SA | To conduct a comparative assessment and development of good practice guidelines for programmes for perpetrators of domestic violence | $495,000 | PT |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | To collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative information on the under reporting of sexual assault and to promote and implement research on sexual assault against women | $152,380 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| Australian Institute of Criminology | To develop and conduct surveys, data analysis and comparative studies for the Australian component of the International Violence Against Women Survey | $295,000 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | To develop an information development plan to analyse existing data and identify areas where data collection is required in relation to sexual assault | $125,000 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| Qualitative and Quantitative Social Research | To provide mentoring and support services to assist women’s non-government organisations in applying for funding under the Women’s Development Programme | $13,350 | ST |
| Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute | To undertake a literature review in relation to women, housing and transitions out of homelessness, namely on how access to housing and support services affects women’s housing situation | $56,050 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| Colmar Brunton Social Research | To clarify issues raised in the departmental staff survey and to develop strategies to address the issues | $23,000 | DE – previously undertook closely related work for the department |
| Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of SA | To conduct a national audit and review of the implementation and operation of integrated approaches to intervention of domestic violence and related programmes | $330,000 | PT |
| SMEC Australia | To conduct capacity building workshops: ‘Getting Your Message Heard’, in Kempsey, Coffs Harbour, Broken Hill, Rockhampton and Toowoomba | $25,245 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| The National Capital Authority | To manage the process of commissioning and placement of an artwork to celebrate the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage | $600,000 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| YWCA of Australia | To provide leadership skills to young disadvantaged and marginalised women in Australia, particularly those living in regional, rural and remote areas | $33,000 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| The Communication Co (Zoo) | To provide design and merchandising services for the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage, including product branding, publications and other products | $19,763 | ST |
| Morgan Disney and Associates | To provide administrative support and specialist advice in respect to projects to be funded under PADV on the priority theme of ‘Women’s Services’ | $88,000 | PT |
| Australian Institute of Family Studies | To collect, collate and analyse data relating to fertility research | $275,000 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | Purchase of ABS data to support the women’s data warehouse, including annual licensing fees for secondary provision of ABS data | $1,320,000 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency | To undertake a census of, and produce a report on, the number of women on private sector boards across Australia | $24,200 | DE – recognised expertise in this area |
| Kate Tully | To research and develop an updated version of the publication Every Women’s Guide to Getting into Politics | $57,862 | DE – Kate Tully produced the original version of the publication and had expertise in the area |
| Lifeline Australia | To conduct a survey of Lifeline Australia volunteers who perform the role of telephone counselling – the aim being to ascertain what part training and working as a telephone counsellor play in women’s educational and employment pathways | $17,760 | DE – Specialist knowledge and expertise in this area |
| OUTPUT GROUP 4: Government and Corporate Group | |||
| Machinery of Government | |||
| Office Productivity Centre (OPC) Safety Web | To scope for the review and development of the Australian Honours List Database Stage I | $16,445 | DE – The company successfully completed similar work in 2000–01 |
| OPC Safety Web | To upgrade and develop the Australian Honours List Database Stage II | $37,675 | DE – The company successfully completed similar work in 2000–01 |
| Spherion Technology Solutions Pty Ltd (consultancy 1) | To develop and implement enhancements to the Centenary Medal database | $14,294 | DE – The company successfully completed similar work in 2000–01 |
| Spherion Technology Solutions Pty Ltd (consultancy 2) | To develop and implement enhancements to the Centenary Medal database | $32,940 | DE – The company successfully completed similar work in 2000–01 |
| OPC Safety Web | To upgrade the Prime Minister’s Congratulatory Message database | $12,100 | DE – The company successfully completed similar work in 2000–01 |
| Government Communications | |||
| Firm Decisions Pty Ltd | To provide consultancy services to develop a new model fee structure for creative agencies contracted to the Commonwealth | $27,513 | DE – At the time, Firm Decisions was the only known company providing this specialist expertise |
| Colmar Brunton Social Research | See details in appendix 3 – Advertising and Market Research | $51,972 | ST AMR |
| Conference Coordinators Pty Ltd | To provide services relating to the organisation of seminars/forums | $11,068 | ST |
| David Jess and Associates Pty Ltd | To provide procurement consultancy re tender process to select master media placement agencies | $74,800 | ST |
| Ceremonial and Hospitality | |||
| Naidu Consulting Services | To develop tender documentation for the provision of government gifts for official presentation, and provision of evaluation support | $17,700 | DE – Previously undertook closely related work for the department |
| Consultant | Nature and purpose of consultancy | Contract price | Reason for engaging consultancy services |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOGM Task Force | |||
| Market and Communications Research Pty Ltd | To investigate and report on community attitudes to, and understanding of, the planned CHOGM | $23,815 | ST |
| Jacki Huggins | To assist with indigenous liaison | $7,000 | DE – Ms Huggins is a recognised and pre-eminent expert in this specialised field |
Note: In addition to the above consultants, the CHOGM Task Force engaged a large number of contractors for physical and organisational work. See the special article on CHOGM for additional information.
| Contents | Secretary's Review | Portfolio and Departmental Overview
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| Report on Performance
| Corporate Governance |
| Coolum
CHOGM | Appendixes | Financial Statements |
| Glossary | Subject Index
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(c) Commonwealth of Australia 2002
