Appendix 12

Consultancy services

TABLE 29. CONSULTANCY SERVICES CONTRACTS LET DURING 2009–10 OF $10 000 OR MORE

Consultant name	Description	Contract price ($)	Selection process (1)	Justification (2)
Alliance Consulting	business continuity planning services	44 000	Direct Sourcing	A
Alliance Consulting	procurement advice and support services	49 999	Direct Sourcing	A
Alliance Consulting Group Pty Ltd	procurement related consultancy services	12 000	Select Tender	C
Alliance Recruitment Pty Ltd	security consultancy services	16 123	Direct Sourcing	C
Analytics Group Pty Ltd	financial advice—foreign exchange transactions	36 025	Direct Sourcing	B
Analytics Group Pty Ltd	IT consultancy services	49 184	Direct Sourcing	B
Analytics Group Pty Ltd	independent review of departmental cost recovery models	53 900	Direct Sourcing	B
Aurecon Australia Pty Ltd	blast analysis	33 600	Panel	B
Australian Services Roundtable Limited	industry workshop services	29 000	Direct Sourcing	B
CB Richard Ellis, Belgrade	property divestment consultancy	127 606	Direct Sourcing	B
Cedar Consulting Australia Pty Ltd	feasibility study for management information system implementation	342 375	Panel	B
Centre For Public Management Pty Ltd	independent review of select departmental processes	30 000	Direct Sourcing	C
Cogent Business Solutions Pty Ltd	IT systems change and release workflow management consultancy services	33 400	Select Tender	B
Control Risks Group Pty Ltd	independent review of security arrangements	32 339	Select Tender	C
Convergent Consulting Pty Ltd	evaluation services	62 645	Select Tender	B
Cousins, Ian Herbert	management advisory services	79 450	Direct Sourcing	B
Croftology, London	curatorial services	15 433	Direct Sourcing	B
Et Al Architecture Pty Ltd	design consultancy	17 500	Open Tender	B
Fayle, Pamela Jean	consular services review	40 000	Direct Sourcing	C
Gartner Australasia Pty Ltd	IT consultancy services	23 980	Direct Sourcing	C
Gartner Australasia Pty Ltd	IT consultancy services	23 980	Direct Sourcing	C
Geoscience Australia	seismic monitoring services	645 819	Direct Sourcing	B
GHD Pty Ltd	construction support services	58 985	Panel	B
GHD Pty Ltd	construction support services	11 300	Panel	B
International Economics Unit Trust	economic modelling services	108 600	Select Tender	C
International Trade Strategies Pty Ltd	services trade research	39 600	Select Tender	C
JLT Actuaries	pension report and actuarial disclosures	24 723	Direct Sourcing	B
Len Early Pty Ltd	audit and risk consultancy	18 558	Direct Sourcing	B
Lowy Institute	assessment of Thai studies in Australia	14 890	Direct Sourcing	B
Major Training Services Pty Ltd	training assessment services	56 760	Direct Sourcing	B
McCarthy, John Philip	independent review of consular case management	66 000	Direct Sourcing	C
McGrathNicol Advisory Partnership	audit services	26 000	Select Tender	C
Nathan Associates Inc.	research services on environmental goods and services markets	40 000	Direct Sourcing	C
Noetic Solutions Pty Ltd	review of crisis management systems and processes	64 873	Direct Sourcing	B
Palm Consulting Group Pty Ltd	business process mapping services	11 220	Direct Sourcing	B
PricewaterhouseCoopers	audit services	18 480	Panel	C
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	IT consultancy services	110 000	Direct Sourcing	B
SRC Solutions Pty Ltd	OH&S consultancy services	10 000	Direct Sourcing	B
Tanner James Management Consultants Pty Ltd	P3M3 assessment and capability planning services	78 607	Panel	C
The Boston Consulting Group Pty Ltd	review of the DFAT IT capability and IT organisation	30 250	Direct Sourcing	C
The Realise Group Pty Ltd	quality assessment services	160 000	Open Tender	B
The Trustee for the Stamford Interactive Trust	website evaluation services	56 475	Direct Sourcing	C
Thomson Maloney & Partners Pty Ltd	property management strategy	85 470	Open Tender	B
University of Melbourne	research services relating to intellectual property	49 610	Direct Sourcing	C
UXC Applications Development	corporate directory and metadata consultancy services	82 500	Direct Sourcing	B
VSL Australia Pty Ltd	blast analysis	19 113	Panel	B
VSL Australia Pty Ltd	blast analysis	148 500	Panel	B
VSL Australia Pty Ltd	blast analysis	20 625	Panel	B
Total		3 209 496

(1) Explanation of selection process terms drawn from the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines (December 2008):
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. Public tenders are generally sought from the Australian Government AusTender internet site.
Select Tender: A procurement procedure in which the procuring agency selects which potential suppliers are invited to submit tenders (this includes tenders submitted through Multi-Use Lists). This procurement process may only be used under certain defined circumstances.
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.
Panel: An arrangement under which a number of suppliers, initially selected through an open tender process, may each supply property or services to an agency as specified in the panel arrangements. Quotes are sought from suppliers that have pre-qualified on the agency panels to supply to the government. This category includes standing offers and supplier panels where the supply of goods and services may be provided for a predetermined length of time, usually at a prearranged price.

(2) Justification for decision to use consultancy:
A—skills currently unavailable within agency
B—need for specialised or professional skills
C—need for independent research or assessment