POLICE SECURITY SERVICES BRANCH

In reply to Mrs REDMOND (Heysen) (26 June 2008).

The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business): Police Security Services Branch provides security equipment maintenance services to government agencies on a cost recovery basis. In 2004 South Australia Police undertook a full public tender process to engage a service provider for these services. Through that process, Australian Integrated Security (AIS), a proprietary limited company, was selected. A contract for three years (with an option to extend for a further two years) was awarded to AIS and commenced in 2005. AIS provides these services across South Australia. In some regional areas, these services are sub-contracted. The contract includes provisions for probity checking and disclosure of employee information to the Minister. AIS has advised that it has no employees who were previously employed by the South Australian Government within the last two years.