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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
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      <name>Consultants and Contractors</name>
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          <heading>Consultants and Contractors</heading>
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        <name>In reply to Dr CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2020-12-01">
            <name>Consultants and Contractors</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)</by> (24 November 2020).  (Estimates Committee A)</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4837" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Black</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Environment and Water</name>
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          <question date="2020-12-01">
            <name>Consultants and Contractors</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4837">The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water):</by>
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          <inserted>I have been advised that for the Environment Protection Authority, the below list of consultants and contractors were used and totalled over $10,000 during the specified time period:</inserted>
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                <cell>AECOM Australia Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote/ Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Environmental assessment work for purposes of site contamination remediation</cell>
                <cell>36,368</cell>
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                <cell>Land and Water Consulting</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote</cell>
                <cell>Environmental assessment work for purposes of site contamination remediation</cell>
                <cell>324,357</cell>
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                <cell>Kerr Environmental Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Soil vapour mitigation work—various locations</cell>
                <cell>126,965</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>JBS&amp;G Australia Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote</cell>
                <cell>Environmental assessment work for purposes of site contamination remediation</cell>
                <cell>24,013</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Arris Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote</cell>
                <cell>Review &amp; re-draft an EPA guideline on wastewater irrigation</cell>
                <cell>28,525</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Equifax</cell>
                <cell>N/A</cell>
                <cell>Company database searches</cell>
                <cell>10,286</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Shape</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote</cell>
                <cell>EPA fitout works—GHD Building, Level 2, 211 Victoria Square</cell>
                <cell>65,710</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Transport Energy Emission Research</cell>
                <cell>Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Input software file for vehicle emissions data</cell>
                <cell>24,100</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Kleinfelder Australia Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote</cell>
                <cell>Environmental assessment work for purposes of site contamination remediation</cell>
                <cell>120,308</cell>
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                <cell>Fyfe Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote/ Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Environmental assessment work for purposes of site contamination remediation</cell>
                <cell>41,491</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Bluesphere Environmental Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Soil vapour mitigation work—various locations</cell>
                <cell>133,802</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Blue Tongue Outdoor Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>N/A</cell>
                <cell>Print, fold, insert into envelopes, distribute and mail out the community updates for the EPA</cell>
                <cell>18,651</cell>
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                <cell>GHD Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Monarto Waste Project—for purposes of site contamination remediation</cell>
                <cell>27,707</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Greencap</cell>
                <cell>N/A</cell>
                <cell>Sample analysis and reports—various locations</cell>
                <cell>28,920</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Chris Madden</cell>
                <cell>Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Streams and drains work in south east region</cell>
                <cell>18,155</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>University of South Australia</cell>
                <cell>N/A</cell>
                <cell>Measuring, modelling &amp; managing legacies of marine pollution as new resources</cell>
                <cell>25,000</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Golder Associates Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote</cell>
                <cell>Environmental assessment work for purposes of site contamination remediation</cell>
                <cell>58,610</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Mid Murray Council</cell>
                <cell>Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Asbestos disposal services from Sedan site</cell>
                <cell>240,328</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>McMahon Services Australia Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote</cell>
                <cell>Spraying of adhesive at Sedan asbestos site to enable removal</cell>
                <cell>320,391</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Tonkin Consulting</cell>
                <cell>Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Landfill gas screening assessment—various residential properties</cell>
                <cell>25,067</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Rawtec Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for Quote</cell>
                <cell>Container deposit scheme review</cell>
                <cell>83,850</cell>
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                <cell>Method of appointment</cell>
                <cell>Purpose</cell>
                <cell>Actual payment ($)</cell>
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                <cell>Allan Holmes Consulting</cell>
                <cell>N/A</cell>
                <cell>Radiation review proposal</cell>
                <cell>10,500</cell>
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                <cell>Philip Hudson Consulting Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Direct Negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Container deposit scheme review</cell>
                <cell>56,250</cell>
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