House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Consultants and Contractors Consultants and Contractors In reply to Dr CLOSE House of Assembly Port Adelaide Deputy Leader of the Opposition Consultants and Contractors In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (24 November 2020). (Estimates Committee A) The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS House of Assembly Black Minister for Environment and Water Consultants and Contractors The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water): I have been advised that for SA Water consultancy expenditure from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 was $769,257. There were seven consultants engaged during this period. The consultants were engaged by SA Water to provide independent expert advice not available within SA Water. Details of the consultants, a summary of the work undertaken and the cost of that work are published in SA Water's 2019-2020 annual report. This information is listed below: AMCL Pty Ltd—$219,146.65 Water Main Independent review. The contactor provided management systems auditing expertise to conduct the water main breaks review for the SA Water board Due Diligence Consultants Pty Ltd—$36,393.81 Financial Integrity and due diligence reporting. Ernst & Young—$12,000.00 Ernst and Young provided financial statement disclosure support. Frontier—$85,937.50 Advice on an appropriate regulatory rate of return for Our Plan 2020-24 KPMG—$181,839.80 KPMG developed a discounted cashflow model and provided advice on key assumptions. It developed a technical accounting paper relating to seasonal water allocation allowable revenue adjustments. It conducted a review of the Zero Cost Energy framework as a non-regulated service. PricewaterhouseCoopers—$146,251.45 PwC provided advice on updating methodology for measuring long term viability. Tony Mac Consulting Pty Ltd—$87,688.00 Provided advice on the preparation of analysis and framework for the Enterprise Agreement negotiation.