Facilities Services

327 The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (15 October 2020). What measures are in place to ensure that a private provider of facilities management services will not introduce burdensome compliance processes, additional administration costs and delayed payments to existing contractors?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing): I have been advised:

As part of the procurement process for the future Across government Facilities Management Arrangements (AGFMA), potential providers' approaches to managing compliance will be assessed. The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) will aim to ensure that processes are as efficient as possible while ensuring that safe works are able to be undertaken on government assets.

DIT has undertaken a series of consultation workshops with tradespeople that work within the AGFMA to understand their requirements and will apply these learnings to the future AGFMA.

Payment terms will be defined in the future AGFMA contract to ensure contractors are paid promptly for the service they have performed. These terms will be in line with government policy for payment (no more than 30 days) and will be closely monitored by DIT.