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  <date date="2023-08-29T11:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
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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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      <talker role="member" id="4339" referenceid="578eb1a82ef14e8ab4261939b72f9549" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr WHETSTONE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Chaffey</electorate>
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          <question date="2023-08-29T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Consultants and Contractors</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4339" referenceid="578eb1a82ef14e8ab4261939b72f9549">Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey)</by> (5 July 2023).  (Estimates Committee B)</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="6889" referenceid="020b6db900d1457ebfe4919753f9c64a" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Taylor</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Trade and Investment</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Housing and Urban Development</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Housing Infrastructure</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Planning</name>
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          <question date="2023-08-29T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Consultants and Contractors</name>
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            <by role="member" id="6889" referenceid="020b6db900d1457ebfe4919753f9c64a">The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION (Taylor—Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Planning):</by>  I have been advised that for Renewal SA:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The estimated total cost for engagement of consultants and contractors in 2023-24 is $2,791,023.</inserted>
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          <inserted>The following is a summary of external consultants that have been engaged at a total estimated cost above $10,000, the nature of work undertaken, and the estimated cost for 2023-24. </inserted>
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                <cell>System Solutions Engineering Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Direct negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Adelaide Railway Station Design Documentation Cooling Tower</cell>
                <cell>34,380</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Fragile to Agile (Asia Pac) Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Direct negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Create high-level and detailed system architecture, data flow</cell>
                <cell>64,387</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Greenhill Engineers</cell>
                <cell>Request for offer</cell>
                <cell>Civil engineering and landscape advice for master planning</cell>
                <cell>98,260</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Greencap – NAA Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Direct negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Forestville assessment of soil data</cell>
                <cell>15,000</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>Mercer Consulting (Australia) Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for offer</cell>
                <cell>Review, map and update position descriptions</cell>
                <cell>225,000</cell>
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                <cell>Holmes Dyer</cell>
                <cell>Invitation to supply</cell>
                <cell>Noarlunga Downs master plan consulting services</cell>
                <cell>78,560</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>WT Partnership Pty Limited</cell>
                <cell>Direct negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Seaton master Ppn Consulting services </cell>
                <cell>12,600</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Judith Sellick Consulting Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Waiver of competitive process</cell>
                <cell>Judith Sellick Consulting – Professional Leadership consulting</cell>
                <cell>119,455</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>BlueSphere Environmental PtyPtd</cell>
                <cell>Direct negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Site environmental due diligence</cell>
                <cell>38,816</cell>
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                <cell>TOTAL</cell>
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                <cell>686,458</cell>
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          <inserted>The following is a summary of external contractors that have been engaged at a total estimated cost above $10,000, the nature of work undertaken, and the estimated cost for 2023-24.</inserted>
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                <cell>Method of Appointment</cell>
                <cell>Purpose</cell>
                <cell>Estimated Cost ($)</cell>
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                <cell>URPS</cell>
                <cell>Direct negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Playford Alive Encumbrance Management</cell>
                <cell>16,800</cell>
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                <cell>Bardavcol Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Direct negotiation</cell>
                <cell>Soil Bank – Ablutions &amp; weighbridge rental, minor expenses and stockpile management</cell>
                <cell>228,040</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Objective Corporation Limited</cell>
                <cell>Request for quote</cell>
                <cell>Objective upgrade – Professional services</cell>
                <cell>57,762</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Mark Neill</cell>
                <cell>Request for quote</cell>
                <cell>Policy governance and policy writing</cell>
                <cell>30,000</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Biogas Systems Australia</cell>
                <cell>Request for offer</cell>
                <cell>Continuation of Garden Island monitoring</cell>
                <cell>105,323</cell>
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              <row>
                <cell>Texture Consulting</cell>
                <cell>Request for quote</cell>
                <cell>Contracting services for Human Resources Information System</cell>
                <cell>49,200</cell>
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                <cell>DWS Advanced Business Solutions Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Request for quote</cell>
                <cell>Project management services – transformation</cell>
                <cell>497,400</cell>
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                <cell>ISC Consulting Group Pty Ltd</cell>
                <cell>Direct negotiation</cell>
                <cell>HR support services</cell>
                <cell>50,000</cell>
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