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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2023-08-30T10:30:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>State Government Procurement</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>State Government Procurement</heading>
        </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="5383" referenceid="8d20958c10414e3591302354e69fab31" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr McBRIDE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">MacKillop</electorate>
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          <question date="2023-08-30T01:00:00+09:30">
            <name>State Government Procurement</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="5383" referenceid="8d20958c10414e3591302354e69fab31">Mr McBRIDE (MacKillop)</by> (29 June 2023).  (Estimates Committee B)</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4842" referenceid="78a22826e43d4639bdfa63b5f3ef73f9" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Lee</electorate>
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            <name>Treasurer</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Defence and Space Industries</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2023-08-30T01:00:00+09:30">
            <name>State Government Procurement</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4842" referenceid="78a22826e43d4639bdfa63b5f3ef73f9">The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee—Treasurer):</by>  I have been advised the following:</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>On 1 July of each year, public authorities must provide to Procurement Services SA (PSSA), through the Procurement Activity and Reporting System (PARS):</inserted>
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        <text id="20230830465b92141a6e4dd3a0001720">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>all known forecast procurements above $55,000 for the next 24-month period; and</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230830465b92141a6e4dd3a0001721">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>all known forecast procurements for construction projects above $10 million for the next 36-month period. </inserted>
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        <text id="20230830465b92141a6e4dd3a0001722">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>At the point of forecasting procurements, decisions about the businesses that will be used is not yet known.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230830465b92141a6e4dd3a0001723">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>That information is reported to PSSA through the PARS as a description of contracted expenditure for the previous 12-month period. This means whole-of-government 2023-24 data will be available in July 2024. </inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20230830465b92141a6e4dd3a0001724">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>The Department of Treasury and Finance will report this information to parliament next year. </inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
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