Legislative Council: Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORT

In reply to the Hon. S.G. WADE (20 November 2007).

The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO (Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Road Safety, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs): I am advised:

The Department for Correctional Services and the Department for Families and Communities contracted one firm (Turner & Townsend) (T&T) as the lead consultant on this project, (public private partnership consultancy service) and T&T sub contracted two other firms to complement their team:

1. Financial/commercial advisers—Ernst & Young (E&Y), and technical advisers—Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM).

2. The total value of the contract is $3.4 million.

3. The purpose of the contract is to gain advice on public private partnership issues about the proposed new prisons and the secure youth training centre. The advice covers a range of issues around the development of public sector comparators and the processes involved in the development and management of a successful public private partnership, and also technical advice on design specifications.