House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-06-18 Daily Xml

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INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION ADVOCATE

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (15:14): I have a supplementary question for the minister. Is there anything that the Industry Participation Advocate is doing, or is proposed to have done, that cannot be done by the Procurement Board?

The Hon. T.R. KENYON (Newland—Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade, Minister for Small Business) (15:14): The Procurement Board oversees the actual contracting for arrangements, if I am correct, whereas this is far more involved with actual businesses in the marketplace and connecting them with purchasing so that government agencies are aware of products and services available in the marketplace, making it easier for those companies to involve themselves in government tenders and hopefully simplifying the tender process right at the very start, allowing local businesses greater access to those contracts.