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Appendices4 - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission

Appendices

Appendix 5 – Consultancy services

Table 39: Consultancy services
Consultant
name
Description
Contract
price
Selection
process*
Justification**
Dr
Paula Abood
Education
and training services
$36
762
Direct
Source
B
Australian
National University
Development
of human rights-based immigration detention standards
$49
500
Direct
Source
B
Elena
Campbell
Technical
writing
$28
512
Direct
Source
B
Edith
Cowan University
Social
marketing services
$76
055
Open
Source
B
Digital
Eskimo Pty Ltd
Social
marketing services
$43
991
Direct
Source
B
Westwood
Spice
Monitoring
and evaluation advice and support services
$55
000
Direct
Source
A
& B
Tamara
Domicelj
Inspections
of immigration detention facilities
$33
000
Direct
Source
A
& B
Suresh
Sundram
Expert
evaluation of the impact of immigration detention on mental health
$16
500
Direct
Source
A
& B
Total
$339
320
*
Explanation of selection process terms drawn from the Commonwealth Procurement
Guidelines (December 2008):
Open
tender:
A procurement procedure in which
a request for tender is published inviting all businesses that satisfy the
conditions for participation to submit tenders. Public tenders are generally
sought from the Australian Government AusTender internet site.
Direct
source:
A form of restricted tendering,
available only under certain defined circumstances, with a single potential
supplier or suppliers being invited to bid because of their unique expertise
and/or their special ability to supply the goods and/or services sought.
**
Justification for decision to use consultancy:
A:
skills currently unavailable within the agency
B:
need for specialised or professional skills
C:
need for independent research or assessment.
The
Commission’s purchasing procedures adhere to the Procurement Policy
Framework incorporating the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines and Finance
circulars issued by the Department of Finance and Deregulation. The procedures
address a range of procurement situations, allowing managers flexibility when
making procurement decisions, while complying with the Commonwealth’s core
procurement principle of value for money. There were no contracts exempt from
publishing through AusTender in 2010-11.