DPS classifies consultants as individuals, partnerships or corporations engaged
to provide professional, independent and expert advisory services to the
department. DPS engages consultants where there is a need for independent
research or assessment, or where specialised or professional skills not
available in-house are required.
During 2018–19, 13 new consultancy contracts were entered into, involving total
actual expenditure of $1,846,532 (inc GST). In addition, seven ongoing consultancy
contracts were active during the period, involving total actual expenditure in 2018–19
of $390,637 (inc GST).The method of procurement for consultancy arrangements is
determined by the complexity, nature and value of each individual requirement to
achieve a value-for-money outcome that supports DPS’ business requirements.
Consultants were engaged by DPS via approaches to the market and through DPS’
access to consultancy panels and multi-use lists established by other departments for:
- engineering services
- reviews of resources and processes
- design integrity advice, and
- specialist business advice and planning.
Annual reports contain information about actual expenditure on contracts for
consultancies. Information on the value of contracts including consultancies is
available on the AusTender website www.tenders.gov.au.
Table 37: Number and expenditure on Consultants Current Report Period 2018–19
|
Total
|
No. of New contracts entered into during the period |
13 |
Total actual expenditure during the period on new contracts (inc GST) |
$1,846,532 |
No. of Ongoing contracts engaging consultants that were entered into
during a previous period |
7 |
Total actual expenditure during the period on ongoing contracts (inc GST) |
$390,637 |