Appendix 5—Consultancy services
Summary of the department’s policy on the selection and engagement of consultants
Selection and engagement of consultants is undertaken in line with the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines (December 2008).
Selection procedures include an evaluation of the technical merits of proposals received, to assess whether a proposal will achieve value for money.
The main categories of purposes for which consultants were engaged were environmental research, risk assessment and recommendations on the treatment of specific proposals, analysis for input to policy development, and reviews and recommendations on the effectiveness of government programs.
Consultant name |
Description |
Contract price (GST incl) |
Selection process(1) |
Justification(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESS ECONOMICS | Cost Benefit Analysis Services | $20 000 |
Direct |
B |
| ACCESS ECONOMICS | Provision of Strategic Assessment Analysis Services | $47 124 |
Direct |
B |
| ACCESS PRODUCT INFORMATION CONSULTATION | Design and Operation of a Proficiency Testing Program | $317 600 |
Open |
B |
| ACIL TASMAN | Provision of Due Diligence Services | $51 916 |
Direct |
B |
| ACUMEN CONTRACTING AND RECRUITMENT | Provision of Information and Communication Technology Services | $56 436 |
Direct |
B |
| ANALYTICS GROUP PTY LTD | Portfolio Cost Recovery Review | $37 501 |
Direct |
C |
| ANNIE HOLDEN & ASSOCIATES | Independent Expert Review of a Social Impact Assessment | $35 000 |
Direct |
C |
| AQUATERRA CONSULTING PTY LTD | Investigate and Quantify Salinity Impacts | $300 000 |
Panel |
B |
| ARCHE CONSULTING PTY LTD | Provision of Case Study and Social Impacts Analysis Relating to the Basin Plan | $78 485 |
Panel |
C |
| ASHLEY FULLER & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD | Development of a Strategic Tourism Framework | $29 700 |
Direct |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PTY LTD | Environmental Risk Assessment Methodology for Pollinators | $13 600 |
Direct |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PTY LTD | Review of Simazine and Cyanizine | $39 105 |
Direct |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PTY LTD | Brodifacoum Phase 2 Scoping Assessment | $44 880 |
Direct |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PTY LTD | Chlorpyrifos | $48 960 |
Direct |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PTY LTD | Scoping Development of a National Landfill Model | $50 000 |
Direct |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PTY LTD | Identification and Segregation of Articles Containing Hazardous Chemicals | $69 035 |
Open |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SOLICITOR | Provision of Legal Advice | $10 000 |
Panel |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SOLICITOR | Provision of Legal Advice | $15 001 |
Panel |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SOLICITOR | Provision of Legal Advice | $15 950 |
Panel |
B |
| AUSTRALIAN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT GROUP PTY LTD | Provision of Analytical Services Relating to National Resource Management Bodies | $11 010 |
Direct |
C |
| AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY | Provision of Data for 2011 State of Supply Report | $68 000 |
Panel |
C |
| AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY | Provision of Advice Relating to the Olympic Dam Expansion Assessment | $33 000 |
Direct |
C |
| BLAKE DAWSON | Provision of Legal Services | $80 000 |
Panel |
B |
| BLUE ENVIRONMENT PTY LTD | Audit of Waste Data Method | $23 849 |
Direct |
C |
| BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES | Provision of Assessment Services | $1 584 000 |
Panel |
B |
| CASKADEL PTY LTD | Provision of a Financial Advisor | $15 400 |
Panel |
B |
| CHRISTOPHER AURICHT | Provision of Technical Support for Aquatic Ecosystems Classification Scheme | $35 200 |
Direct |
B |
| CHRISTOPHER AURICHT | Development of Guidelines for Delineating High Conservation Aquatic Ecosystems | $59 730 |
Direct |
B |
| CLAYTON UTZ | Provision of Legal Advice | $19 850 |
Panel |
A |
| CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Develop Recovery Plan of Fleurieu Peninsula | $15 287 |
Direct |
C |
| CONTEXT PTY LTD | Heritage Assessment | $59 950 |
Direct |
C |
| CORPORATE DIAGNOSTICS PTY LTD | Provision of a Strategic Plan for Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Scheme | $145 901 |
Panel |
B |
| COURAGE PARTNERS PTY LTD | Evaluation of Jobs Fund Heritage Program | $166 760 |
Panel |
C |
| CSIRO | Provision of Due Diligence Auditing Services | $37 909 |
Direct |
B |
| CSIRO | Provision of an Independent Review of Key Components of the Marine Bioregional Planning Process | $58 300 |
Direct |
C |
| CSIRO | Scientific Investigations | $77 000 |
Direct |
C |
| CSIRO | State of the Environment Report Services | $87 450 |
Direct |
C |
| CSIRO | Air Sampling Research Project | $1 315 581 |
Direct |
B |
| CSIRO CORPORATE FINANCE | Provision of Services Relating to Water Resources and Usage | $109 940 |
Panel |
B |
| CSIRO LAND AND WATER | Provision of Scientific Activities | $33 000 |
Direct |
C |
| CSIRO LAND AND WATER | Development of a Guideline for Uranium in Freshwater Sediments | $49 500 |
Direct |
B |
| CSIRO MARINE RESEARCH | Provision of Climate Change Modelling | $33 449 |
Panel |
C |
| CSIRO SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS | Provision of a Monitoring Program | $25 960 |
Direct |
B |
| DAVID CAPLE & ASSOCIATES | Provision of a Report Relating to Occupational Health and Safety | $40 000 |
Direct |
C |
| DELOITTE ACCESS ECONOMICS PTY LTD | Cost Benefit Analysis of the Regolatory Impact Statement Relating to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 | $78 309 |
Direct |
C |
| DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES | Recovery Plan Development for Nationally Threatened Plant Species | $15 950 |
Direct |
C |
| DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES | Provision of a Recovery Plan Relating to Threatened Flora | $16 843 |
Direct |
C |
| DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES | Integrated Trial of the Classification Scheme for Aquatic Ecosystems | $55 000 |
Direct |
B |
| DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION | Development of Recovery Plans for Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Listed Flora | $79 200 |
Direct |
C |
| DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | Provision of a Mapping Project | $15 950 |
Direct |
B |
| DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES | Development of National Recovery Plans | $79 200 |
Direct |
C |
| DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES | Development of a National Framework Draft | $79 900 |
Direct |
B |
| DGR CONSULTING PTY LTD | Provision of Key Performance Indicator Workshop Facilities | $13 750 |
Direct |
B |
| DIALOG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | Indigenous Protected Area Database Consultant Agreement | $33 000 |
Panel |
B |
| DR CHRIS GUEST PTY LTD | Strategic Advice Services on Murray-Darling Basin Reforms | $60 000 |
Direct |
A |
| DR KEITH BISHOP | Review of Water Transfer Project | $16 073 |
Direct |
C |
| DUAN BIGGS | Case Study Development and Provision of a Report | $50 000 |
Direct |
B |
| ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA | Provision of National Recovery Plans Relating to Ecological Communities | $24 035 |
Direct |
B |
| ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA | Technical Review of Ecological Community – Weeping Myall Woodland Review | $29 623 |
Direct |
C |
| ECS ASSIST PTY LTD | Provision of Services Relating to Update of Guidance Material | $22 132 |
Direct |
B |
| ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES (TAS) PTY LTD | Revision and Update of a Manual Relating to Aggregated Emissions From Solid Fuel Burning | $12 650 |
Direct |
B |
| ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES | Provision of a Report Relating to a Condition and Integrity Survey | $108 876 |
Open |
C |
| ERNST & YOUNG | Assessment of the Information Management Reform Program | $105 000 |
Panel |
B |
| E-SYSTEMS PTY LTD | National Marine Condition Assessments Workshop | $43 701 |
Direct |
B |
| GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA | Provision of Expert Advice Relating to Coal Seam Gas Extraction Activities | $267 592 |
Direct |
C |
| GERARD EARLY PTY LTD | Independent Advice on the Development of the Australian Government Response to the Independent Review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 | $30 800 |
Direct |
C |
| GHD PTY LTD | Provision of Review Services Relating to Water Market Prices | $19 998 |
Panel |
A |
| GHD PTY LTD | Provision of Due Diligence Services | $65 000 |
Panel |
B |
| GHD PTY LTD | Provision of Market Research Relating to Indigenous Co-Benefit Carbon Market Accreditation Standards | $70 364 |
Direct |
C |
| GHD PTY LTD | Review of Water Entitlements | $78 345 |
Panel |
B |
| GHD PTY LTD | Provision of Irrigation Water Management Services | $105 000 |
Panel |
B |
| GHD PTY LTD | Technical Review of Applications Under the Strengthening Basin Communities Program | $120 000 |
Panel |
B |
| GLOBAL LEARNING PTY LTD | Provision of Case Study Services | $21 208 |
Direct |
B |
| GRAEME BEECH | Contractor to Develop Interim Track Management Guidelines | $17 435 |
Direct |
B |
| GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY | Provision of a Technical Report on Wind Erosion | $16 500 |
Direct |
B |
| HARFORD CONSULTING PTY LTD | Baseline Analysis of Mass Balance of E-Waste Recycling | $21 000 |
Direct |
B |
| HART ENERGY PUBLISHING | Review of Proposed Ethanol Automotive Fuel Quality Standard Position Paper | $15 040 |
Panel |
B |
| HART ENERGY PUBLISHING | Cetane and Density Literature Review | $33 870 |
Panel |
B |
| HERITAGE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS | Condition and Integrity Survey for State of the Environment Report | $139 733 |
Open |
C |
| HYDER CONSULTING PTY LTD | Liquid Waste Assessment | $29 282 |
Direct |
B |
| HYDER CONSULTING PTY LTD | Provision of Data Assessment for Local Government Waste and Recycling | $43 835 |
Direct |
B |
| HYDER CONSULTING PTY LTD | Validation of Method for Compiling Australia Core Data on Waste and Recycling | $84 392 |
Direct |
B |
| HYDER CONSULTING PTY LTD | Construction and Demolition Waste Status Report | $86 298 |
Open |
B |
| INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS | Provision of Mentoring to Area Managers | $33 000 |
Direct |
B |
| INDUSTRY AND INVESTMENT NSW | Review and Update Existing Spatial Information | $11 629 |
Direct |
B |
| JACOBS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | Provision of Capibility Developments Relating to Ski Equipt Aircrafts | $311 254 |
Direct |
C |
| JENNIFER HALE | Prepare an Ecological Character Description for the Apsley Marshes Ramsar Wetland | $13 100 |
Panel |
B |
| JENNIFER HALE | Trialling the Guidelines for the Delineation of High Conservation Value Aquatic Ecosystems | $44 825 |
Direct |
B |
| JENNIFER HALE | Development of Ecological Character Description for the Apsley Marshes Ramsar Wetland | $45 500 |
Panel |
B |
| JENNIFER HALE | Provision of Development and Technical Review Services | $85 550 |
Panel |
B |
| JENNY BOSHIER | Provision of a Biodiversity Improvement Plan Report | $25 000 |
Direct |
C |
| KHM ENVIRONMENTAL | Revison of the National Pollutant Inventory Emission Estimation Technique Manual | $12 685 |
Direct |
B |
| KHM ENVIRONMENTAL | Update of Guidance Material Relating to Fossil Fuel Power Generation Update Emission Estimation Technique | $20 982 |
Direct |
B |
| KHM ENVIRONMENTAL | Provision for Risk and Cost Analysis Services | $34 573 |
Direct |
C |
| KHM ENVIRONMENTAL | Provision of Review Services | $43 747 |
Direct |
B |
| KHM ENVIRONMENTAL | Update of Guidance Material Relating to Fuel and Organic Liquid Storage Emission Estimation Technique | $44 248 |
Direct |
B |
| KPMG AUSTRALIA | Provision of Reviewing and Auditing Services | $30 000 |
Panel |
B |
| KPMG AUSTRALIA | Provision of Due Diligence Advice | $39 892 |
Panel |
C |
| LARKINS FAMILY TRUST | Provision of Technical and Scientific Advice | $34 998 |
Direct |
B |
| LATITUDE 42 ENVIRONMENTAL | Provision of an Independent Review of Key Components of the Marine Bioregional Planning Process | $19 800 |
Direct |
B |
| LAURENCE PATTON | Review of the Indigenous Broadcasting Sector | $112 632 |
Open |
B |
| M.A HABERMEHL PTY LTD | Provision of Expert Advice on Water Issues Relating to Coal Seam Gas Projects | $77 000 |
Direct |
C |
| MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY SKILLS COUNCIL | Professional Services Relating to Refrigerant Recoverer Training Material | $21 846 |
Direct |
A |
| MAREQUUS PTY LTD | Provision of an Independent Review of Key Components of the Marine Bioregional Planning Process | $24 200 |
Direct |
C |
| MARSDEN JACOB ASSOCIATES PTY LTD | Assess Water Recycling Target Issues | $65 054 |
Panel |
C |
| MARSDEN JACOB ASSOCIATES PTY LTD | Provision of Due Diligence Services | $144 619 |
Panel |
B |
| MARY RIVER CATCHMENT COORDINATION ASSOC INC | Develop Regional River-based Threatened Species Recovery Plan Related to Mary River Catchment | $56 100 |
Direct |
C |
| MILTECH SERVICES PTY LTD | Provision of Capability Work | $24 000 |
Direct |
B |
| MINTER ELLISON | Provision of Legal Advice | $14 671 |
Panel |
B |
| NET BALANCE MANAGEMENT GROUP | Study into Australian Recycling and Resource Recovery Sector | $66 924 |
Direct |
C |
| NEVILLE STEVENS | Review of the Indigenous Broadcasting Sector | $192 500 |
Open |
C |
| OAKTON SERVICES PTY LTD | Provision of Enterprise Architecture Advice | $84 150 |
Panel |
B |
| OAKTON SERVICES PTY LTD | Portfolio Cost Recovery Review | $86 300 |
Open |
C |
| O’CONNOR MARSDEN & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD | Business Process Mapping | $77 000 |
Direct |
B |
| OPENLINES CONSULTING | Strategic Approvals Consultancy: Information Products for Partners/Proponents Stage 2: Product Development 2011 | $15 950 |
Direct |
B |
| PARSONS BRINKERHOFF AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | Review of the ‘Extending Water Recycling at Torquay’ Election Commitment Project | $49 390 |
Direct |
B |
| PENANGKE PTY LTD | Review of the Indigenous Broadcasting Sector | $78 433 |
Open |
B |
| PERSONNEL & FINANCIAL SERVICES | Cetacean Conservation Management: National Effort Analysis | $16 500 |
Direct |
B |
| PETER ALEXANDER YOUNG (VEGWORX) | Development of Two Ecological Communities Recovery Plans | $38 273 |
Direct |
A |
| PETER DRISCOLL | Bird Species Surveying | $27 192 |
Direct |
B |
| PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS | Provision of an Internal Audit Relating to Machinery of Government Changes | $19 800 |
Panel |
B |
| PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS | Conduct Analysis Relating to Appropriate Thresholds for the National Television and Computer Scheme | $24 000 |
Panel |
B |
| PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS | Preparation of a Capital Management Plan | $49 528 |
Panel |
B |
| PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS | Provision of Cost Analysis Services | $54 605 |
Direct |
B |
| PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS | Governance Options Analysis | $57 200 |
Panel |
B |
| PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS | Review of Market-Based Approaches and Opportunities for Expanded Participation in Environmental Watering | $84 970 |
Panel |
C |
| PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS | Provision of Cost Estimation Services | $198 692 |
Panel |
B |
| PROFESSOR IAN RAE | Provision of Advice Relating to the Montreal Protocol Technology and Economic Advisory Panel | $36 364 |
Direct |
B |
| PROJECT DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT | Development of a Program Design for Activities Relating to the Kokoda Track & Owen Stanley Range | $66 689 |
Direct |
B |
| QUEENSLAND ENVIRONMENT PTY LTD | Provision of Services for Update of Guidance Material | $42 761 |
Direct |
B |
| RARE CONSULTING PTY LTD | Development of a B20 Technical Issues Paper | $53 697 |
Panel |
B |
| RAY TONKIN | Development of initial options for an Australian Heritage Strategy, and related stakeholder consultation | $79 000 |
Direct |
B |
| ROY MELVILLE SMITH | Case Study Development and Provision of a Report | $20 000 |
Direct |
B |
| SCIENTEC RESEARCH PTY LTD | Development of the Curiosity Feral Cat Bait | $220 000 |
Direct |
B |
| SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ | Technical Review of Applications Under Strengthening Basin Communities Programs | $60 000 |
Panel |
B |
| SRA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD | Provision of a Business Analyst | $20 000 |
Panel |
B |
| STAMFORD INTERACTIVE | Wetland Information Website Usability Assessment and Upgrade | $58 641 |
Direct |
A |
| STEPWISE HERITAGE & TOURISM | Provision of Tourism Training Services | $44 000 |
Open |
B |
| SWEENEY RESEARCH PTY LTD | Provision of Evaluation Services | $35 585 |
Direct |
C |
| SYNERGY GROUP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | Assessment of Applications Relating to an Infrastructure Project | $20 000 |
Panel |
B |
| TERRAMARE PARTNERS INCORPORATED | Review of Measures to Reduce the Impact of Fishing on Gulper Sharks | $10 000 |
Direct |
A |
| TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PTY | Provision of Research Services Relating to the Effectiveness of Reducing Total Grazing Pressure on Vertebrate Pest Control | $935 000 |
Open |
C |
| THE TRUSTEE FOR TAMSITT TRUST | Risk Management Services | $34 823 |
Direct |
B |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND | Independent Study Relating to the Commonwealth Water Act 2007 | $198 000 |
Direct |
C |
| THINKPLACE | Business Process Mapping | $39 666 |
Direct |
B |
| TIMOTHY ROGERS | Provision of Industry Collection Guidelines | $24 750 |
Direct |
C |
| TONY HETHERINGTON | Provision of Technical Services Advice Relating to the Montreal Protocal Technology and Economic Advisory Panel | $15 000 |
Direct |
B |
| UNIQUEST LTD | Report and an Assessment on the Impact of Alleged Clearing on an Environment Protection and Biodiversity Consernvation Listed Treatened Species | $14 960 |
Direct |
C |
| UNIQUEST LTD | Report on the Delivery and Management of a National Passive Air Sampling Network | $65 121 |
Direct |
B |
| URS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | Provision of Technical Advisor Services Relating to Water Infrastructure Funding Options | $98 010 |
Panel |
B |
| URS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | Technical Review of Applications Under the Strengthening Basin Communities Program | $120 000 |
Panel |
B |
| UXC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PTY LTD | Electronic Document Records Management System Business Case Review and Scoping Study | $125 400 |
Panel |
C |
| VIRIDIS E3 PTY LTD | Development of Food Waste Benchmarks for Australian Supermarkets | $60 500 |
Direct |
B |
| WAKELIN ASSOCIATES PTY LTD | Provision of a Report on Geoheritage Values of Australian Deserts | $44 320 |
Direct |
B |
| WATEGO LEGAL AND CONSULTING | Condition and Integrity Survey to Obtain Quantitative Data on the Condition of Historic, Natural and Indigenious Heritage | $61 468 |
Open |
B |
| WATERS EDGE CONSULTING | Provision of Project Manager Services for an Integrated Trial of the Australian National Aquatic Ecosystem Classification | $18 590 |
Direct |
B |
| WBM PTY LTD | Review of Revised Browse Dredging Model | $22 000 |
Direct |
C |
| WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL OCEANIA | Production of Summary of Documents and Facilitation of a Workshop | $29 390 |
Direct |
C |
| WORLEYPARSONS SERVICES PTY LTD | Review of Ichthys Gas Field Development | $12 100 |
Direct |
C |
| Total | $12 969 347 |
(1) 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. Select Tender: a procurement procedure in which the procuring agency selects which potential suppliers are invited to submit tenders. Tenders are invited from a short list of competent suppliers.
Direct Sourcing: 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.
Panel: an arrangement under which a number of suppliers, usually selected through a single procurement process, may each supply property or services to an agency as specified in the panel arrangements. Tenders are sought from suppliers that have pre-qualified on the agency panels to supply to the government. This category includes standing offers and supplier panels where the consultant offers to supply goods and services for pre-determined length of time, usually at a pre-arranged price.
(2) Justification for use of a consultant:
A – skills currently unavailable within agency.
B – need for specialised or professional skills.
C – need for independent research or assessment.
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