COMMON-USE AGREEMENTS — SAVINGS
784. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Minister for Finance:
I
refer to the 2020–21 Department of Finance annual report purporting
$267.7 million of savings through common-use agreements.
(1) What state projects, contracts and agreements had
common-use agreements applied to them in the 2020–21 financial
year?
(2) What
common-use agreements savings were applicable to those projects, contracts and
agreements and how were these savings calculated?
(3) Are there any
active claims or litigation proceedings associated with any projects, contracts
or agreements under the umbrella of state common-use agreements; and, if so,
please detail the status of those claims?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the Leader of the Opposition
for some notice of the question.
(1) The
application of a common-use agreement for agency-specific projects, including
state projects, is determined and actioned by each state agency. In accordance
with procurement rule F5, each state agency is responsible for maintaining a contract
register that includes purchases from CUAs valued at $50 000 or more, inclusive
of GST and all extension options.
(2) CUA savings
are calculated at a head-agreement level and according to applicable industry
benchmark methodologies. As above, project-specific details and CUA savings per
project is not centrally reported to the Department of Finance.
(3) The
Department of Finance does not have any active claims or litigation proceedings
associated with state CUAs and does not hold information on active proceedings
involving other state agencies.