BUSHFIRE CENTRE OF
EXCELLENCE — LOCATION
1097. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the
Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to the minister's
announcement on 13 April of the development of a Bushfire Centre of Excellence,
and the so-called tender document released online in September 2018 that
effectively called for expressions of interest from local governments in having
the Bushfire Centre of Excellence in their jurisdiction, which closed on 24 October
2018.
(1) How many
local governments in regional and metropolitan Western Australia lodged an
expression of interest to host the new rural Bushfire Centre of Excellence?
(2) As the
Department of Fire and Emergency Services media statement of 10 October 2018
confirms that local governments are not required to complete a formal tender,
commercial-in-confidence provisions do not apply. Therefore, will the minister
table the list of local governments that registered an EOI to host the new
rural Bushfire Centre of Excellence?
(3) If no to (2),
why not?
(4) When will the
minister announce the location of the rural Bushfire Centre of Excellence?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) The
request for proposal process is being conducted in accordance with the ''Procurement
Practice Guide''. As such, details of submissions must be treated as
confidential. The number of offers received and respondents selected, if
applicable, will be published on the Tenders WA website once a decision has
been made by government.
(4) Government will formally
announce the location once a decision has been made.