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DIMIA Annual Report 2004-05

Consultants and competitive tendering and contracting

The department engaged in and concluded a number of competitive tendering processes during 2004-05, the more significant of which included:

a request for tender (RFT) process for the department's Travel Management Services was concluded in July 2004 resulting in reletting Carlson Wagonlit Travel's contract for a further three years commencing 16 August 2004, for an estimated value of $2.4 million
an RFT process was conducted to establish a panel for the provision of assessment of migration management and border control systems in the South East Asia and Pacific Region. Standing offers were signed with four service providers in early 2005
a select tender process commenced in July 2004 for the provision of internal audit and risk management services. A three-year contract was awarded to Ernst & Young commencing on 31 December 2004
after a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in March 2005, a contract valued at $843 000 was signed in May with Ethan Group Pty Ltd for the supply and support of biometrics software, equipment and services for the Biometric Trial Project.

A number of tendering activities were commenced in 2004-05, but were not concluded:

an RFT was issued in February 2005 to establish four Australia-wide panels of consultants with demonstrated expertise in a range of fields relevant to the Government's new Indigenous Affairs arrangements. Tenders closed on 24 March 2005 with Deeds of Standing Offer near finalisation
an RFT was issued in September 2004 for the provision of services for the Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy. Contract negotiations with preferred tenderers were underway at 30 June 2005
an RFT was issued on 23 April 2005 for a consultant to report on the nature of the administrative burden on government supported organisations providing services to Indigenous people, and make recommendations to reduce any undue burden. Tenders were being evaluated at 30 June 2005.