| Name of contractor | Location of contractor | Description of contract | Start date | Value of contract | Value of contract extension | Bids
No. | Tas bids
No |
| Aurora Energy Pty Ltd | Hobart, Tasmania | Supply of Retail Electricity Services | 22/06/2009 | $1 758 908 |  | 2 | 1 |
| Morris-Nunn and Associates | Hobart, Tasmania | Design Team - Princes Wharf Renewal | 2/06/2009 | $500 000 | | 18 | 8 |
| Alphawest Services Pty Ltd | Hobart, Tasmania | Consultancy Service for IT Infrastructure Design | 2/06/2009 | $73 200 | | 5 | 5 |
| Cordiner King and Co Pty Ltd | Melbourne, Victoria | Tasmanian Government Businesses Executive Search Advisory Services | 27/05/2009 | $432 000 | | 18 | 2 |
| 20th Century Plumbing | Derwent Park, Tasmania | Trade Waste Upgrade - Elizabeth Street Pier, Hobart | 20/05/2009 | $183 396 | | 1 | 1 |
| Tascon Constructions Pty Ltd | Moonah, Tasmania | Somerset Apartments Building Repairs and Painting | 9/04/2009 | $208 000 | | 6 | 6 |
| Unique Floors | New Town, Tasmania | Somerset Apartments Carpet Replacement | 9/04/2009 | $144 356 | | 2 | 2 |
| FUELtrac Pty Ltd | Toowong, Queensland | Fuel Consultancy Services | 23/03/2009 | $51 075 | | 2 | 1 |
| Flooring Tasmania Pty Ltd | Richmond, Tasmania | Concrete Corrosion Inspection - 10 Murray Street, Hobart | 27/02/2009 | $74 600 | | 1 | 1 |
| Major Training Services | Queenscliff, New South Wales | Development and Delivery of Procurement Training | 25/02/2009 | $63 900 | $31 500 | 7 | 1 |
| Australian Air Express | Melbourne, Victoria | Cartage and Interstate Air Freight Contract | 1/02/2009 | $644 000 | $644 000 | 3 | 3 |
| Impact Solutions International Pty Ltd | New Town, Tasmania | Additional Delivery of Leadership Extensions Program | 16/01/2009 | $56 100 | | 1 | 1 |
| Mercer (Australia) Pty Ltd | Melbourne, Victoria | Appointment as Actuary for the Purposes of the Retirement Benefits Act 1993, and to provide other actuarial services to the Tasmanian Government. | 15/12/2008 | $300 000 | $200 000 | 4 | 1 |
| Deloitte Corporate Finance Pty Ltd | Sydney, New South Wales | Financial Adviser - TOTE Restructure | 11/12/2008 | $1 100 000 | $100 000 | 6 | 1 |
| Hobart Carpet Choice | Hobart, Tasmania | Partial Recarpeting, Franklin Square Complex, 21 Murray Street Hobart | 1/12/2008 | $129 300 | | 3 | 3 |
| Saha International Limited | Melbourne, Victoria | Regulatory Advisor | 22/09/2008 | $120 000 | | 1 | 0 |
| KPMG | Hobart, Tasmania | Tasmanian Water and Sewerage Due Diligence | 9/09/2008 | $1 446 000 | | 5 | 1 |
| Department | Description | Reason | Contract value |
| Department of Economic Development and Tourism | Engagement of a provider to undertake public relations services in the United Kingdom, for a period of 11 months. | Exceptional circumstances in that the unavoidable and sudden termination of the previous contract had left services exposed and the market vulnerable, that the contractor was best placed to undertake the work based on prior work for the provision of the services and that the period would provide sufficient time for the agency to review its international strategy and conduct an open tender process. | $80 000 |
| Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts | Purchase of Launceston Air Quality Data. | The goods and services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services exist due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. | $60 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Purchase of an additional module for a Light Cycler 480 system. | The procurement was for the additional delivery of goods or services by the original supplier and was intended either as replacement parts, extensions, or continuing services for existing equipment, software, services, or installations, where a change of supplier would have compelled the agency to procure goods or services that did not meet requirements of inter-changeability with existing equipment. | $25 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Engagement of a consultant to undertake an evaluation and update a
2005–06 report on the outcomes of the re-engineering work in the Peri-operative Service of the Royal Hobart Hospital. | Exceptional circumstances in that the consultant was best placed to undertake the evaluation based on prior re-engineering work performed for the Peri-operative Services Unit. | $42 500 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Purchase of a Maintenance and Servicing Agreement for BreastScreen Tasmania’s Mammography X-ray units, for a period of 12 months. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information. | $68 662 |
| Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources | Participation in a national Community and Stakeholder Attitudinal Research Project. | As a result of exceptionally advantageous conditions that only arose in the very short term. | $35 000 |
| Department of Justice | Provision of the Tasmanian component of a national survey, "Return to Work 2009–10". | Exceptional circumstances in that the consultant was best placed to undertake the work based on prior work on the survey and that the contract would ensure that the need for comparable and consistent results would be achieved. | $33 000 |
| Department of Premier and Cabinet | Hire of exhibit space at the Hobart and Launceston agricultural shows for the 2008 and 2009 show seasons. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. | $64 000 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance | Engagement of a provider to deliver the Certificate IV in Government (Revenue Administration) qualification. | In the specific circumstances of the procurement, the cost to the agency and to suppliers of seeking written quotations outweighed the value for money benefits. | $24 000 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance | Engagement of a contractor to develop an automated electronic payment transaction processing environment within the Government Receipting and Licensing System. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information. | $30 000 – $40 000 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance | Engagement of a provider for additional delivery of a leadership extensions program. | Exceptional circumstances in that the provider was best placed to undertake the work based on the distinct and detailed knowledge developed during prior work on the previous leadership program and other related projects. | $56 100 |
| Department | Description | Reason | Contract Value |
| Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts | Engagement of a provider to undertake the coordination, entry and judging processes for the Tasmanian Awards for Environmental Excellence, for a contract period of one year with two options to extend for one year each. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. | $ 90 000 – $100 000 |
| Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts | Purchase of multiple aerosol particle counters. | Exceptional circumstances due to the lack of value for money benefits of calling a public tender and the additional costs that would have been incurred by purchasing the only comparable equipment produced by another manufacturer. | $200 000 – $300 000 |
| Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts | Purchase of pesticide to eradicate rodents from Macquarie Island. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. | $910 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Purchase of a QIAsymphony SP machine, including accessories. | Exceptional circumstances given a global influenza outbreak, the requirement for the equipment to be in place as soon as possible and the market research undertaken by the agency which identified that the machine was the only system available that met the agency’s requirements of flexibility, ease of use, speed and capacity. | $125 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Purchase of two-year maintenance service agreement for a HDR Brachytherapy treatment unit. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. | $148 120 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Upgrade of hardware/software, including one-year post warranty maintenance service agreement, for a HDR Brachytherapy treatment planning system. | The procurement was for the additional delivery of goods or services by the original supplier and was intended either as replacement parts, extensions, or continuing services for existing equipment, software, services, or installations, where a change of supplier would have compelled the agency to procure goods or services that did not meet requirements of inter-changeability with existing equipment. | $154 350 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Purchase of disaster recovery software for the state-wide Varian Aria Electronic Record for cancer services and ongoing service requirements for a contract period of approximately 10 years. | The procurement was for the additional delivery of goods or services by the original supplier and was intended either as replacement parts, extensions, or continuing services for existing equipment, software, services, or installations, where a change of supplier would have compelled the agency to procure goods or services that did not meet requirements of inter-changeability with existing equipment. | $187 500 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Purchase of a HD MRI Breast Coil package including two-year post warranty routine maintenance and service. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. | $212 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Engagement of a consultant to undertake further analysis of a review of social and affordable housing. | Exceptional circumstances, given that the consultant was best placed to undertake the work based on prior work for the project and the tight timeframe in which the work was required to be completed. | $223 098 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Engagement of a provider to modify the Grants Tracker software, provide one-off training and ongoing maintenance and development for a period of three years. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information. | $240 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Upgrade of fire detection and alarm systems operating in Blocks C and D of the Royal Hobart Hospital. | Exceptional circumstances given that the particular supplier owned intellectual property rights for the hardware devices and was best placed to undertake the work based on prior work on the fire detection system, and the expediency with which the work was required to be completed. | $320 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Upgrade and extend the Central Monitoring System at the North West Regional Hospital. | The procurement was for the additional delivery of goods or services by the original supplier and was intended either as replacement parts, extensions, or continuing services for existing equipment, software, services, or installations, where a change of supplier would have compelled the agency to procure goods or services that did not meet requirements of inter-changeability with existing equipment. | $390 378 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Engagement of a consultant to undertake a core business analysis process for application to the Royal Hobart Hospital. | Exceptional circumstances given the urgency driven by external timeframes beyond the agency’s control, the unique product known to be effective and that the agency had carefully and significantly considered the market to prove that no reasonable alternative or substitute product existed. | $530 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Purchase of a digital mammography x-ray unit and a seven year post-warranty maintenance service agreement. | Exceptionally advantageous conditions that only arose in the very short term (x-ray unit) and that the goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information (service agreement). | $560 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Provision of vaccine storage and distribution services, for a contract period of three years with an option to extend for a further year. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. | $600 000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | Engagement of a consultant to provide additional core business reviews at Launceston General Hospital, North West Regional Hospital and the Mental Health Services area. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. | $636 000 |
| Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources | Purchase of 30 000 steel railway sleepers with associated fastenings, and 1 713 lengths of 41 kg rail for the Tasmanian Rail Network. | For reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseen by the procuring entity, the goods or services could not be obtained in time utilising an open or selective tender. | $4 900 000 |
| Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources | Purchase of 300 rail steel sleepers, 50 000 7.5mm NG sleepers with clips and lock in shoulders and 510 lengths of rail for the Tasmanian Rail Network. | For reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseen by the procuring entity, the goods or services could not be obtained in time utilising an open or selective tender. | $6 000 000 |
| Department of Justice | Engagement of a provider (in partnership with the Northern Territory) for the continued provision of services required for the administration of business names in Tasmania, for a contract period of 24 months. | In the specific circumstances of the procurement, the cost to the agency and to suppliers of calling public tenders would have outweighed the value for money benefits. | $184 000 |
| Department of Justice | Engagement of services (in partnership with Consumer Affairs Victoria) relating to the management, staffing, application software and IT infrastructure for the provision of a Bond Management Service, for a contract period of four years. | As a result of exceptionally advantageous conditions that only arose in the very short term. | $2 430 000 |
| Department of Police and Emergency Management | Upgrades of an internal software platform and ongoing maintenance for three ‘Sagem’ Livescan automated fingerprint units, for a contract period of four years. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to the protection of patents, copyrights or other exclusive rights, or proprietary information. | $300 000 |
| Department of Police and Emergency Management | Purchase of 17 new motorcycles for Tasmania Police. | The goods or services could be supplied only by the particular supplier and no reasonable alternative or substitute goods or services existed due to an absence of competition for technical reasons. | $473 238 |
| Department of Premier and Cabinet | Upgrade of the EnAct Legislative Drafting and Automatic Consolidation System. | Exceptional circumstances in that the particular supplier was the only supplier authorised to provide maintenance and support for the software system, and had the specialist knowledge and expertise required to interrelate the software system with other systems. | $99 000 |
| Department of Premier and Cabinet | Engagement of a consultant, through an expression of interest process rather than an open tender, to provide financial modelling to assist with the preparation for the Tasmanian Government’s response to the Australian Government’s Request for Proposals to roll-out and operate a National Broadband Network for Australia. | As a result of urgency. | $100 000 – $340 000 |
| Department of Premier and Cabinet | Extension of an existing contract in relation to relationship management services in Canberra, for a period of nine months. | Exceptional circumstances, due to the imminent closure of the Tasmanian Government Office (in Canberra) and the inability of any other service provider to be able to quickly develop the requisite knowledge, expertise and relationships to progress the current issues in such a short period of time. | $110 000 |
| Department of Primary Industries and Water | Engagement of a consultant to act as interim CEO of the Tasmanian Irrigation Development Board for a period of six months. | Exceptional circumstances due to the specific requirement to contract the service provider identified through an extensive exercise, using a contract for service. | $168 000 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance | Provision of expert financial advice in relation to issues surrounding the Tamar Valley Power Station. | As a result of urgency. | $100 000 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance | Provision of expert legal advice in relation to the Tamar Valley Power Station. | Exceptional circumstances in that the advice was required urgently and the highly specialised nature of the advice required. | $600 000 |
| Department of Treasury and Finance | Engagement of a Financial Adviser, through a selective tender process rather than an open tender, for the provision of financial advice in relation to the possible sale of a Government entity. | On the basis of urgency in that there was insufficient time to conduct an open tender process, based on the short period of time that was available to provide advice to the Government that is required to inform discussions with stakeholders and fit within the related legislative framework. | Up to $3 000 000 |
