Consultancies Expenditure
Outcome Expenditure 2002-03 - Details the number of consultants paid and total payments made to them during the year.
Outcome
|
Number of Consultancies
|
Total Amount Paid (Inclusive of GST)
|
1
|
79
|
$5,810,313
|
2
|
51
|
$5,209,214
|
3
|
92
|
$5,898,603
|
4
|
72
|
$4,884,824
|
5
|
10
|
$683,270
|
6
|
3
|
$70,585
|
7
|
31
|
$1,204,338
|
8
|
5
|
$336,882
|
9
|
93
|
$4,409,028
|
Cross-outcome
|
21
|
$757,647
|
Total
|
457
|
$29,264,705
|
There has been an increase in the Department’s expenditure on consultancy services from 2001-02 to 2002-03 due to a number of contributing factors, including:
increased research support in areas of expanding policy development;
substantial work in relation to human embryo usage in research;
implementation of new government arrangements relating to two acts - the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002;
a major review of pricing arrangements in residential aged care; and
the acquisition of new functions by the Department (eg CRS Australia).
Consultancies Approved in 2002-03
The following list shows all consultancies approved during 2002-03 and the agreed contract price for each whole consultancy. This is not necessarily the same as the cost of the consultancy during 2002-03, nor does the sum of these amounts represent the Department’s expenditure on consultancies in 2002-03. Some of the consultancies approved will extend over more than one year, with phased payments; conversely there was expenditure in 2002-03 on consultancies approved in previous years and published in previous annual reports.
Guide to interpreting the justification and selection process of consultancies
The letter(s) in the ‘Justification’ column refer(s) to the following set of justifications.
The number(s) in the ‘Purpose’ column refer(s) to the following selection process.
Justification
a The project required specialist knowledge and/or skills not available within the Department.
b The Project required the collection of quantitative and/or qualitative information by a person or organisation who/which would be accepted as impartial and independent of the Department.
c The project required the gathering of views of consumers and this was done most effectively by using the services of a consumer representative organisation.
d A Commonwealth-State joint program which was established with a requirement for independent evaluation.
e The Consultant is a recognised Australian/world expert in the field and uniquely able to contribute to the development of the program.
f The Government specifically requests an independent, external report.
Selection Process -
Public tender. The Consultancy was advertised in the daily press with an invitation to submit proposals.
Selective tender. A limited number (from three to 20 or more) of individuals or organisations considered to possess the necessary skills and/or experience was invited to submit proposals.
Direct engagement of a recognised and pre-eminent expert.
Direct engagement of a consultant who had previously undertaken closely related work for the Department.
Direct engagement of an organisation recognised as representing the community sector being examined.
Direct engagement of an individual known to have the requisite skills where value of the project did not justify the expense or delay associated with seeking tenders.
State and Territory Government nominated persons known to have undertaken work in the respective field(s) to a representative national committee which made the selection. Each selection was endorsed by the Department before the consultancy was awarded.
Consultancies Approved in 2002-03 Outcome 1
Consultant
|
Justification
|
Selection Process
|
Contract Price (Inclusive of GST)
|
Purpose
|
Acumen Alliance
|
b
|
4
|
$15,785
|
Review of new fees and charges system. devices regulatory model for the new
|
Acumen Alliance policy.
|
b
|
4
|
$53,795
|
Review of Prescription Medicine charging
|
Acumen Alliance
|
a
|
4
|
$28,120
|
Independent Review of Quality Assurance processes in relation to the TGA Strategic Information Management Environment (SIME) project.
|
Acumen Alliance
|
a
|
2
|
$64,000
|
Review of TGA's Financial Management Information and HR system.
|
Acumen Alliance
|
a
|
1
|
$53,296
|
Review of cost recovery for the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator.
|
Adelaide Research & Innovations P/L (Previously Luminis Consultancy)
|
a
|
4
|
$129,752
|
Gene Flow Study.
|
Adept Associates Pty Ltd
|
b
|
3
|
$47,351
|
Review of Trans Tasman Agency employment framework.
|
Applied Economics Pty Ltd
|
a
|
5
|
$55,200
|
Report on cost recovery model for a joint therapeutic goods agency.
|
Arbiter Pty Ltd
|
a
|
4
|
$28,899
|
Provision of high level strategic advice to the TGA Strategic Information Management Environment Board.
|
Arbiter Pty Ltd
|
a
|
4
|
$22,311
|
Provision of high level strategic advice to the TGA Strategic Information Management Environment Board.
|
Banscott Health Consulting Pty Ltd
|
e
|
3
|
$180,000
|
Review of clinical trials and access to unapproved medicines.
|
Blue Moon Quantitative Research Pty Ltd
|
a
|
2
|
$87,780
|
Qualitative research with young people for the National Illicit Drugs Campaign - Phase II Formative Research.
|
Campbell Research And Consulting
|
b
|
2
|
$93,145
|
Assess the Implementation of the Food Safety Standards.
|
Carroll Communications Pty Ltd
|
a
|
2
|
$182,051
|
Market research and social market strategy formulation and implementation.
|
Dialog Information Technology
|
a
|
2
|
$2,316,790
|
Development of GTIMS (Gene Technology Information Management System).
|
Elliott And Shannan Research
|
a
|
4
|
$55,000
|
Research into consumer perceptions of ‘light' and ‘mild' descriptors and listings of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide on cigarette packets.
|
Elliott And Shannan Research
|
b
|
2
|
$115,180
|
Research among Australian adults for development of the Australian Alcohol Guidelines.
|
Human Capital Alliance Pty Ltd
|
a
|
2
|
$105,700
|
Evaluation of Three Drug Research Centres of Excellence.
|
Mandala Consulting
|
a
|
2
|
$49,865
|
Facilitation and Documentation of National Consultations for the Retractable Needle and Syringe Technology Initiative.
|
Matthew Pegg Consulting Ltd
|
a
|
2
|
$98,775
|
Provision of advice on the regulation of Pty biological therapies.
|
Matthew Pegg Consulting Pty Ltd
|
a
|
4
|
$16,136
|
Report on implications of information on human embryos included in advertising and labelling of therapeutic goods.
|
Oceania Health Consulting
|
b
|
4
|
$16,517
|
Independent analysis of submissions to the discussion paper on the proposed Trans Tasman joint agency.
|
Oceania Health Consulting
|
a
|
4
|
$19,800
|
Report on implications of information on human embryos included in advertising and labelling of therapeutic goods.
|
Oceania Health Consulting
|
a
|
2
|
$44,959
|
Review of the Uniform Recall Procedure for
|
Therapeutic Goods.
|
|
|
|
|
Oceania Health Consulting
|
f
|
4
|
$50,043
|
Evaluation of the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register 2002.
|
Solved At McConchie Pty Ltd
|
a
|
3
|
$20,000
|
Review of TGA Library Services and staff structure.
|
Strategic Consulting Services
|
a
|
2
|
$89,925
|
Business impact analysis in relation to the development of a new regulatory framework for In Vitro Diagnostics.
|
Success Works Pty Ltd
|
b, d
|
1
|
$165,000
|
Evaluation and development of National Drug Strategic Framework.
|
The Wallis Group
|
b
|
2
|
$60,401
|
Evaluation and dissemination of information for the Australian Alcohol Guidelines.
|
TVW Telethon Institute For Child Health Research
|
a
|
2
|
$44,000
|
Provision of an evaluation of Indigenous Projects under the National Child Nutrition Program in W.A.
|
Usability One
|
a
|
2
|
$53,462
|
Evaluation of TGA internet website.
|
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