In the last week the NT Government awarded 40 contracts to a total value of over $4.3 million, including a $3,795 contract to review the Territory’s broken Freedom of Information processes and $154,000 to supply and deliver live insects and frozen rodents to the Territory Wildlife Park and Alice Springs Desert Park that was divided between Wildcare Incorporated, Gregory Mayo and Fredrick John Brown.
A $200,000 contract to TDC Refrigeration to supply, deliver, install and commission a chiller unit in the Alice Springs police station was also on the list.
Of these, 31 contracts worth $3.8 million were awarded to Northern Territory businesses, and nine contracts worth $475,000 were awarded to non-local businesses.
The largest awarded contract was the almost $875,000 to Paradise Landscaping NT to construct landscaping and irrigation works at the Stuart Highway and Bagot Road Intersection.
See the full summary below:
Tender | Awarded To | Price | NT Enterprise |
Consultancy – Functional Review for the NT Citrus Canker Eradication Program | HATCH SOLUTIONS | $30,855.00 | YES |
Darwin – Supply of Pexip Cloud Video Interop (CVI) for Microsoft Teams Licensing | TELSTRA | $44,000.00 | YES |
Darwin – Supply and Delivery of Videoconferencing Equipment for Manunda Place | NEC Australia | $143,680.35 | YES |
Alice Springs – Perioperative Services – Alice Springs Hospital – Cantel Sterilising Equipment Service Agreement – Includes Preventative Maintenance | CANTEL (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD | $20,570.00 | NO |
Provision of Agilent Technologies Service Supprt (GCMS 5977 & GC 7890) | AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES | $89,131.68 | NO |
Darwin – Supply of Observe IT License Renewals | Area9 Pty Ltd | $21,879.00 | YES |
Darwin – Supply of Reseach Grade GPS cattle collar | CSIRO | $66,000.00 | NO |
Alice Springs – Alice Springs Hospital ED and ICU – Provision of Service Agreement – Ventilators for a Period of 12 Months – No extenstion approved currently | DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. | $16,861.95 | NO |
Consultancy – Assessments of Owner Reimbursement Costs for the Citrus Canker Eradication Program for a Period of 3 Months | Deloitte Risk Advisory Pty Limited | $216,497.25 | NO |
Darwin – Consultancy – Provision of Assistance with East Arnhem Land And Groote Eylandt Indigenous Forestry Development for a Period of 12 Months | University of Sunshine Coast | $43,992.00 | NO |
Nhulunbuy – Arnhem Education Office – Provision of Cleaning Services for a Period of 12 Months | Arafura Cleaning Company Pty Ltd | $31,167.42 | YES |
Darwin, Alice Springs – Panel Contract for the Supply and Delivery of Live Insects to the Territory Wildlife Park and Alice Springs Desert Park and Frozen Rodents to the Territory Wildlife Park for a Period of 24 Months | Gregory Mayo | $69,264.00 | YES |
Darwin, Alice Springs – Panel Contract for the Supply and Delivery of Live Insects to the Territory Wildlife Park and Alice Springs Desert Park and Frozen Rodents to the Territory Wildlife Park for a Period of 24 Months | Wildcare Incorporated | $60,840.00 | YES |
Darwin, Alice Springs – Panel Contract for the Supply and Delivery of Live Insects to the Territory Wildlife Park and Alice Springs Desert Park and Frozen Rodents to the Territory Wildlife Park for a Period of 24 Months | Fredrick John Brown | $23,726.50 | YES |
Darwin – Provision of Motor Vehicle, Workers Compensation, Public and Product Liability and Industrial Special Risk Insurance for a Period of 12 Months | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (Aus) Limited | $91,169.16 | YES |
Katherine Region – Bauhinia Propacc – Construct Concrete Invert at Ch19.485 – 19.515 Km | Territory Industries Pty Ltd | $98,520.00 | YES |
Alice Springs Region – Borefields Area – Replace Water Troughs and Construct Water Trap Yard | The Trustee for Bluedust Unit Trust | $69,069.60 | YES |
Darwin Region – Batchelor Airstrip – Construction of Apron and Taxiway (Stage 2 and Stage 3 Works) | Coleman’s Contracting & Earthmoving Pty Ltd | $600,754.75 | YES |
Darwin – Stuart Highway and Bagot Road Intersection – Construct Landscaping and Irrigation Works | Paradise Landscaping (NT) Pty Ltd | $874,998.71 | YES |
Darwin Region – Trower Road and Sabine Road Intersection – Intersection Safety Improvements | Whatareya Pty Ltd | $186,299.03 | YES |
Darwin Region – Marrara Drive – Sports Landscape / Irrigation Upgrade | THINK WATER VIRGINIA | $112,533.00 | YES |
Darwin Region – Emu Point – Nganambala School – Installation Of New controls To Allow Synchronisation Of the Generators And Switchboard Upgrade | NORTH AUSTRALIAN MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL SERVICES PTY LTD | $62,442.64 | YES |
Darwin Region – Various Locations – Bushfires Northern Territory Radio Repeater Network to Connect to Acacia Headquarters | ITS Communications | $56,035.76 | YES |
Darwin Region – Casuarina Bus Interchange – LED Strip Lighting Design | AECOM | $26,235.00 | YES |
Consultancy – Organisational Assessment of the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Sector | Safe and Together Institute | $15,400.00 | NO |
Darwin – Consultancy – Freedom of Information Internal Review | INFORMATION CONSULTANTS PTY LTD | $3,795.00 | NO |
Provision of Neuropsychology Service for the Palmerston Regional Hospital (PRH) – for a Period of 12 Months | PALMER, BONNIE CLARE | $30,000.00 | YES |
Provision of Neuropsychology Service for the Palmerston Regional Hospital (PRH) – for a Period of 12 Months | HUNTLEY, JAMES MICHAEL | $2,328.00 | NO |
Supply and Delivery of Fifteen (15) Sony SNC – WR600 Network Rapid Dome HD Cameras for Installation in Remote Clincs | A & J COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD | $56,906.10 | YES |
Darwin – Supply of Renewal of support and maintenance for Telephone Information Management System (TIMS) | NEC Australia | $159,543.55 | YES |
Alice Springs, Darwin – Supply and Delivery of Modular Panel Systems | RiseSignandPrint | $30,756.00 | YES |
Darwin Region – Consultancy – Cycle and Shared Path Network Review | Cardno (NT) Pty Ltd | $69,806.00 | YES |
Alice Springs Region – Consultancy – Cycle and Shared Path Network Review | Cardno (NT) Pty Ltd | $59,884.00 | YES |
Katherine and Tennant Creek Regions – Consultancy – Cycle and Shared Path Network Review | GHD Pty Ltd | $80,431.60 | YES |
Darwin Region – Palmerston Regional Hospital – Miscellaneous Roadworks – Construction | Whatareya Pty Ltd | $300,255.66 | YES |
Katherine Region – Lajamanu School – Home Economics Room Refurbishment | Atkin Building Co Pty Ltd | $132,928.00 | YES |
Alice Springs Region – Centralian Senior College – Design and Construct New Kitchenette in Classroom | BLUEPRINT NT | $30,820.00 | YES |
Alice Springs – Police Station – Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of Chiller Unit | TDC Refrigeration Pty Ltd | $199,848.00 | YES |
Darwin Region – Pirlangimpi – 2 x Police Houses – Specialised Hygienic Mould Cleaning | Precision Group NT | $49,871.00 | YES |
Royal Darwin Hospital – Helipad Repainting and Line Marking | SD PAINTERS PTY LIMITED | $22,000.00 | YES |
Who would ever suspect that NEC, Telstra and AECOM are NT Enterprises? Buy local is really nailing it!
The disparity in consultancy costs between a cycle shared network review(in three contracts) and the Freedom of Information Internal Review say a lot about the current government logic.
50-1 against the hard questions