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CALENDAR YEAR 2012
SENATE ORDER ON DEPARTMENTAL CONTRACTS, LISTING RELATING TO THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 2012 TO 31 DECEMBER 2012
On 20 June 2001, the Senate agreed to an Order requiring each Minister in the Senate to table a letter advising that a list of contracts, in respect of each Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 agency administered by that Minister, has been placed on the Internet, with access to the list through the department's or agency's home page. The order was subsequently amended on 27 September 2001, 18 June 2003, 26 June 2003 and 1 March 2007, and requires that the letter be tabled no later than two calendar months after the end of the calendar and financial years and requires agencies to report the following details on their Internet listing:
- each contract entered into by the department which has not been fully performed or which has been entered into in the previous 12 months, and which provides for a consideration to the value of $100,000 or more;
- the contractor, the amount of consideration, the subject matter of each such contract, the commencement date of the contract, the duration of the contract, the relevant reporting period and the twelve month period relating to the contract listings;
- whether each such contract contains provisions requiring the parties to maintain confidentiality of any of its provisions, or whether there are any other requirements of confidentiality, and a statement of the reasons for the confidentiality; and
- an estimate of the cost of complying with this order and a statement of the method used to make the estimate.
Pursuant to the Senate Order on departmental and agency contracts the following table sets out contracts entered into by the Australian Bureau of Statistics which provide for a consideration to the value of $100,000 or more and which (a) have not been fully performed as at 31 December 2012 or (b) which have been entered into during the 12 months prior to 31 December 2012.
| Business Name | Contract Title / Subject | Total Value | Start Date | End Date | Use of Confidentiality provisions | Use of any other Confidentiality provisions | Reason |
| Active Endpoints Inc | Active VOS server licence and maintenance | $549,144.00 | 19/04/2010 | 27/10/2013 | No | No |  |
| AGL Sales Pty Ltd | Supply of electricity to Victorian office | $240,000 | 01/01/2010 | 31/12/2013 | No | No |  |
| Allied Pickfords Business Relocations | Removalist Services for Central Office Block & Stack Project | $250,000 | 14/08/2012 | 13/09/2012 | No | No |  |
| ASP Microcomputers | Data processing flow control system | $273,000 | 30/09/2009 | 12/08/2013 | No | No |  |
| Bayley & Associates Pty Ltd | Diploma of project management | $150,000 | 07/06/2012 | 30/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Bull & Bear Special Assignments Pty Ltd | Developing emotional intelligence workshop | $125,125 | 20/06/2012 | 31/03/2013 | No | No |  |
| Challenger Property Nominees | Central Office lease of ABS House | $434,406,242 | 13/03/2002 | 12/03/2027 | No | No |  |
| Chubb Fire & Security Ltd | Maintenance service for ABS security equipment | $1,000,000 | 28/01/2009 | 28/01/2013 | No | No |  |
| Computer Associates Pty Ltd | Spectrum secure domain manager software licences and maintenance licence agreement | $454,913 | 31/03/2010 | 30/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Computer Associates Pty Ltd | Information technology service management toolsets | $887,740 | 27/06/2011 | 09/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Corporate Express | Software licence for VMware | $1,674,500 | 28/09/2007 | 27/09/2013 | No | No |  |
| Data#3 Ltd | Microsoft enterprise agreement | $2,000,000 | 01/07/2009 | 30/06/2013 | Yes | Yes | B |
| Davidson Trahaire Corpsych Pty Ltd | National employee assistance program | $285,000 | 01/04/2012 | 31/03/2015 | No | No |  |
| Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd | Communication equipment maintenance | $1,727,653 | 01/01/2005 | 30/12/2013 | No | No |  |
| Dimension Data Australia Pty Ltd | Communication cost recovery solution | $220,000 | 15/06/2012 | 14/06/2015 | No | No |  |
| ESRI | Enterprise volume licencing agreement | $1,050,000 | 23/12/2011 | 22/12/2014 | No | No |  |
| Factiva | Library information services | $141,846 | 01/04/2012 | 30/04/2013 | No | No |  |
| Food Standards Australia New Zealand | Preparation of survey nutrient database for the Australian health survey | $1,700,000 | 31/05/2010 | 30/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Forrester Research Australia | IT research services | $756,079 | 02/04/2006 | 31/03/2013 | No | No |  |
| Fujitsu Australia Ltd | F5 VIPRION 2400 Application Delivery Controller Chassis and Blades with associated maintenance | $786,392 | 19/12/2012 | 18/12/2015 | No | No |  |
| Future Knowledge | User Productivity Kit developer training material development | $110,000 | 30/07/2012 | 26/11/2012 | No | No |  |
| Gartner Australia | Research Services | $1,044,053 | 01/01/2003 | 31/03/2013 | No | No |  |
| GPT Funds Management 2 Pty Ltd | QLD office lease | $37,880,300 | 01/03/2005 | 31/08/2015 | No | No |  |
| Hewlett Packard Australia | Maintenance of Loadrunner software | $400,000 | 01/07/2006 | 30/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Hewlett Packard Australia | HP Proactive essentials software support | $430,011 | 02/11/2006 | 31/10/2012 | No | No |  |
| Hewlett Packard Australia | Business availability centre software | $208,908 | 26/03/2009 | 30/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Honeywell Ltd | Maintenance of cooling equipment | $426,000 | 19/12/2002 | 18/12/2013 | No | No |  |
| Honeywell Ltd | Maintenance services ABS House | $608,000 | 15/10/2002 | 13/10/2013 | No | No |  |
| IBM Australia Ltd | Intelligent character recognition licence software maintenance for census | $1,024,700 | 01/07/2008 | 30/06/2014 | No | No |  |
| IBM Australia Ltd | Enterprise License Agreement with IBM | $4,321,972 | 01/07/2012 | 30/06/2015 | No | No |  |
| IBM Australia Ltd | Enterprise License Agreement with IBM | $1,049,000 | 01/07/2011 | 30/06/2014 | No | No |  |
| Intandem | Collector satchels for the 2011 census | $290,000 | 22/11/2010 | 22/02/2013 | No | No |  |
| Intech Solutions Pty Ltd | Software licence for AddressCoder@ABS | $537,811 | 13/12/2004 | 01/10/2013 | No | No |  |
| Interaction Consulting Group | Future leaders program | $150,000 | 01/06/2012 | 30/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Investa Asset Management Pty Ltd | Victorian office lease | $50,039,719 | 01/10/1995 | 31/05/2021 | No | No |  |
| Liveris Civitas Joint Venture | NT property lease | $5,271,832 | 07/09/2009 | 06/09/2019 | No | No |  |
| Metadata Technology North America | Expert DDI and SDMX advice for InSPIRe and related IMTP projects | $250,200 | 14/05/2012 | 29/03/2013 | No | No |  |
| MTAA Superannuation Fund Property No.2 Pty Ltd | SA office lease | $30,035,406 | 25/04/1998 | 28/02/2017 | No | No |  |
| Multicall Pty Ltd | 2011 census culturally and linguistically diverse communication consultant services | $561,800 | 04/01/2011 | 03/01/2013 | No | No |  |
| National Australia Bank Ltd | Credit card services | $105,560 | 11/06/2009 | 30/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| OECD | MOU between the OECD and ABS for use of OECD statistical product | $168,000 | 17/05/2010 | 17/05/2013 | No | No |  |
| Oakton Services Pty Ltd | Internal auditor services | $947,908 | 13/09/2010 | 12/09/2013 | No | No |  |
| OfficeMax Australia Ltd | Stationery supply | $3,750,372 | 01/08/2012 | 30/06/2015 | No | No |  |
| Open Systems Australia Pty Ltd | Secure email transmission solution | $260,000 | 28/06/2011 | 27/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Optus Networks Pty Ltd | Internet services | $2,600,000 | 01/07/2012 | 30/06/2015 | No | No |  |
| Optus Networks Pty Ltd | Mobile phone services | $215,000 | 01/07/2012 | 30/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Oracle Corporation Aust Pty Ltd | Licence for Oracle payroll software | $1,115,791 | 26/11/2004 | 25/05/2013 | No | No |  |
| Oracle Corporation Aust Pty Ltd | HRMIS and financial planning suite | $2,697,399 | 26/05/2010 | 25/05/2013 | No | No |  |
| Oracle Corporation Aust Pty Ltd | Oracle licences for RDBMS | $3,884,999 | 30/11/2009 | 25/05/2013 | No | No |  |
| Origin Energy Electricity Ltd | SA Office - electricity | $230,000 | 01/12/2010 | 30/11/2013 | No | No |  |
| Perpetual Trustees Company Ltd | NSW office lease | $30,776,907 | 01/11/2011 | 31/10/2021 | No | No |  |
| Perpetual Trustees Company Ltd | WA office lease | $15,990,000 | 01/08/2004 | 31/07/2016 | No | No |  |
| Pitney Bowes Software Pty Ltd | Software maintenance | $250,000 | 17/12/2012 | 16/12/2015 | No | No |  |
| Pitney Bowes | C4 Inserter supply and maintenance | $136,683 | 29/06/2012 | 28/06/2015 | No | No |  |
| Price Waterhouse Coopers | Development of a revised governance framework | $120,000 | 01/06/2012 | 29/06/2012 | No | No |  |
| PSMA Australia Ltd | Supply of spatial data for census mapping and other internal ABS purposes | $1,500,000 | 01/01/2012 | 31/12/2014 | No | No |  |
| Red Hat Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd | RedHat enterprise agreement | $124,399 | 24/02/2012 | 24/02/2015 | No | No |  |
| Rider Levett Bucknall ACT Pty Ltd | Pricing information for the Building Price Index (BPIs) | $178,038 | 10/08/2012 | 09/08/2015 | No | No |  |
| SAS Institute Australia Pty Ltd | SAS software | $9,351,696 | 01/11/2001 | 31/10/2013 | No | No |  |
| Sonic Healthcare Ltd | Pathology services for the Australian Health Survey | $6,189,617 | 18/10/2011 | 31/01/2013 | No | No |  |
| Sophos Pty Ltd | Anti-Virus software | $160,074 | 31/03/2005 | 03/03/2013 | No | No |  |
| Space-Time Research | Software license, maintenance and development agreement | $325,000 | 01/12/2010 | 01/12/2013 | No | No |  |
| Sydney Night Patrol & Inquiry Co Pty Ltd | Security guarding services ABS House | $1,675,350 | 24/02/2008 | 23/02/2013 | No | No |  |
| Symantec Asia Pacific Pte Ltd | Security software | $2,880,760 | 23/06/2012 | 23/06/2015 | No | No |  |
| Sungard Reference Data Solutions LLC | FAME licence maintenance | $215,689 | 22/12/2009 | 21/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| Sunset Rock Investments Pty Ltd | Tasmanian office lease | $10,800,000 | 05/09/2007 | 04/09/2017 | No | No |  |
| Telstra Corporation Ltd | Telephony services | $1,398,525 | 21/06/2012 | 30/06/2014 | No | No |  |
| Toll Holdings Ltd | Provision of secure national freight services | $600,000 | 14/03/2012 | 14/03/2014 | No | No |  |
| Trend Micro Australia Pty Ltd | ABS network security enhancement | $840,000 | 27/04/2010 | 15/06/2013 | No | No |  |
| University of NSW | Tackling the tough problems in productivity measurement: Infrastructure, Services and R&D | $275,000 | 25/02/2009 | 21/12/2014 | No | No |  |
| University of Wollongong | Funding agreement for professorial fellow (Academic Level E) statistical methodology | $715,000 | 17/03/2011 | 16/05/2014 | No | No |  |
| Wipro Ltd | Purchase of expert services to assist with the installation, configuration and integration of products within the Oracle Identity and Access Management (IAM) Suite Plus | $1,309,494 | 30/04/2012 | 29/01/2013 | No | No |  |
| Xpedite Professional Services Pty Ltd | Centura software licence | $345,700 | 23/12/1996 | 30/06/2013 | No | No |  |
Reasons for Confidentiality:
(A) Trade Secrets
(B) Internal Costing/Profit Information
(C) Public interest
(D) Statutory Secrecy Provisions
(E) Privacy Act 1988
Estimated cost of Complying with the Order:
It is estimated that the cost of preparing the list for this period in accordance with the Senate Order of 20 June 2001 is $3,500.00. The method used to estimate the cost of complying with this order is staffing hours.
This page first published 28 February 2008, last updated 7 February 2013
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