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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 NameContract Title / SubjectTotal ValueStart DateEnd DateUse of Confidentiality provisionsUse of any other Confidentiality provisionsReason
Active Endpoints IncActive VOS server licence and maintenance
$549,144.00
19/04/2010
27/10/2013
NoNo
AGL Sales Pty LtdSupply of electricity to Victorian office
$240,000
01/01/2010
31/12/2013
NoNo
Allied Pickfords Business RelocationsRemovalist Services for Central Office Block & Stack Project
$250,000
14/08/2012
13/09/2012
NoNo
ASP MicrocomputersData processing flow control system
$273,000
30/09/2009
12/08/2013
NoNo
Bayley & Associates Pty LtdDiploma of project management
$150,000
07/06/2012
30/06/2013
NoNo
Bull & Bear Special Assignments Pty LtdDeveloping emotional intelligence workshop
$125,125
20/06/2012
31/03/2013
NoNo
Challenger Property NomineesCentral Office lease of ABS House
$434,406,242
13/03/2002
12/03/2027
NoNo
Chubb Fire & Security LtdMaintenance service for ABS security equipment
$1,000,000
28/01/2009
28/01/2013
NoNo
Computer Associates Pty LtdSpectrum secure domain manager software licences and maintenance licence agreement
$454,913
31/03/2010
30/06/2013
NoNo
Computer Associates Pty LtdInformation technology service management toolsets
$887,740
27/06/2011
09/06/2013
NoNo
Corporate ExpressSoftware licence for VMware
$1,674,500
28/09/2007
27/09/2013
NoNo
Data#3 LtdMicrosoft enterprise agreement
$2,000,000
01/07/2009
30/06/2013
YesYesB
Davidson Trahaire Corpsych Pty LtdNational employee assistance program
$285,000
01/04/2012
31/03/2015
NoNo
Dimension Data Australia Pty LtdCommunication equipment maintenance
$1,727,653
01/01/2005
30/12/2013
NoNo
Dimension Data Australia Pty LtdCommunication cost recovery solution
$220,000
15/06/2012
14/06/2015
NoNo
ESRIEnterprise volume licencing agreement
$1,050,000
23/12/2011
22/12/2014
NoNo
FactivaLibrary information services
$141,846
01/04/2012
30/04/2013
NoNo
Food Standards Australia New ZealandPreparation of survey nutrient database for the Australian health survey
$1,700,000
31/05/2010
30/06/2013
NoNo
Forrester Research AustraliaIT research services
$756,079
02/04/2006
31/03/2013
NoNo
Fujitsu Australia LtdF5 VIPRION 2400 Application Delivery Controller Chassis and Blades with associated maintenance
$786,392
19/12/2012
18/12/2015
NoNo
Future KnowledgeUser Productivity Kit developer training material development
$110,000
30/07/2012
26/11/2012
NoNo
Gartner AustraliaResearch Services
$1,044,053
01/01/2003
31/03/2013
NoNo
GPT Funds Management 2 Pty LtdQLD office lease
$37,880,300
01/03/2005
31/08/2015
NoNo
Hewlett Packard AustraliaMaintenance of Loadrunner software
$400,000
01/07/2006
30/06/2013
NoNo
Hewlett Packard AustraliaHP Proactive essentials software support
$430,011
02/11/2006
31/10/2012
NoNo
Hewlett Packard AustraliaBusiness availability centre software
$208,908
26/03/2009
30/06/2013
NoNo
Honeywell LtdMaintenance of cooling equipment
$426,000
19/12/2002
18/12/2013
NoNo
Honeywell LtdMaintenance services ABS House
$608,000
15/10/2002
13/10/2013
NoNo
IBM Australia LtdIntelligent character recognition licence software maintenance for census
$1,024,700
01/07/2008
30/06/2014
NoNo
IBM Australia LtdEnterprise License Agreement with IBM
$4,321,972
01/07/2012
30/06/2015
NoNo
IBM Australia LtdEnterprise License Agreement with IBM
$1,049,000
01/07/2011
30/06/2014
NoNo
IntandemCollector satchels for the 2011 census
$290,000
22/11/2010
22/02/2013
NoNo
Intech Solutions Pty LtdSoftware licence for AddressCoder@ABS
$537,811
13/12/2004
01/10/2013
NoNo
Interaction Consulting GroupFuture leaders program
$150,000
01/06/2012
30/06/2013
NoNo
Investa Asset Management Pty LtdVictorian office lease
$50,039,719
01/10/1995
31/05/2021
NoNo
Liveris Civitas Joint VentureNT property lease
$5,271,832
07/09/2009
06/09/2019
NoNo
Metadata Technology North AmericaExpert DDI and SDMX advice for InSPIRe and related IMTP projects
$250,200
14/05/2012
29/03/2013
NoNo
MTAA Superannuation Fund Property No.2 Pty LtdSA office lease
$30,035,406
25/04/1998
28/02/2017
NoNo
Multicall Pty Ltd2011 census culturally and linguistically diverse communication consultant services
$561,800
04/01/2011
03/01/2013
NoNo
National Australia Bank LtdCredit card services
$105,560
11/06/2009
30/06/2013
NoNo
OECDMOU between the OECD and ABS for use of OECD statistical product
$168,000
17/05/2010
17/05/2013
NoNo
Oakton Services Pty LtdInternal auditor services
$947,908
13/09/2010
12/09/2013
NoNo
OfficeMax Australia LtdStationery supply
$3,750,372
01/08/2012
30/06/2015
NoNo
Open Systems Australia Pty LtdSecure email transmission solution
$260,000
28/06/2011
27/06/2013
NoNo
Optus Networks Pty LtdInternet services
$2,600,000
01/07/2012
30/06/2015
NoNo
Optus Networks Pty LtdMobile phone services
$215,000
01/07/2012
30/06/2013
NoNo
Oracle Corporation Aust Pty LtdLicence for Oracle payroll software
$1,115,791
26/11/2004
25/05/2013
NoNo
Oracle Corporation Aust Pty LtdHRMIS and financial planning suite
$2,697,399
26/05/2010
25/05/2013
NoNo
Oracle Corporation Aust Pty LtdOracle licences for RDBMS
$3,884,999
30/11/2009
25/05/2013
NoNo
Origin Energy Electricity LtdSA Office - electricity
$230,000
01/12/2010
30/11/2013
NoNo
Perpetual Trustees Company LtdNSW office lease
$30,776,907
01/11/2011
31/10/2021
NoNo
Perpetual Trustees Company LtdWA office lease
$15,990,000
01/08/2004
31/07/2016
NoNo
Pitney Bowes Software Pty LtdSoftware maintenance
$250,000
17/12/2012
16/12/2015
NoNo
Pitney BowesC4 Inserter supply and maintenance
$136,683
29/06/2012
28/06/2015
NoNo
Price Waterhouse CoopersDevelopment of a revised governance framework
$120,000
01/06/2012
29/06/2012
NoNo
PSMA Australia LtdSupply of spatial data for census mapping and other internal ABS purposes
$1,500,000
01/01/2012
31/12/2014
NoNo
Red Hat Asia-Pacific Pty LtdRedHat enterprise agreement
$124,399
24/02/2012
24/02/2015
NoNo
Rider Levett Bucknall ACT Pty LtdPricing information for the Building Price Index (BPIs)
$178,038
10/08/2012
09/08/2015
NoNo
SAS Institute Australia Pty LtdSAS software
$9,351,696
01/11/2001
31/10/2013
NoNo
Sonic Healthcare LtdPathology services for the Australian Health Survey
$6,189,617
18/10/2011
31/01/2013
NoNo
Sophos Pty LtdAnti-Virus software
$160,074
31/03/2005
03/03/2013
NoNo
Space-Time ResearchSoftware license, maintenance and development agreement
$325,000
01/12/2010
01/12/2013
NoNo
Sydney Night Patrol & Inquiry Co Pty LtdSecurity guarding services ABS House
$1,675,350
24/02/2008
23/02/2013
NoNo
Symantec Asia Pacific Pte LtdSecurity software
$2,880,760
23/06/2012
23/06/2015
NoNo
Sungard Reference Data Solutions LLCFAME licence maintenance
$215,689
22/12/2009
21/06/2013
NoNo
Sunset Rock Investments Pty LtdTasmanian office lease  
$10,800,000
05/09/2007
04/09/2017
NoNo
Telstra Corporation LtdTelephony services
$1,398,525
21/06/2012
30/06/2014
NoNo
Toll Holdings LtdProvision of secure national freight services
$600,000
14/03/2012
14/03/2014
NoNo
Trend Micro Australia Pty LtdABS network security enhancement
$840,000
27/04/2010
15/06/2013
NoNo
University of NSWTackling the tough problems in productivity measurement: Infrastructure, Services and R&D
$275,000
25/02/2009
21/12/2014
NoNo
University of WollongongFunding agreement for professorial fellow (Academic Level E) statistical methodology
$715,000
17/03/2011
16/05/2014
NoNo
Wipro LtdPurchase 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
NoNo
Xpedite Professional Services Pty LtdCentura software licence
$345,700
23/12/1996
30/06/2013
NoNo

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.

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