Senate Order – AEC Contracts
Updated: 21 August 2015
Background
On 20 June 2001, as amended on 1 March 2007, the Senate agreed to a motion by Senator Murray requiring all Australian Government departments and agencies to produce a list of all contracts (procurement and grants) which meet a certain criteria.
Further general information on the Senate Order can be found on the Department of Finance’s website.
Current Senate Order on non-corporate Commonwealth entity contracts listing relating to the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015. 
Details of the AEC’s ‘procurement contracts’ are available through the Senate Order Report located on the AusTender Homepage (www.tenders.gov.au).
Pursuant to the Senate Order on non-corporate Commonwealth entity contracts the following table sets out ‘non-procurement contracts’ entered into by the Australian Electoral Commission which provide for a consideration to the value of $100,000 or more (GST inclusive) and which: 
a.	have not been fully performed as at 30 June 2015, or 
b.	which have been entered into during the 12 months prior to 30 June 2015. 

‘Non-procurement’ contracts are defined in the Department of Finance 
Resource Management Guide No. 403.

‘Non-procurement’ contracts listed usually contain confidentiality provisions of a general nature that are designed to protect the confidential information of the parties that may be obtained or generated in carrying out the contract. 

The reasons for including such clauses include protection of other Commonwealth material and personal information. 

Contract Details

Contractor	Subject matter	Amount of consideration	Start date	Anticipated end date	Whether contract contains provisions requiring the parties to maintain confidentiality of any of its provisions (Y/N)	Reason (s)	Whether contract contains other requirements of confidentiality (Y/N)	Reason (s)	
Australian Electoral Commission	Conduct election for various position for QLD College of Teachers.	$163 896.57	26 May 2015	23 September 2015	N	N/A	N	N/A	

Estimated cost of complying with this Order:   $9,935.05
Basis of method used to estimate the cost:  Average hourly rate (Usually a per hour rate based on the level of staff involved)