FINANCIAL YEAR 2017-18 SENATE ORDER ON NON-CORPORATE COMMONWEALTH ENTITY CONTRACTS LISTING RELATING TO THE PERIOD 1 JULY 2017 TO 30 JUNE 2018

Pursuant to the Senate Order on non-corporate Commonwealth entity contracts the following table sets out contracts entered into by 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 2018 or 
(b)	have been entered into during the 12 months prior to 30 June 2018.

Most of the Contracts listed 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:
•	Ordinary commercial prudence that requires protection of trade secrets, proprietary information and the like; and/or
•	Protection of other Commonwealth material and personal information.

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)	
There were no non procurements to report during the 2017/2018 Financial Year	

The accountable authority of the Australian Electoral Commission has assured that the listed contracts do not contain any inappropriate confidentiality provisions.

Estimated cost of complying with this Order:		$86.78
Method used to estimate the cost:		This estimated cost is based on time spent on collating information required against appropriate staffing levels