2016-2017 SENATE ORDER FOR ENTITY CONTRACTS LISTING RELATING TO THE PERIOD

01 JANUARY 2017 to 31 DECEMBER 2017.

Pursuant to the Senate Order for entity contracts the following table sets out contracts entered into by Australian Human Rights Commission which provide for a consideration to the value of $100,000 or more (GST inclusive) and which:

  1. have not been fully performed as at 31 December2017, or
  2. which have been entered into during the 12months prior to 31 December 2017

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:

  1. ordinary commercial prudence that requires protection of trade secrets, proprietary information and the like; and/or
  2. protection of other Commonwealth material and personal information.

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

Procurement contracts are available through the Senate Order Report located on the AusTender Homepage ().

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)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / Tranche - funding agreement with DFAT for Access to Public Spaces for People with Disabilities / $165,000 / 20/9/16 / 31/12/2017 / N / N/A / N / N/A
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / Australia-Lao PDR Human Rights Technical Cooperation Program 2017-2021 / $814,988 / 4/2/17 / 31/03/2021 / N / N/A / N / N/A
Department of Social Services (ACT) / Family and domestic violence (FDV) death review and reporting mechanism / $110,800 / 29/3/17 / 29/06/2018 / N / N/A / N / N/A
Australian Defence Force / AHRC/Defence - Collaboration for Cultural Reform / $6,069,208.87 / 01/07/14 / 30/06/2018 / N / N/A / N / N/A
Department of Social Services / Sexual Harassment National Workplace / $245,000 / 22/02/17 / 29/6/2018 / N / N/A / N / N//A
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / DFAT Grant Agreement –HTRCP CHINA
17-21 / $7,400,000 / 09/6/17 / 31/07/2020 / N / N/A / N / N/A
Attorney General’s Department / Services to be undertaken on behalf of the Attorney General’s Department / $606,850 / 01/07/17 / 30/06/2018 / N / N/A / N / N/A
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights visit to Australia / $128,340 / 20/10/17 / 30/03/2018 / N / N/A / N / N/A
Department of Social Services / Cross-Sector Engagement for the National Statement of principles for Child Organistaion / $580,000 / 17/11/17 / 30/11/2018 / N / N/A / N / N/A

Estimated cost of complying with this Order: $800

Basis of method used to estimate the cost:Based on staff hours used in compiling, verifying and posting the information.

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