Model Contracts Project

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Model Contracts Project

• Provide Councils with a model contract and
  tendering toolkit for Waste Collection and
  Resource Recovery operations.
• Based on LGA website
• Four parts to the toolkit
• Discussion Papers
• User Guides
• Model Contracts
• Education Training Sessions

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Model Contracts Project Discussion Papers
create awareness promote thought

• Define the needs and scope
• where is Council now and where does it want to
  go?
• governance due diligence
• review existing contracts
• impediments to the scope
• probity issues how to manage them
• Contract Management
• responsibilities liabilities
• Community consultation/involvement
• test a preferred outcome
• involvement of community or volunteer
  organisations

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Model Contracts Project User Guides link
discussion papers to contract

• Front end
• guides user through the development of a contract
  based on the identified needs and scope
• Back end
• a guide through tender process to let final
  contract
• identifies range of specific contract management
  issues to be addressed links to Discussion
  Paper
• User Guide User Guide

Model Contracts
Discussion Papers
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Model Contracts Project Model Contracts
Collection and Resource Recovery

• Each contract consists of the following
  sections
• Background Information ..variable
• Tender Conditions.fixed
• Conditions of Contract..fixed
• Service Specification.variable
• Fee Schedule.variable
• Tender Return Schedulesvariable
• variable components identified via
  Discussion Papers
• and User Guides
• Education Training Sessions introduction to
  users
• First session planned for Feb/March 2009