To determine the adequacy of the assessment of value for money offered by private bidders for the new RCH project, criteria were derived from the following Partnerships Victoria documents:
• Partnerships Victoria Guidance Material Practitioners' Guide
• Partnerships Victoria Public Sector Comparator Technical Note and Supplementary Technical Note
• Partnerships Victoria Risk Allocation and Contractual Issues Guide
• Partnerships Victoria Contract Management Guide.1
Relevant government policies and guidance on probity in procurement were also used to assess the probity process used to monitor the procurement phase.
For this part of the audit the following questions were considered:
• Were effective tools developed to help assess value for money provided by private sector bids?
• Did the procurement process follow the rules and guidelines?
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1 All these documents are available from the Partnerships Victoria website: <http://www.partnerships.vic.gov.au>.