To assist the delivery of key infrastructure, the Government has in place mechanisms for the coordination of infrastructure procurement across Government.
To support these arrangements the Government has established the Infrastructure Implementation Group (IIG) within the Premier's Department and the Office of Infrastructure Management (OIM) within NSW Treasury. The OIM is responsible for formulating all procurement policy.
The Cabinet Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Planning , supported by the IIG, NSW Treasury and the Department of Planning, reviews major infrastructure. This Standing Committee sets strategic directions for urban and regional infrastructure development and associated infrastructure priorities.
The OIM is responsible for the development of the State Infrastructure Strategy (SIS).
This Strategy is a ten (10) year rolling plan, which draws heavily from information in agencies' Total Asset Management Plans9, especially their Asset Strategies and Capital Investment Strategic Plans (CISP). The State Infrastructure Strategy also draws from the Metropolitan Strategy, regional strategies and other key Strategies and Plans developed by the Department of Planning.
The OIM is also responsible for making recommendations to the Government on individual infrastructure proposals and agency capital programs as part of the State Budget process.
The Cabinet Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Planning considers infrastructure issues, strategies and major infrastructure proposals from agencies. The Committee helps ensure that these are in accordance with the Government's strategic direction and priorities and are reflected in the State Infrastructure Strategy.
The Budget Committee of Cabinet also considers these same issues in light of funding constraints, prior to approving funding for individual infrastructure proposals.
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9 Whilst State-owned corporations are not bound by TAM policy, their asset strategies should as far as practicable be consistent with the principles of TAM.