A new regime of contract disclosure has been introduced which is effective from July 1, 2001. The underlying principle of this policy is that all Government contracts for goods, services and works will be made publicly available. All contracts entered into under public private partnerships arrangements will be covered by this policy. Exceptions to the disclosure policy are available if sound reasons exist that contracts or specific portions thereof, should remain confidential. The reasons for non-disclosure, however, must be made public.
All departments and agencies are required to inform potential private sector partners of the disclosure policy. Full details of the Contract Disclosure policy can be found at http://www.contracts.sa.gov.au/.