Meeting papers

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                       19 JANUARY 2026


Risk & Opportunities
                                  Risk                        Mitigation/Opportunity
                         Awarding contracts
                                                 The PCAWT/CEO process offers 2 stages of
                         outside of Council
                                                 review (PCAWT and CEO), in addition to the
                         Meetings perceived
                                                 original procurement evaluation, before a decision
                         as not being a robust
                                                 to award.
                         process.
                                                 A report must first be submitted to the PCAWT,
PCAWT Process            Contracts may be
                                                 generally by the procurement evaluation chair,
                         awarded outside of
                                                 outlining the details of the procurement/project
                         Council Meetings,
                                                 and rationale for seeking the PCAWT. Should the
                         that may otherwise
                                                 PCAWT, or subsequently the CEO, deem that the
                         require
                                                 contract award should be considered by Council,
                         consideration/debate
                                                 the process can be directed through the normal
                         directly by Council.
                                                 Council Meeting cycle/options.
                                                 The PCAWT/CEO contract award process is only
                         Risk that a contract
                                                 available for large-sized contractual arrangements
                         award is made
Delegated Authority                              within the delegation of the CEO - $1,000,000
                         without delegated
                                                 (exclusive of GST), as outlined under Council
                         authority.
                                                 Policy.
                                                 In accordance with Part 4, Section 237 of the
                                                 Local Government Regulation 2012 Council
                                                 publishes the details of contractual arrangements
                         Transparency/visibility
                                                 of $200,000 (exc. GST) or more both, on
                         of awarding large-
                                                 Council’s public website and Tewantin Building
Transparency &           sized contracts (within
                                                 public noticeboard.
Accountability           CEO Delegation)
                         outside of Council
                                                 Council’s procurement policy requires that
                         Meetings.
                                                 contract awards via the PCAWT be reported to
                                                 Council bi-annually by the Director, Corporate
                                                 Services.


Human Rights


Human Rights Compatibility Statement
In developing this Report, the subject matter has been considered in accordance with the
requirements of the Queensland Human Rights Act 2019. It is considered that the subject matter
does not conflict with any human rights and supports a human rights approach to decision making
by Council. Council representatives will endeavour to act and make decisions under this report in a
manner that is compatible with human rights. This report should be read in conjunction with Council’s
Human Rights Policy.


Consultation
External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder
NA
Internal Consultation
Departments consulted:




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