Other Disclosures

Disclosure of consultancy expenditure
Pursuant to section 8 of the Financial Management Act 1994, and Regulation 16 of the Financial Management Act 2004, the Minister for Finance has the authority to issue Directions in relation to financial administration issues. Financial Reporting Directions (FRDs) are a form of these Directions, which deal specifically with financial reporting issues for Victorian public sector entities.

FRD 22H Standard Disclosures in the Report of Operations requires that for each consultancy valued at $10,000 or greater (exclusive of GST), TCV publish on its website a schedule listing the following:

  • consultants engaged
  • summary of the project involved
  • total project fees approved (exclusive of GST)
  • expenditure for the reporting period (exclusive of GST), and
  • any future expenditure committed to the consultant for the project.

A consultant is defined by FRD 22H as 'a particular type of contractor that is engaged primarily to perform a discrete task for an entity that facilitates decision making through:

  • provision of expert analysis and advice, and/or
  • development of a written report or other intellectual output.'

During 2022-23, there were four consultancy engagements valued more than $10,000 (exclusive of GST).

Consultant

Purpose of consultancy

Total approved project fee (excluding GST)

2022-23 expenditure (excluding GST)

Future expenditure (excluding GST)

NCC Group Pty Ltd

Information security incident response testing

$15,750

$15,750

Nil

Deloitte Consulting Pty Limited

Crisis Scenario Workshop

$21,152

$21,152

Nil

INFACT Consulting Pty Ltd

Provision of advice to support the procurement and implementation of a replacement financial market dealer phone system

$71,125

$17,227

$53,898

Pangolin Associates Pty Ltd

Carbon Neutral Accreditation

$28,450

$6,475

$19,200