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FOI 4151 - Document 2
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From:
Lucchese, Renaye <xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Sent:
Sunday, 22 March 2020 5:36 PM
To:
WEISS, David; s22
Subject:
FW: Commonwealth contract [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Attachments:
ProMedical - Department of Health - Goods Contract - 22.03.20 - Signed.pdf
FYI  
From: Shakespeare, Penny <xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx>  
Sent: Sunday, 22 March 2020 11:35 AM 
To: Neran De Silva <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx> 
Cc: Lucchese, Renaye <xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx>; s22
@health.gov.au> 
Subject: RE: Commonwealth contract [SEC=OFFICIAL] 
Thank you Neran 
Please find attached a copy of the contract signed by the Commonwealth. We will provide a hard copy to you by 
mail. 
Regards 
Penny 
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Penny Shakespeare | Deputy Secretary, Health Financing Group | Department of Health  02 6289 3348 | s22
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 xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx 
HEALTH
From: Neran De Silva <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx> 
Sent: Saturday, 21 March 2020 8:38 PM 
INFORMATION 
To: Shakespeare, Penny <Penny.Shakespeare@health gov.au> 
Cc: Lucchese, Renaye <xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx>; s22
@health.gov.au> 
Subject: Re: Commonwealth contract [SEC=OFFICIAL] 
Hi Penny, 
THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED UNDER 
Please see the signed contract attached. 
THE FREEDOM OF 
Please send the counter singed agreement at your earliest convenience to confirm the order. 
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
Kind Regards 
Neran  
On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 at 5:11 pm, Shakespeare, Penny <xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx> wrote: 
Dear Neran De Silva, on behalf of ProMedical 
On behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Department of Health 
(Commonwealth), I wish to offer the attached Goods Contract (Contract) for the provision of COVID-19 
point of care testing kits.   
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If you wish to accept our offer for the supply of the COVID-19 point of care testing kits described in the 
Contract, please arrange to sign the Contract on the execution page (where indicated by your company 
name) and return a scanned copy of the signed Contract via email today.  Our offer is made on the basis the 
Contract is to be signed ‘as is’ without any changes to the terms and conditions (including Schedule 
1).  Please ensure all product details in the Contract are correct.  If these details are not correct, please 
advise and we will amend the contract.  If you would like to specify alternative delivery dates, please 
advise and we will amend the Contract. 
  
Please note that the Contract will not be binding and no legal obligations shall arise unless and until the 
Commonwealth returns a signed and dated copy of the Contract to you.  
  
We point out that clause 6 of the Contract requires you to provide copies of certificates of currency in 
respect of all insurances held by you, including product liability insurance.  Please provide this to our 
nominated Contract Officer before 24 March 2020 or, if this is not feasible, then by the date when the first 
shipment is due. 
  
We look forward to receiving a signed Contract from your company today.  
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Regards 
HEALTH
Penny Shakespeare 
INFORMATION 
  
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Penny Shakespeare | Deputy Secretary  Health Financing Group | Department of Health  02 6289 3348 |
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  penny.shakespeare@health gov au 
  
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P: 1300 793 314 
W: promedical.com.au 
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ACT 1982 
HEALTH
INFORMATION 
THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED UNDER 
THE FREEDOM OF 
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
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