Good afternoon

On 6 January 2026, the Australian National University (the University)
received your request for access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

The University has taken your request to be as follows:

‘I request all documents relating to ANU contracts with Deloitte, engaged
by the Office of the Chief Operating Officer and the Interim Vice
chancellor/Provost. This includes, but is not limited to:

i) Emails, teams chats or calendar invites between the offices and the
third party consultant.

ii) Terms of reference or scoping documents to engage the consultant.

iii) Exemption documents or evidence of proper undertaking of ANUs
procurement process to engage the consultant.

iv) Invoices or schedule of payments

v) Documents that detail why a third part consultant was engaged, and what
due diligence was undertaken to ensure no internal capability was able to
complete this work’

Your request has been assigned the case number 202600003, please quote
this number for any future correspondence regarding your request

Processing Timeframe

The statutory time frame for processing your request is 30 calendar days
from day after the date your request was received by the University. You
should therefore expect a decision from us by 5 February 2026.

This period of 30 days may be extended if we need to consult third
parties, impose a charge or for other reasons. We will advise you in
writing if this happens.

We will contact you using the email address you provided. Please advise if
you would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact. If you have
any questions regarding your request, please feel free to contact the FOI
Team via the functional email [1][ANU request email].

The FOI Team’s workload is currently at very high levels due the
unprecedented volume of FOI requests.

We are using our best endeavors to process all requests expeditiously
however there may be some slippage due to the current workload. We will
keep in touch with you and advise if there are any significant delays,
and, will, if necessary, seek extensions as permitted by the Act.

Yours sincerely

FOI Team

University Governance Office

The Australian National University

Email: [2][ANU request email]

Web: [3]https://www.anu.edu.au/freedom-of-inform...

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