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Good afternoon

Freedom of Information Request – FOI 23-24/187

Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the following documents under the Freedom of Information Act
1982 (FOI Act):

Full copies of the following Approaches to Market (ATM) documents which
the AusTender website references for the contracts awarded to Gruden Pty
Ltd by Department of Finance.

Specifically, I would like to see the documentation provided by the
Department of Finance for these Approaches to Market, including the
requirements, and anything else provided to the prospective suppliers. I
am not interested in any responses from any supplier back to the
Department, only the Department's documents that were produced approaching
the market related to these ATMs.

·         ATM References

·         FIN15BPAM3248

·         FIN16GC22APR

·         FINAT2016/05

·         FIN16GCSW1204

·         FIN15BPAM3255

·         FIN15BPAM3109

·         FINBPAM2661

·         FIN14BPAM2271

·         FIN14BPAM2270

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OFFICIAL

Good afternoon,

Thank you for your email to the Department of Finance (Finance) requesting
access to the Approach to Market (ATM) documents for the contracts awarded
to Gruden Pty Ltd, as set out below.

Finance advises that there is only one ATM within the scope of your
request, being FIN15BPAM3248. The other AusTender references in your
request are references to variations to the contractual arrangements, not
approach to market documents, and therefore documents relating to these
AusTender references are considered to be outside the scope of your
request.

Finance is processing your request with reference to FIN15BPAM3248. While
processing your request, Finance has identified 1 document within scope.
However, this document contains the information of several third parties.
To enable Finance to efficiently process your request and provide you with
a decision by the end of 29 July 2024, we seek your consent to redact any
third party information from this document.

We kindly request that you advise Finance by COB Thursday 25 July 2024
whether you agree to exclude third party information from the document.

Kind regards,

FOI Team

FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603

Dear Department of Finance,

Would you please provide full copies of the following Approaches to Market
(ATM) documents which the AusTender website references for the contracts
awarded to Gruden Pty Ltd by Department of Finance.

Specifically, I would like to see the documentation provided by the
Department of Finance for these Approaches to Market, including the
requirements, and anything else provided to the prospective suppliers. I
am not interested in any responses from any supplier back to the
Department, only the Department's documents that were produced approaching
the market related to these ATMs.

ATM References

FIN15BPAM3248

FIN16GC22APR

FINAT2016/05

FIN16GCSW1204

FIN15BPAM3255

FIN15BPAM3109

FINBPAM2661

FIN14BPAM2271

FIN14BPAM2270

Yours faithfully,

Interested Australian Citizen

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Dear Interested Australian Citizen,

Please see attached a decision letter together with the document released
to you in relation to your FOI request (our reference FOI 23-24/187).

Kind regards,

FOI Team

FOI Officer | Legal and Assurance Branch

Business Enabling Services

Department of Finance

A: One Canberra Avenue, Forrest ACT 2603