Consultancy expenditure
The definition of consultancy was updated effective 1 July 2013. Consequently, disclosures of 2013–14 consultancy expenditure cannot be compared with
those of previous years.
Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
Rufus Black
To provide strategic advice 29 February 12
to the Secretary in relation
to positioning for the
Strategic Renewal Project
Strategic advice and writing 1 July 13
services for the
development and
publication of the Digital
Learning Strategy
12 July 13
Evaluation of Virtual
Learning in Victorian
Education
PTR Consulting
PTR Consulting
Start date
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
31 December 13
294,800
28,169
0
30 May 14
41,818
41,250
0
28 February 14
84,091
84,091
0
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
Start date
Australian Industry To compile a detailed listing 24 July 13
Group
and summary descriptions of
current and recent programs
in secondary schools that
provide
manufacturing/engineering
pathways for students in
Victoria to guide possible
future work of the
Manufacturing Skills and
Training Taskforce
05 September 13
Deloitte Access
Evaluation of the
Economics
Apprenticeship Support
Officer program
18 September 13
Deloitte Access
To update rural funding
Economics
options in the kindergarten
funding model review
24 September 13
Morrissey
To support Emergency
Consulting
Management Division collect
International Pty
baseline data to assist future
Ltd
strategic directions and
resource allocations
Protiviti Pty Ltd
To provide schools with the 30 September 13
Schools Program Guide and
training materials
03 October 13
PTR Consulting
Evaluation of the Koori
Children's Court Education
Pathways Program
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
30 November 13
22,509
8,873
13,636
31 March 14
81,759
81,759
0
29 November 13
45,455
45,455
0
22 November 13
13,636
13,636
0
30 April 14
69,045
33,384
35,660
03 March 14
12,000
12,000
0
Consultant
Minter Ellison
Purpose of consultancy
To provide legal advice on
the Skills Act 2010 — VET
Regulations
ACIL Allen
To conduct research to
Consulting Pty Ltd identify and analyse critical
challenges in delivering
bicycle industry training
Precision
To provide
Consultancy Pty Ltd recommendations for new
manufacturing management
qualifications, including
structure and indicative
content, suitable for support
staff from the manufacturing
sector to progress from
technical/shop-floor roles
into management roles
Practical Leadership To provide expert advice and
Pty Ltd
assistance on key planning
considerations for the
implementation of the first
cohort of the Victorian
School Ambassador to China
Program
Start date
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
15 October 13
31 December 13
17,977
16,461
0
23 October 13
30 June 14
68,326
68,326
0
01 November 13
20 June 14
113,400
113,400
0
05 November 13
31 December 14
30,000
7,500
22,500
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
Start date
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
Protiviti Pty Ltd
To provide a seconded Audit
Manager from 6 November –
24 December 2013 to
support the Audit and Risk
Branch in the preparation of
a business case for the
development of a
departmental governance
function
To conduct a Capability
Maturity Review for the
Emergency Management
Division, including
development of a Blueprint
Report, Capability Maturity
Assessment Report and
Roadmap Report
To provide legal advice on
the regulation of early
childhood education and
care
To undertake a review of the
appropriateness, efficiency
and effectiveness of the
Workers in Transition
Program and deliver
recommendations focusing
on design and operational
enhancements
06 November 13
30 April 14
15,909
10,379
5,530
11 November 13
13 December 13
22,251
0
22,251
12 November 13
31 January 14
10,000
10,000
0
19 November 13
28 February 14
90,444
90,444
0
Crowe Horwath
(Aust) Pty Ltd
Corrs Chambers
Westgarth
Deloitte Access
Economics
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
Start date
01 December 13
To provide 2012 and 2013
Internationalising Education
in Victorian Schools Reports
and recommendations for
the 2014 census
Ernst & Young
To develop a business case 09 December 13
template; provide feesetting advice; and develop
guidelines for government
schools for the delivery of
the Victorian Certificate of
Education offshore
VET Development To develop and implement 13 December 13
Centre Ltd
pilot models of external
validation of assessment in
the construction industry to
inform best practice
processes
13 December 13
AFS Intercultural
To develop and deliver a
Programs Australia fully-inclusive pre-departure
overnight orientation camp
for the first cohort of the
four Victorian Young Leaders
to China (VYLC) Program, to
be conducted in February
and March 2014
Synergistiq Pty Ltd
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
30 June 14
22,720
22,720
0
31 August 14
58,300
58,300
0
30 November 14
64,169
32,084
32,084
30 June 14
51,246
46,700
4,545
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
Australian Council
for Private
Education and
Training (Vic)
To develop and implement 19 December 13
pilot models of external
validation of assessment in
the horticulture industry to
inform best practice
processes
19 December 13
To review, examine and
appraise the findings of the
initial third parties’ market
assessment report
To support the Secretary and 01 January 14
the Executive Board with
strategic management and
policy advice
07 January 14
To evaluate the Victorian
School Ambassador to China
Program
13 January 14
To collect, collate, analyse
and report data on teacher
supply and demand in
Victorian schools and early
childhood settings for the
2012 and 2013 calendar
years
22 January 14
To undertake the Market
Monitoring Unit January
2014 course duration
literature review
Wallis Consulting
Group Pty Ltd
Rufus Black
Assai Consult Pty
Ltd
Australian Council
for Educational
Research (ACER)
Social Research
Centre Pty Ltd
Start date
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
30 November 14
58,523
29,261
29,261
31 January 14
10,996
10,996
0
31 December 14
70,000
35,103
34,897
18 August 14
68,000
68,000
0
15 August 14
117,575
35,255
82,320
28 February 14
20,863
20,863
0
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
Start date
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
PriceWaterhouseCo To evaluate the Aboriginal
opers
In-home Support and Homebased Learning Programs
KPMG
To provide specialist
business continuity services
Delta Management To provide consultancy
Consulting
services for the cevelopment
of the training market
operations Training Market
Business Systems Strategy
and Roadmap
Pointmade Pty Ltd To provide strategic
communications advice and
support to institutes
implementing structural
changes
ACIL Allen
To review and evaluate
Consulting Pty Ltd training product information
and advisory services
provided through the
Curriculum Maintenance
Manager service function
ACIL Allen
To undertake data analysis
Consulting Pty Ltd for the Course Duration and
Delivery Mode project
24 January 14
31 August 14
114,016
76,001
38,015
29 January 14
31 December 14
159,200
0
159,200
12 March 14
30 April 14
102,800
100,800
2,000
14 March 14
08 May 14
30,800
16,713
14,088
17 March 14
08 August 14
101,489
40,596
60,893
21 March 14
30 April 14
23,882
23,882
0
Deloitte Access
Economics
25 March 14
31 July 14
150,074
120,059
30,015
To undertake cost analysis
for the Learners Facing
Barriers project
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
Start date
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
PriceWaterhouseCo
opers
Wallis Consulting
Group Pty Ltd
To undertake a review of
VET market monitoring
To undertake the Collection
of VET Fees Data project for
2014
To investigate programs’
administration and use of
funding
To assess third party activity
at 10 government-funded
registered training
organisations and provide
expert opinion on aspects of
their activity relating to
business models, conduct,
educational practice and
value for money
26 March 14
27 June 14
45,455
0
45,455
26 March 14
31 May 14
26,595
26,595
0
27 March 14
30 June 14
79,422
53,336
26,086
28 March 14
30 June 14
97,789
97,789
0
McGrathNicol
Advisory
Partnership
Protiviti Pty Ltd
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
Start date
28 March 14
To conduct the Chinese
Teacher Training Centre
Review, including assessing
the professional services
delivered by the Chinese
Teacher Training Centre on
behalf of the Melbourne
Graduate School of
Education, reviewing the
impact on improving and
extending the teaching of
Chinese in Victorian schools,
and supporting the
implementation of the
Victorian Government's
Vision for Languages
Education
PriceWaterhouseCo To determine the unit cost, 01 April 14
opers
forecast the overall cost
impact of the National
Quality Framework, and
provide policy options
04 April 14
First Point
To conduct a review of
Consulting
alternative models for
procuring research and
analytics across the
Department
Australian Council
for Educational
Research (ACER)
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
11 August 14
121,284
0
121,284
30 June 14
59,465
47,572
11,893
30 June 14
36,400
32,920
3,480
Consultant
Nous Group
Purpose of consultancy
To developoptions for the
future arrangements for the
national education entities
Bevington
To review and redesign the
Consulting Pty Ltd business operating model of
the International Student
Program in Victorian
Government Schools
Grant Thornton
To undertake the
Aust Ltd
Framework for Monitoring
Quality project
AMG Consulting
To provide two reports of
the fifth cohort for the
Leading 21st Century
Schools Victoria: Engage
with Asia program
Deloitte Access
To provide evaluation
Economics
expertise to deliver the
School Reform Strategic
Evaluation
Sweeney Research To undertake the Collection
Pty Ltd
and Analysis of Market
Intelligence project
Start date
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
07 April 14
31 July 14
69,091
69,091
0
18 April 14
30 September 14
108,525
65,306
77,419
24 April 14
27 June 14
88,800
26,640
62,160
29 April 14
31 March 15
19,000
3,800
15,200
12 May 14
30 June 18
1,595,625
0
1,595,625
19 May 14
30 September 14
12,200
2,440
9,760
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
Start date
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
Ernst & Young
In selected registered
training organisations, to
analyse and assess course
elements and identify
factors that influence
decision-making regarding
enrolments in multiple
vocational courses, delivery
modes, course intensity and
assessment methods
In selected registered
training organisations, to
analyse and assess
enrolments in foundation
courses, course duration,
and how RTOs meet
individual needs and
maximise student outcomes
To prepare a high-level
strategic directions report
on critical Victorian industry
skills and vocational training
To develop program logic
and review accreditation
processes of the
International Student
Program Strategy
02 June 14
31 July 14
74,313
18,920
55,393
02 June 14
31 July 14
70,064
21,019
49,045
02 June 14
31 December 14
98,400
49,200
49,200
04 June 14
31 December 14
13,636
1,136
12,500
Quorum QA
Australia Pty Ltd
Nous Group
Graham Bastian
Consultant
Purpose of consultancy
AFS Intercultural
To conduct the Victorian
Programs Australia Young Leaders to China
Program post-return forum
in July 2014
Nous Group
To undertake the Vocational
Market Responses
Consultations project
ACIL Allen
To support the development
Consulting Pty Ltd of improved market analysis,
forecasting and policy
costing for government
expenditure on vocational
training
ACIL Allen
To develop a framework of
Consulting Pty Ltd key factors that drive
consumer choice of
vocational training
Start date
End date
Total approved
project fee
(excluding GST)
($)
Expenditure 2013–14
(excluding GST)
($)
Future expenditure
(excluding GST)
($)
06 June 14
30 August 14
22,614
9,045
13,568
16 June 14
31 October 14
72,510
14,502
58,008
20 June 14
31 March 15
445,775
89,155
356,620
30 June 14
31 December 14
81,732
0
81,732