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2098 - Finance and Small Business - NSW GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT SPEND

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Finance and Small Business

(1) What is the total NSW Government Procurement spend for the following financial years, broken down by category, including goods and services, construction, health, and information and communications technology:

(a) Financial year 2016-17?

(b) Financial year 2017-18?

(c) Financial year 2018-19?

(d) Financial year 2019-20?

(2) For the following financial years, what is the total NSW Government Procurement spend:

(a) Financial year 2016-17:

(i) Small businesses with 0-19 employees?

(ii) Medium businesses with 20-199 employees?

(iii) All other large businesses with 200 or more employees?

(b) Financial year 2017-18:

(i) Small businesses with 0-19 employees?

(ii) Medium businesses with 20-199 employees?

(iii) All other large businesses with 200 or more employees?

(c) Financial year 2018-19:

(i) Small businesses with 0-19 employees?

(ii) Medium businesses with 20-199 employees?

(iii) All other large businesses with 200 or more employees?

(d) Financial year 2019-20:

(i) Small businesses with 0-19 employees?

(ii) Medium businesses with 20-199 employees?

(iii) All other large businesses with 200 or more employees?

(3) For the following financial years, what is the total NSW Government Procurement spend:

(a) Financial year 2016-17:

(i) Regional New South Wales businesses as defined in the procurement guidelines as all areas within New South Wales outside the Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong metropolitan areas?

(ii) All other businesses?

(b) Financial year 2017-18:

(i) Regional New South Wales businesses as defined in the procurement guidelines as all areas within New South Wales outside the Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong metropolitan areas?

(ii) All other businesses?

(c) Financial year 2018-19:

(i) Regional New South Wales businesses as defined in the procurement guidelines as all areas within New South Wales outside the Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong metropolitan areas?

(ii) All other businesses?

(d) Financial year 2019-20:

(i) Regional New South Wales businesses as defined in the procurement guidelines as all areas within New South Wales outside the Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong metropolitan areas?

(ii) All other businesses?

(4) In relation to Aboriginal-owned businesses, what are the percentages for money spent and contracts awarded for the following financial years:

(a) Financial year 2016-17:

(i) Percentage of money spent with Aboriginal-owned businesses?

(ii) Percentage of number of contracts awarded to Aboriginal-owned businesses?

(b) Financial year 2017-18:

(i) Percentage of money spent with Aboriginal-owned businesses?

(ii) Percentage of number of contracts awarded to Aboriginal-owned businesses?

(c) Financial year 2018-19:

(i) Percentage of money spent with Aboriginal-owned businesses?

(ii) Percentage of number of contracts awarded to Aboriginal-owned businesses?

(d) Financial year 2019-20:

(i) Percentage of money spent with Aboriginal-owned businesses?

(ii) Percentage of number of contracts awarded to Aboriginal-owned businesses?

 
Answer -

NSW Procurement collates data on procurement spend as provided by the responsible agencies. Figures are subject to change due to an ongoing data quality improvement exercise. Data for FY 2019/20 is still being collated and assessed. It is anticipated that this data will be released soon.

Category

FY16/17

FY17/18

FY18/19

Goods and Services (excluding Health and ICT)

$15.64B

$15.4B

$15.9B

Construction

$7.44B

$10.6B

$13B

Health

$3.45B

$3.3B

$3.4B

ICT

$2.27B

$2.5B

$2.7B

TOTAL

$28.8B

$31.8B

$35B

 

Supplier employee size

FY16/17

FY17/18

FY18/19

Small (0-19 employees)

$6.2B

$7.58B

$8B

Medium (20-199 employees)

$7.3B

$7.16B

$7.3B

Large (200+ employees)

$13.1B

$14.57B

$16.3B

Unknown*

$2.2B

$2.49B

$3.4B

TOTAL

$28.8B

$31.8B

$35B

*The number of employees for each supplier is derived from a range of sources and there is an ongoing project to classify those currently listed as unknown, with 19,000 suppliers previously listed as unknown reclassified by employee size just last quarter.

Aboriginal Spend and Contracts

FY16/17

FY17/18

FY18/19

% $ spend

0.12%

0.15%

0.18%

% contracts awarded

0.17%

0.32%

0.88%

 

Supplier location

FY16/17

FY17/18

FY18/19

Regional NSW

$1.6B

$1.8B

$2.0B

Metro NSW

$18B

$21.4B

$23.4B

Interstate

$3.3B

$4.1B

$5.2B

International

$0.1B

$0.1B

$0.1B

Unknown*

$5.8B

$4.4B

$4.3B

TOTAL

$28.8B

$31.8B

$35.0B

*An ongoing data project is seeking to reduce the number of suppliers where location status is unknown.

 

Question asked on 7 September 2020 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 334
Answer received on 28 September 2020 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 349

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.