FOI 25-0016 LD – Value For Money Assessment

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This FOI release contains internal Department of Health and Aged Care emails from January 2024 regarding procurement approval for an MMA transition project (CCEMS:03950000100). The Assistant Secretary Russell Herald approved a Value for Money assessment and authorized proceeding to contract negotiation with MMA. Procurement Advisory Services cleared the process after the department submitted required documentation, including a revised Expenditure Information Template with funding sources and account codes. The next steps involved drafting a contract, finalizing documentation in the Corporate Account minute, and executing the agreement through the SAP system. The release does not contain substantive clinical, therapeutic, or regulatory assessment data; it is primarily an internal procurement approval chain for an aged care-related project.