Department of Social Services

Purchase Order Records

FOI LEX 55725 Released 6 pages PDF

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This FOI disclosure provides a list of 56 vendors engaged by DSS through purchase orders between 1 January 2025 and 3 March 2026. The vendors span legal services (King & Wood Mallesons, Clayton Utz, Ashurst Australia, Norton Rose Fulbright), management consulting (Ernst & Young, KPMG, Deloitte), recruitment services (Hays, Randstad, face2face Recruitment), research and evaluation firms (Allen and Clarke Consulting, Orima Research, Verian Group), and specialist providers including disability advocacy organizations (People With Disability Australia), multicultural services (Intouch Multicultural Centre Against Violence), and technology solutions providers. Multiple engagements with repeat vendors such as Allen and Clarke Consulting and King & Wood Mallesons suggest ongoing consultancy relationships. However, the document provides only vendor names and engagement dates without disclosing contract values, scope of work, or specific policy areas addressed, limiting substantive analysis of DSS procurement decisions or program expenditure.

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