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Following is a question by the Hon Leung Kwok-hung and a written reply by the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands, Mr Michael Suen in the Legislative Council today (February 28):
Question:
Will the Government provide, in the form of the following table, details of each of the existing outsourced service contracts which were awarded by the Housing Authority, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Social Welfare Department, Leisure and Cultural Services Department or The Link Management Limited?
Instit- Locat- Estimated Approved Number Number
ution ion value of value of of of
award- where service contract staff staff
ing the the as set (please requi- employ-
cont- out- out in indicate red ed by
ract sourced the whether and cont-
service tender this is terms ractor
is doc- the of and
provid- ument lowest remun- their
ed and (in bid erat- remun-
name million price) ion eration
of con- dollars) (in for
tractor million clean-
dollars) ing
workers
and
secu-
rity
staff
as
set
out
in the
tender
doc-
ument
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Reply:
Madam President,
The outsourced service contracts awarded by government departments through tender procedures involving cleansing workers and security guards are mainly cleansing service contracts, security service contracts and property management contracts.
The Social Welfare Department has no such contracts. The Link Management Limited is a private entity independent of the Government and the Hong Kong Housing Authority, we do not have any information about its outsourced service contracts. As for the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, a summary of their outsourced service contracts is at the Annex.
According to the Stores & Procurement Regulations, the estimated contract value will normally not be specified in the tender documents so as not to undermine the principles of competition and value for money.
Ends/Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Issued at HKT 13:40
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