Following retender of the contract earlier in 2010 under an open competitive tender process, a new State Purchase Contract (SPC) was awarded to Powerdirect. This new SPC is for the provision of electricity to selected Government sites consuming less than 160MWh (<160MWh) per annum.

The SPC covers nominated commercial and non-commercial sites within the government portfolio.

State Government Entities eligible to use this SPC

Such Entities include:

• Budget Sector Agencies: each Victorian Government department (as defined in section 3 of the Financial Management Act 1994 (Vic)) and each office (as defined in section 16 of the Public Administration Act 2004 (Vic). All such Budget Sector Agencies are mandated to use this SPC;
• Government Owned Entities which are:
  
  o A statutory corporation;

  o A State owned company or a State body as those terms are defined in the State Owned Enterprises Act 1992 (Vic);

  o A corporation limited by shares of which more than half are owned beneficially by the State; or

  o A company limited by guarantee the majority of members of which are appointed by or on behalf of the State.

• Government Supported Organisations (e.g. charitable or other not-for-profit) that are funded, managed or sponsored by a Budget Sector Agency.

This SPC removes the need for Entities to sign individual contracts based on retailers’ Standard Retail Contracts.

Contract summary

Supplier Contractor	Powerdirect
Reference	Contract reference number SS-02-2010
Number of Contractors	One (1)
Start Date	1 November 2010
End Date	31 October 2013
Contract last review date	November 2010 (website only)
Contract next review date	December 2010 (website only)
Agency	Department of Treasury and Finance
Contract Manager	Ian Hill SPC Category Manager Government Services Division Department of Treasury and Finance Level 8, 120 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Ph: (+613) 8683 2854 Fax: (+613) 8683 2784 Email: ian.hill@dtf.vic.gov.au

A summary sheet (‘flyer’) is available for download here