Qld govt outsourcing results poor: report QUEENSLAND government plans to outsource services are at risk of failing because of its poor contract management system, a report warns. The state's auditor-general has been looking into $10.9 billion being spent each year on goods and services contracts by the departments of Community Safety, Housing and Public Works, and Transport and Main Roads. Government departments have a legal obligation to ensure they get value for money on contracts. But the auditor-general's report, tabled in parliament on Tuesday, says the departments could not consistently demonstrate they had achieved that. "As such, there is a greater risk that their transition to outsourcing services under a contestability model would not achieve the desired outcomes," the report warned. The report said the government failed to establish key performance expectations, manage supplier performance or make considered decisions to renew, extend or re-tender contracts. "They did not have in place sufficient contract management skills and systems to manage all their contracts consistently to the same high standards," the report said. The report recommended that the government develop a contract management framework, monitor contracts to make sure they were being fulfilled with value for money and evaluate contractor's performances before renewing contracts.