On 20 June 2001, the Senate agreed to an Order requiring Ministers to table a letter, stating that all Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth) (PGPA Act) agencies, falling under their responsibility have placed on the internet a list of contracts of $100,000 (GST inclusive) or more which are current or entered into during the previous twelve months (the Senate Order).
In 2002 and 2007, the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration completed two inquiries into the operation of the Senate Order. These inquiries resulted in changes to the Senate Order reporting requirements.
The Senate Order was amended to apply to corporate Commonwealth entities (CCEs), effective 1 July 2017. The Australian Digital Health Agency (Agency) was established under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Establishing the Australian Digital Health Agency) Rule 2016 as a corporate Commonwealth entity. As a CCE, the Agency is required to place on its internet website, information in relation to its contracts and their use of confidentiality provisions.
Confidentiality clauses of a general nature are included in all Agency standard form contracts, i.e. they all contain clauses requiring the contractor to maintain confidentiality of Commonwealth confidential information and to protect personal information.
Please note: requests by members of the public for access to government information, including details of any of the contracts listed in response to the Senate Order will be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).
In the 2018 calendar year, the Agency identified 333 contracts with individual values of $100,000 (GST inclusive) or more.
The accountable authority of the Australian Digital Health Agency has assured that there are no contracts listed in the Senate Order Register PDF (123kB) that contain any inappropriate confidentiality provisions.