NSW Department of Communities and Justice / Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF 2) - SGCH Portfolio Limited - FACS.18.07.02

Contract Award Notice ID FACS.18.07.02

Publish Date 16-Sep-2019

Category Community and social services

Agency NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Particulars of the goods or services to be provided under this contract

The Social and Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF) is a completely new approach to the way we deliver social and affordable housing in NSW. Together with providing homes to those who need them most, it offers residents coordinated access to support tailored to their individual needs − giving them the tools they need to improve their lives.

It is designed to empower people to live more independent lives and, for some, to move beyond the need for housing support. The SAHF has the potential to change how the NSW social housing system works.

In December 2018 contracts for the second phase of the SAHF project were awarded to four ServiceCos:

- Anglican Community Services
- Housing Plus
- SGCH Portfolio Limited
- The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW)

Each ServiceCo will deliver a package for 25 years that consists of:
- Access to accommodation
- Asset management and tenancy management services
- Tailored support services for each household member
- Performance and data reporting

Over 3,400 social and affordable homes in metropolitan and regional NSW will be delivered. Each household will also benefit from a tailored support service as part of their tenancy.

The SAHF NSW fund is a ring fenced entity, established in legislation, the Social and Affordable Housing NSW Fund Act 2016. The NSW Government has invested over $1 billion in SAHF NSW. This funding is invested in markets by the NSW Government’s investment arm, NSW Treasury Corporation, to generate returns that are then applied to NSW Government contractual commitments.

Monthly Service Payments are distributed from the Social and Affordable Housing NSW Fund published by Treasury each year, for example:

https://www.treasury.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-11/20221122_01_nsw_treasury_annual_report_2021-22.pdf

Original Contract Duration 10-Dec-2018 to 10-Dec-2047

Amended Contract Duration 10-Dec-2018 to 10-Dec-2048

Contract Award Notice Details

Contractor Name St George Community Housing Limited
Trading Name SGCH Portfolio Limited
ACN 160035441
ABN 88 160 035 441
Is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander owned business No
Street Address Level 5, 38 Humphreys Lane
Town/City Hurstville
State/Territory NSW
Postcode 2220
Country AUSTRALIA

Other private sector entities involved in, with an interest in or benefiting from this contract

Not disclosed under Section 32(1)(d) of the GIPA Act in that there is an overriding public interest against disclosure [Privacy and Personal Information].

Section 14 Table Items 3(a), (b) and (f)

Estimated amount payable to the contractor (including GST)

$5,000,000.00 (A project to be undertaken)

Amended estimated amount payable to the contractor (including GST)

$0.00 (A project to be undertaken)

Any provisions for payment to the contractor for operational or maintenance services

Not disclosed pursuant to Section 32 of the GIPA Act.

Method of Tendering

Open

Description of any provision under which the amount payable to the contractor may be varied

Schedule 3 - Payment Schedule. Schedule 4 – Indexes Schedule.

Description of any provisions under which the contract may be renegotiated

Services Deed, clause 21 – Repricing Reviewable services

Summary of the criteria against which the various tenders were assessed

Evaluation Criteria	Weighting
Commercial acceptability to FACS
Delivery of integrated services
Financial sustainability
Risk adjusted cost

Contract Contains Agency 'PiggyBack' Clause

Industrial Relations Details for this Contract

Name of Sub-contractors (incl. ABN & ACN)

Not disclosed under Section 32(1)(d) of the GIPA Act in that there is an overriding public interest against disclosure [Privacy and Personal Information].

Section 14 Table Items 3(a), (b) and (f)

Applicable Industrial Instruments

Not Applicable

Location of Work

Various across NSW.

NSW Industrial Relations inspectors routinely audit the employment records of contractors and sub-contractors to all NSW Government contracts. The results of these inspections are published on the NSW Industrial Relations website.

Agency Contact DCJ Procurement Team

Street Address Locked Bag 5000

Town/City Parramatta

State/Territory NSW

Postcode 2124

Country AUSTRALIA

Email Address procurement@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Particulars of future transfers of assets to the State, at zero or nominal cost to the State, including the date of their transfer

Not Applicable

Particulars of future transfers of assets to the contractor including the date of their transfer

Not Applicable

The results of any cost-benefit analysis of the contract conducted by the agency

Not Applicable

The components and quantum of the public sector comparator if used

Not Applicable

If relevant, a summary of information used in the contractor's full base case financial model (for example, the pricing formula for tolls or usage charges)

Not disclosed pursuant to Section 32 of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW)

If relevant, particulars of how risk, during the construction and operational phases of a contract to undertake a specific project (such as construction, infrastructure or property development), is to be apportioned between the parties, quantified (where practicable) in net present-value terms and specifying the major assumptions involved

Not applicable - the risk in delivery remains with ServiceCo and payment is not made unless a service is delivered. At the point that payment and services become active the risk is no longer live. The flexibility awarded through the contract to change assets also does not make this disclosure relevant

Particulars as to any significant guarantees or undertakings between the parties, including any guarantees or undertakings with respect to loan agreements entered into or proposed to be entered into

Not Applicable

Particulars of any other key elements of the contract

None other than disclosed in the published contract

A web site address which provides direct access to the complete contract less confidential information

https://www.dcj.nsw.gov.au/about-us/gipa/class-3-contracts.html

Has the contract or any provisions within it been withheld from this disclosure under the exemptions provisions of the GIPA Act Section 32? (YES or NO)

Yes

If yes to the above, what are the reasons why the contract, or provisions therein, have not been provided?

Redactions or non-disclosure of certain elements of the contract have been made under the GIPA Act, either because there is an overriding public interest against disclosure of the particular provisions (Section 14 of the Act) or because the provisions are commercial-in-confidence (Section 32 of the Act).

If yes to the above, is it intended that the contract or those provisions be published at a later date, and if so, when?

It is unlikely that any information that has not been disclosed under section 32 of the GIPA Act will be published at a later date.

It is likely the information that has not been disclosed under Item 4 of the Table in section 14 of the GIPA Act will be disclosed at a later date. No definitive date has been allocated for the publishing of such information. It is presently anticipated that if it is to be pubished this will occur within the next three years.

If yes to the above, when some but not all provisions of the contract have been published, a general description of the types of provisions that have not been provided

Provisions containing confidential information and commercial-in-confidence provisions.